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Re:Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships by mrfusion on Friday October 03, 2014 @02:45PM (#8406955)
Do they have any issues with pirates sailing that close to Somalia?
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Re:Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships by cones688 on Friday October 03, 2014 @03:21PM (#8407145)
Height above water is 73m which I would imagine would make it a real challenge to scale....

[0] http://www.gizmag.com/triple-e-maersk-worlds-largest-ship/17...

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Re:Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships by fuzzythinker on Friday October 03, 2014 @05:40PM (#8407793)
For those who haven't watched it, Captain Phillips is a great movie to understand a bit more about sea piracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Phillips_(film)

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Re:Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships by bane on Friday October 03, 2014 @02:50PM (#8406987)
If they go through the Straits of Hormuz, definitely.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/30/us-shipping-attack...

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Re:Aboard a Cargo Colossus: Maersk’s New Container Ships by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Friday October 03, 2014 @03:23PM (#8407153)
I think the question was more about whether this specific type of ship (triple E) better protects them against pirate attacks.

I was wondering the same thing (if they engineered the ship differently to better stop pirate attacks).

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