How to turn a 150,000ton container ship.

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She is due to leave at 7.30pm tomorrow.
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I read about this - hundreds of narrow-boats waiting to get through. It also said Smit Tak were sending six men to lift the boat out of the way :lol:
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teedoubleudee wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:03 am Just been watching the link in post #1. Lovely morning with container cranes busy loading another huge ship. As this one is leaving the UK one wonders how many of those containers are empty!
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