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Gatsby
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 Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: Oops! Bridge builder in Shanghai screws up royally |
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Some Ships Can't Reach Shanghai's New Terminal
All Things Considered, November 3, 2008 � In the Chinese port city of Shanghai, a glass building shaped like a water drop looks over the Huangpu River. It's a new terminal for cruise ships � only some are unable to reach it.
"There's a little bit of a challenge, because one of our ships cannot fit under the bridge," says Karen Mann, director of international sales at the luxury cruise line, Crystal Cruises.
She is referring to the Yangpu Bridge, which is so low that many larger cruise ships can't fit under it to reach the terminal.
"If you're too high, you can't get through," Mann says, "so I think that could deter some of the cruise lines from getting to this terminal." |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96510518 |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| The bridge was built in 1993. The terminal was just built. I wouldn't say it was the bridge builder who screwed up. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| Heard about this today as well.... I can't believe they didn't realize that the bridge was too low until the port was well underway. You'd think that would be one of the first and most important things to consider: make sure the boats can get to the port! |
Asia: the place where common sense goes to die. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: |
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The cruise line industry wants the bridge picked up 50'. So to suck up, it's time for some high praise ...
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But major international companies, like Royal Caribbean, are suffering. Senior Vice President Michael Bayley said that earlier this year one of its ships had to unload passengers at another terminal, farther out from central Shanghai.
"It's quite a problem for us," Bayley says. "We'd like the bridge lifted by about 50 feet if we could. The Chinese are capable of almost anything in construction and engineering. If they built the Three Gorges Dam, I'm sure they could lift a bridge, don't you think?" |
Nice diplomacy skills there, eh?
An alternative would be to install a draw bridge in the middle, but that'll rile people up waiting in traffic. |
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