See inside a 958-foot cargo ship (2022)

I didn't watch the video in its entirety, but it directly contains the image from the ad, and promotion of the site linked in the image (which is not in the video). If you don't think this is legitimate, please tell me why it's not, instead of a link to a conspiracy site that says the Earth is flat.

schoen2• 3 years ago

My friends took a container ship across the Pacific (and later another one across the Atlantic) as passengers. This is regularly commercially available (!) and apparently quite fascinating, although it takes a week or two to cross an ocean and is potentially much less comfortable than a cruise ship, and you also apparently have to negotiate it with a broker rather than just booking a ticket on a web site.

Here's Wikivoyage on the subject:

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Freighter_travel

Llamamoe• 3 years ago

What kind of price range are we talking about here?

schoen2• 3 years ago

My impression was that it was about $1500 per person to cross the Atlantic about ten years ago (including food and lodging). But I don't remember very clearly...

Wikivoyage says

There are some agents arranging trips, who charge around US$75–100 (€100–120) a day.

I assume this means that the customer has to pay that much (rather than that this is describing a commission or surcharge). On the other hand, I looked at the edit history briefly and this particular information seems to come from about 15 years ago.

gffrd• 3 years ago

Checkered tablecloths!!

For some reason, that really got me. Am I the only one surprised at how pleasant the crew quarters look?

I realize I had an image of utter starkness/rudiment in my head: stainless steel everything, yadda yadda.

Aeolun2• 3 years ago

Huh, I had the opposite impression. It felt like someone had tried to make it look pleasant in the absolute cheapest way possible.

nelgaard• 3 years ago

I have visited some of those Maersk ships.

The crew quarters and the living areas are nice. Some of the ships even had a swimming pool.

It is possible because they have a very small crew relative to the size of the ship.

The red and white checkered tablecloths are traditional danish style (colors of the flag, i guess), and probably oil-cloth which is easy to clean and provides some friction when the ship is rolling in the waves.

shellfishgene• 3 years ago

It only shows an officer's cabin I think, I wonder how those of the rest of the crew are.

bearmode• 3 years ago

There are only 20-30 people working on a cargo ship, I wouldn't doubt that it's all quite pleasant. Lots of ship for so few people.

lb1lf• 3 years ago

If my experience in the offshore industry is anything to go by, a crew cabin will be 8-10sqm (100sqft-ish), with either one or two bunks (Pro tip: try to get dibs on the lower one), a small table or desk if you are lucky, a couch two people can share if they are really good friends, a couple of small cabinets for clothing and personal items, also two drawers under the lower bunk.

Oh, and with any luck, a porthole.

A head, 2sqm/20sqft or so, shower, toilet, sink.

Neat and tidy, but by no means luxurious.

owlninja• 3 years ago

Why are control rooms always so cool!

Maursault2• 3 years ago

Big ships are cost effective, which means more profits for wealthy super-conglomerates. And to think shipping only contributes less than 4% of global greenhouse emissions, or about as much as a single high carbon-producing country, well over a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually and more than all the ICE vehicles in the US. What an absolute marvel of modern technology.

gnarbarian2• 3 years ago

it also means cheaper products for you and me

lnsru• 3 years ago

Maybe I am too old, but I don’t want cheaper products. I want high quality ones. I am tired of thrash where every possible corner was cut to save fraction of a penny.

dan_hawkins• 3 years ago

"A crane takes 20-foot containers off the ship" - actually no, it's a 40-foot container in the picture.

See inside a 958-foot cargo ship (2022)

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