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Offline Hannes van Rijn

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'K' Line orders four PCTCs
« on: September 06, 2013, 03:40:12 AM »

Offline Tuomas Romu

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Re: 'K' Line orders four PCTCs
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2013, 05:48:47 AM »
Increasing the beam probably makes life a lot easier for the designers. I once designed a car carrier with a capacity of 5,000 vehicles as a school project and keeping in upright was a major pain in the aftship...

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Re: 'K' Line orders four PCTCs
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2013, 11:36:00 AM »
The increased beam is only commercially feasable due to the forthcoming Panama Canal expansion.

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