The Ghost fleet of the Recession

[Pogotheostrich]

The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive ... apore.html

[jfg]

Light Christmas stocking? I'm going and getting myself a boat!

[acsguitar]

I can haz boat?

[The Artful Dodger]

I have a friend who came back from Singapore a few months ago and he told me about the ghost armada nearby. He said when you take off from Changi airport, you're flying right near the fleet. Bloody cool.

On that note, I'd love to go to Singapore. It's a clean freak's paradise.

[AussieDodger]

What happens if teh terrorists steal teh shipz and crash into our piers?

Ruh roh

[knapplc]

So... the world's fleet of cargo/container ships is running at 88% capacity? And we're supposed to be upset about this? With maintenance down-time, weather issues, crew issues, general business issues, etc, it's hard to imagine these ships running at even 95% capacity. So now we're seeing them sit for a while, not many percentage points below a realistic capacity, and this is cause for concern?

Reading this story it's like the author wants you to think this is some sign of the apocalypse. But one of the comments below the story says there were ships laying at anchor there in the 80s just like today.

There's an ebb and flow to business, just like everything else. This is nothing to panic about.

[Mookie4ever]

We consume way too much and can do without 99% of the stuff that is transported in these tankers.

[JTWood]

We consume way too much and can do without 99% of the stuff that is transported in these tankers.

But there's nothing in those tankers.

Are you saying we need to consume less nothing?

[Mookie4ever]

We consume way too much and can do without 99% of the stuff that is transported in these tankers.

But there's nothing in those tankers.

Are you saying we need to consume less nothing?

I don't get what you are saying. Those aren't all of the tankers in the world. Did you think that all sea transportation globally has stopped?

I do feel bad for those unemployed stevedores though.

[JTWood]

If you were talking about all tankers, why'd you only refer to "these" tankers?

eh? eh?

your honor, i move for summary judgment.
granted? thank you.
lunch at the usual place? excellent.