https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-worlds-biggest-ship-arrives-in-great-britain-on-its-maiden-voyage/ Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-worlds-biggest-ship-arrives-in-great-britain-on-its-maiden-voyage/#comment-698296 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:21:52 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32493#comment-698296 78 feet wider than Panamax. Incredible that these ships are now being produced by the ROK. To think 60 years ago the only building of any size that remained standing in Seoul was the train station. Most of Korea really DID look like southern California as seen in M*A*S*H after being stripped by the Japanese. In the short time I was there I was shocked to see skyscrapers go from foundation pour to completion in a matter of months, springing up like daisies.
The progressives tell us that “nation building” never works. Odds are that you drive a car made by a Korean, Japanese, or German company…

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-worlds-biggest-ship-arrives-in-great-britain-on-its-maiden-voyage/#comment-698264 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:24:28 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32493#comment-698264 Coincidentally, I was a beta reader on a novel called “The Globe” a few years back by R. Doug Wicker, better known perhaps for his non-fiction book about Pan Am 103. In Doug Wicker’s murder mystery, The Globe is a kind of cruise ship.

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