Tesla Model 3 in Australia

[paulp]

hhhmmm, I just took a stroll on Google street view along Port Botany.

While I am not sure if anyone can drive along these roads, the following is the closest you can get to Brotherson Dock 10, which is where the Cap Capricorn is meant to unload (red circle).

Not a bad view, if you can get there?

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Alternatively, find out who manages and books the ANL container ship cabins and ask to do a cabin inspection.

 

[khayyam]

Alternatively, find out who manages and books the ANL container ship cabins and ask to do a cabin inspection.

Clever. Then you could see big metal boxes close up, rather than big metal boxes far away!

 

[Vedaprime]

There was trouble at Auckland waterfront last night. A mini tornado/waterspout. Wild weather
20 containers knocked over. Up to 5cm hail. Damage and injuries in the area. Am not kidding either. Too unbelievable to be true. I thought I was being trolled. Nope.

'Mini tornado' hits Auckland CBD, more storms on the way

Cap was due to leave soon. We’ll see I guess.

 

[khayyam]

There was trouble at Auckland waterfront last night. A mini tornado/waterspout. Wild weather
20 containers knocked over. Up to 5cm hail. Damage and injuries in the area. Am not kidding either. Too unbelievable to be true. I thought I was being trolled. Nope.

'Mini tornado' hits Auckland CBD, more storms on the way

Cap was due to leave soon. We’ll see I guess.

Insane. The worst seems to have been at the other (west) end of the waterfront, though.

 

[crustovich]

There was trouble at Auckland waterfront last night. A mini tornado/waterspout. Wild weather
20 containers knocked over. Up to 5cm hail. Damage and injuries in the area. Am not kidding either. Too unbelievable to be true. I thought I was being trolled. Nope.

'Mini tornado' hits Auckland CBD, more storms on the way

Cap was due to leave soon. We’ll see I guess.

Cap now a meter higher in the water, so a few containers unloaded overnight. Hopefully, none of them ended up in the harbour.

 

[khayyam]

Cap now a meter higher in the water, so a few containers unloaded overnight. Hopefully, none of them ended up in the harbour.

Indeed. Seems unlikely that a container w/ 4x TM3s in, weighing at least 7000kg, could get blown over though.

 

[Vedaprime]

Cap has left Auckland. Sydney due 12pm Friday. Indeed is 90cm less draught then when arrived.

 

[khayyam]

Cap has left Auckland. Sydney due 12pm Friday. Indeed is 90cm less draught then when arrived.


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If they didn't adjust their water ballast, that would mean that they unloaded something like 4 million kg.

 

[Ranu]

tesla account holds new mysteries ...

This was the first post a week ago that revealed the checkout process had gone live in New Zealand. It shows up as "Tuesday 3:29am" but I assume that is some weird TMC forum time - does anyone know what actual time that was in NZ when their account pages moved to the next stage?

 

[meowsers]

Hoping today is the day that things start to move forward. I'm becoming despondent.

 

[one4spl]

Hoping today is the day that things start to move forward. I'm becoming despondent.

Go for a run. Have a coffee. Call your mum. Masturbate furiously. May be not all at the same time.

 

[TASKA9]

We better hear something today or else .... I would still be waiting.

 

[khayyam]

This was the first post a week ago that revealed the checkout process had gone live in New Zealand. It shows up as "Tuesday 3:29am" but I assume that is some weird TMC forum time - does anyone know what actual time that was in NZ when their account pages moved to the next stage?

Was noticed ~midday, IIRC. Texts followed in the evening.

 

[paulp]

Cap now a meter higher in the water, so a few containers unloaded overnight. Hopefully, none of them ended up in the harbour.

1 meter is a lot for a container ship to NZ. Must have been some very heavy goods unloaded.

 

[khayyam]

1 meter is a lot for a container ship to NZ. Must have been some very heavy goods unloaded.

Agree. I make it ~4 m kg, which would be ~400 containers at 10000kg each (about what a container w/ 4x TM3s in would weigh). I would think most containers would be lighter, though I guess a few very heavy containers might skew things a lot.

I don't know how much they adjust their water ballast, though, which could but the displacement/cargo estimate way out.

 

[1st in Line]

Sorry, I did post this on another thread here on TMC, but I think while we are waiting for our Model 3s to arrive, this report makes for interesting reading .... and our Model 3s are a key driver for what is happening according to the report:

Wells, Wires and Wheels

It introduces an interesting concept of EROCI - not as sexy as it might sound at first reading - as it stands for "Energy Return on Capital Invested" in relation to mobility.

It is a long report, but the one page Introduction gives you the gist of it.

I cannot help but think of the following song when reading such a report:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XSImbrJpUw

 

[stuartl]

Hoping today is the day that things start to move forward. I'm becoming despondent.

Well, if it helps any, I read your post shortly after you posted it. At pretty much that exact moment, my iPhone started playing a track. The words it played to me: "Why are you in such a hurry? Is it really worth the worry? Look around. Then slow down..."

Coincidence? I think not...

 

[RobDickinson]

Agree. I make it ~4 m kg, which would be ~400 containers at 10000kg each (about what a container w/ 4x TM3s in would weigh). I would think most containers would be lighter, though I guess a few very heavy containers might skew things a lot.

I don't know how much they adjust their water ballast, though, which could but the displacement/cargo estimate way out.

container can be up to 30 tons and even a 20 footer will weight 2 tons empty.

I'm assuming it would have had some cargo loaded as well as unloaded.

 

[Kanshisha]

you know you are bored when...... you cant see anything wrong in calculating the weight differential of a cargo ship..

for the ship to be floating 1m higher in the water you would need a differential of 8,717,000 Kg based on the following

length of ship 228m, width of ship 37.3m and density of salt water 1,025kg/m3

 

[Vostok]

There is one advantage to not ordering yet... not agonising over the stuff that has occupied the previous 20 pages here... seriously people, I get it that it’s exciting, but stalking container ships and wearing out the F5 key?!?!