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5) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
The biggest ship in the world has big responsibilities. Emma Maersk has only two weeks to sail across the globe with a half a billion-dollar _________. She will sail through dangerous seas.
“We know what we are doing but we are also aware of the risk.”
While the crew will work overtime to maintain this high-tech ____________. What every takes, Emma has got to arrive on time and the clock is ______________.
It's one of the busiest ports on the planet, Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. It's the loading point for millions of containers a year from Asia bound for Europe and North America. They carry everything; from TVs to t-shirts, frozen fish to footwear, cameras to cosmetics.
“Today, it’s a very heavy operation. We have seven ____________ on both and approximately we are doing about 10,000 containers.”
But the port’s number one job is to load the world's biggest ship, Emma Maersk - 397 meters long, 20 stories tall, Emma dwarfs everything around her. She can carry a _____________ 12 thousand containers. A freight train with a load this big would have to be 70 kilometers long. All on one mighty state-of-the-art ship. Her unique silhouette is all boat - a _______________ hull, a soaring super structure amid ships. She's clearly built for one purpose - to move enormous amounts of cargo as quickly as possible.
Without those big boxes, Emma is an empty ________________ with a four lease sign in the window. In just three hours, she has to be loaded and gone.
“Today we have about 2,000 loading and 450 _________________ and the challenge will be that we need to sail out this vessel as soon as possible.”
She's got just 13 days to _______ Spain; 13,000 kilometers away. In the boxes is half a billion dollars’ worth of cargo and delivering at late is not an option. Like giant spiders six cranes tirelessly load containers onto Emma. Each one weighs over five tons and the best crane operators can load 30 an hour. Looking down from their perch - 60 meters above the ground.
Each crane has a manager who confirms that the right containers are being loaded onto the right ship. It's ________________ that every container is placed properly. On board Emma, that's the job of ship’s officers Ramos Galeatos and Niels Larson.
“In the front, we have the most dangerous cargo that that would be assets, flammable. If we have fireworks class 1.40 all the way to the F, so that if we have a potential risk on the vessel it will be as far away from the living quarters, accommodation and above all the main engines.”
Dangerous cargo - at the bow, high maintenance refrigerated cargo - closer to the superstructure. Weather prone containers _________ with expensive electronics - below deck. A shift could mean catastrophe, so every box must be placed and then properly secured to guarantee stability especially if they run into a typhoon.
Eight stories up on the world's widest bridge, first officer Galeatos ways all the factors that could delay Emma. Right now, it's monsoon season so he and the captain have to plan the voyage carefully.
“Hello Ramos. So, are we ready for departure? Just finished. We will departure from the pilot station around 17:00 then it requires speed in order to arrive at Suez. It will be 22.7 knots
Okay?”
Based on weather and currents they determine the most __________-efficient route. They also consider human risks like 21st century _______________.
“We have make the track north of support in water to stay as far as possible from the Somalian Coast.”
Finally loading is completed, and together the gantry cranes pull away from the ship. 15 stories above the dock, Captain Sonnichsen has a bird's-eye view of their departure. With him is a local pilot, who by law must help guide Emma safely out of port. And Emma will need all the help she can get.
Departing Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia is always tricky and Emma size means she faces extra _______________ in the harbor. She has to be pulled away from the dock and turned 180 degrees before she can start her engine. Two tugboats assist the ship. They push sideways with powerful jets of water.
Captain Sonnichsen has to be very ______________.
“We know what we are doing but we are also aware of the risk.”
Emma completes her turn and the world's biggest propeller - ten meters in diameter and weighing almost 130 tons, can now go to work.
If all goes according to plan, it won't stop turning for nine more days. But the sea has plans of its own, as Emma leaves port a monsoon _________ ____ turning the visibility to almost zero
5) Fill in the blanks based on what you listen:
The biggest ship in the world has big responsibilities. Emma Maersk has only two weeks to sail across the globe with a half a billion-dollar _________. She will sail through dangerous seas.
“We know what we are doing but we are also aware of the risk.”
While the crew will work overtime to maintain this high-tech ____________. What every takes, Emma has got to arrive on time and the clock is ______________.
It's one of the busiest ports on the planet, Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. It's the loading point for millions of containers a year from Asia bound for Europe and North America. They carry everything; from TVs to t-shirts, frozen fish to footwear, cameras to cosmetics.
“Today, it’s a very heavy operation. We have seven ____________ on both and approximately we are doing about 10,000 containers.”
But the port’s number one job is to load the world's biggest ship, Emma Maersk - 397 meters long, 20 stories tall, Emma dwarfs everything around her. She can carry a _____________ 12 thousand containers. A freight train with a load this big would have to be 70 kilometers long. All on one mighty state-of-the-art ship. Her unique silhouette is all boat - a _______________ hull, a soaring super structure amid ships. She's clearly built for one purpose - to move enormous amounts of cargo as quickly as possible.
Without those big boxes, Emma is an empty ________________ with a four lease sign in the window. In just three hours, she has to be loaded and gone.
“Today we have about 2,000 loading and 450 _________________ and the challenge will be that we need to sail out this vessel as soon as possible.”
She's got just 13 days to _______ Spain; 13,000 kilometers away. In the boxes is half a billion dollars’ worth of cargo and delivering at late is not an option. Like giant spiders six cranes tirelessly load containers onto Emma. Each one weighs over five tons and the best crane operators can load 30 an hour. Looking down from their perch - 60 meters above the ground.
Each crane has a manager who confirms that the right containers are being loaded onto the right ship. It's ________________ that every container is placed properly. On board Emma, that's the job of ship’s officers Ramos Galeatos and Niels Larson.
“In the front, we have the most dangerous cargo that that would be assets, flammable. If we have fireworks class 1.40 all the way to the F, so that if we have a potential risk on the vessel it will be as far away from the living quarters, accommodation and above all the main engines.”
Dangerous cargo - at the bow, high maintenance refrigerated cargo - closer to the superstructure. Weather prone containers _________ with expensive electronics - below deck. A shift could mean catastrophe, so every box must be placed and then properly secured to guarantee stability especially if they run into a typhoon.
Eight stories up on the world's widest bridge, first officer Galeatos ways all the factors that could delay Emma. Right now, it's monsoon season so he and the captain have to plan the voyage carefully.
“Hello Ramos. So, are we ready for departure? Just finished. We will departure from the pilot station around 17:00 then it requires speed in order to arrive at Suez. It will be 22.7 knots
Okay?”
Based on weather and currents they determine the most __________-efficient route. They also consider human risks like 21st century _______________.
“We have make the track north of support in water to stay as far as possible from the Somalian Coast.”
Finally loading is completed, and together the gantry cranes pull away from the ship. 15 stories above the dock, Captain Sonnichsen has a bird's-eye view of their departure. With him is a local pilot, who by law must help guide Emma safely out of port. And Emma will need all the help she can get.
Departing Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia is always tricky and Emma size means she faces extra _______________ in the harbor. She has to be pulled away from the dock and turned 180 degrees before she can start her engine. Two tugboats assist the ship. They push sideways with powerful jets of water.
Captain Sonnichsen has to be very ______________.
“We know what we are doing but we are also aware of the risk.”
Emma completes her turn and the world's biggest propeller - ten meters in diameter and weighing almost 130 tons, can now go to work.
If all goes according to plan, it won't stop turning for nine more days. But the sea has plans of its own, as Emma leaves port a monsoon _________ ____ turning the visibility to almost zero
