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Riding high
By adamg on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:40pm
Adam Castiglioni watched the Equuleus Leader steaming out of Boston Harbor today.
Heather Parker IDs it as a ship belonging to Nippon Yusen, which ships cars into Boston. More details on the ship, via Gerald Burke.
Earlier:
Another car carrier in the harbor.
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Check your pronouns: ships
Check your pronouns: ships are "her" not "it."
That being said, I love watching her come in and out of port when I work downtown. Massive vessel. I always have https://www.marinetraffic.com/ open to identify interesting traffic.
Massive Ferry
These boats are essentially massive ferries.
That marine traffic website is awesome, btw. I can geek out on that for a while!
Adam is correct
Referring to ships as "she" has been falling out of favor for years. Many stylesheets now say ships should be referred to as "it" and not "she."
Since when? Try telling that
Since when? Try telling that to a sailor. or hell, a company commander of any maritime service. You'd get your ass beat
E: google "ship gender" for a surprise
Landlubbers!
Nope! Stylesheets? Not the right kind of sheets!
She's a beauty! You'll never get a Navy vet to say otherwise!
UPDATE: just checked my group's style sheet - boats are girls!
That's just poppycock
Citation please...
Citation
Lloyd's List, Chicago Manual of Style, AP, NY Times.
http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/12/ships.html
I've used "it" for years in editing. Usage and grammar constantly change and evolve for better or worse, depending on your preferences.
But using "it" is not wrong.
Not that I have a copy of the AP Stylebook handy but ...
Apparently AP says use IT rather than SHE when referring to either ships or countries.
The US Navy generally hews to the AP Stylebook, but with certain exceptions, such as referring to a ship as "she."
But since I've never been in the Navy, while I have been a reporter, guess this landlubber will go with "it."
gawd...
now that's a beautiful thing
Small load
She only came into Port this morning and was only here for a few hours so she must not have had many cars on board.
Another one
Due in tomorrow...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/9177430/vessel:PERSEU...
Here's an idea
Why doesn't the City buy a few of these ships, dock them along the Seaport and sell parking spaces in them? Everyone knows cars are going nowhere and we need places to park them.
There's no room inside there.
There's no room inside there. Vehicles are kept door to door to maximize space.
There's also no ventilation for exhaust fumes
These ships are also used for decades to maximize use
There are also very few of these in the world
The steel to be reclaimed after their useful life is much more valuable then anything.