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Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by tothetenthpower
You know what they will do? Turn those US dollars China holds into IMF bonds. Then the US will have to pay back all the money to the IMF.
Just you watch.
Originally posted by Ex_MislTech
Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by tothetenthpower
You know what they will do? Turn those US dollars China holds into IMF bonds. Then the US will have to pay back all the money to the IMF.
Just you watch.
I think it is even worse than that.
The true state of the economy can be derived by the number of cargo
ships stacked up in Singapore and the Philippines.
At this time it is around 500 ships at each location for a total of
1,000 ships sitting cold iron and carrying no cargo save a few that
have become storage for cars overseas makers cannot sell.
The 1,000 ship ghost fleet of the recession is bigger than the
US and UK fleet combined.
Good Luck to you all !
The 'ghost fleet' near Singapore. The world's ship owners and government economists would prefer you not to see this symbol of the depths of the plague still crippling the world's economies
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
SINGAPORE — To go out in a small boat along Singapore’s coast now is to feel like a mouse tiptoeing through an endless herd of slumbering elephants.
One of the largest fleets of ships ever gathered idles here just outside one of the world’s busiest ports, marooned by the receding tide of global trade. There may be tentative signs of economic recovery in spots around the globe, but few here.
Hundreds of cargo ships — some up to 300,000 tons, with many weighing more than the entire 130-ship Spanish Armada — seem to perch on top of the water rather than in it, their red rudders and bulbous noses, submerged when the vessels are loaded, sticking a dozen feet out of the water.
So many ships have congregated here — 735, according to AIS Live ship tracking service of Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay in Redhill, Britain — that shipping lines are becoming concerned about near misses and collisions in one of the world’s most congested waterways, the straits that separate Malaysia and Singapore from Indonesia.
The root of the problem lies in an unusually steep slump in global trade, confirmed by trade statistics announced on Tuesday.