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RufusTCuthbert t1_j6kfdx6 wrote

The LNG tankers are more dangerous empty (fumes) than full (when it’s full of what is essentially gas jelly).

IIRC (and not sure if it’s still the case) they used to have to time the LNG ships so that the tide was just right; if it was too high it would not clear the Tobin, and if it was too low there was a possibility of the ships crashing the harbor tunnels.

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RufusTCuthbert t1_j6kez3a wrote

Essentially this is more efficient. But also the rail infrastructure to Moran Terminal in Charlestown, which is aka Boston Autoport, is in poor shape and not been used in many years. It also snakes it’s way through a highly congested area (both streets and rail) and would be a very slow and disruptive way to ship that many cars, using various freight railroads, routes, etc.

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biggybakes t1_j6keyvg wrote

More color for it's size, flag, etc...

What kind of ship is this?

ORCA ACE (IMO: 9777814) is a Vehicles Carrier that was built in 2018 (5 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.

Her carrying capacity is 15495 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 8.4 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 199.95 meters and her width is 32 meters.

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lewlkewl t1_j6kevje wrote

I'm not saying it's shitty, just not nearly as good as those places. The issue with around here is you get very basic indian cuisine, basically the equivalent of "american" indian food. There aren't a lot of authentic places around here.

I still go to these indian restaurants, so im not telling people to avoid them haha.

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lewlkewl t1_j6keg0o wrote

I like cha yen in watertown, brown sugar on comm ave, kala thai in haymarket, rod d next to fenway. There are more but those are just the ones i've had more recently, and imo each one is good at something different. I actually live closer to central MA, and even there there are a lot of great options.

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mshelikoff t1_j6kebk2 wrote

You're right because "increase by less" is not the same as "lower." In most situations, building more housing will cause housing costs to increase by less than they would without building more housing. It would take so much new housing to sufficiently flood the market and lower housing costs that no politician would discuss such a dramatic change.

Redditors who don't pay close attention to words think you're wrong because ideology matters more than plain text in the US in the 2020s. It's a shame that so many people feel words first and think about their actual meaning later, if at all.

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wsdog t1_j6kd2co wrote

Nobody will patronize Legal Seafoods if it's next door to MD's. Makes sense.

If you follow your argument all homeowners must be pro-construction because they would want to flip their land for profit. The problem is that they have to live somewhere, and they don't want to live in apartments because if they would, they would buy in Seaport.

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TheSausageFattener t1_j6kcbvm wrote

Any idea why they would run it from Quonset to Charlestown like that? It seems like a lot of effort to take the ship into the bay, then take it back out and sail it up to Boston. Ive always been under the impression these are usually transatlantic haulers.

Is there no more efficient way to do it? Theyve got rail freight.

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