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    "That's the boat." Scrooge pointed to a boat that was being tested in the pool and said to Morgan. Then he turned around and looked at the thirty or so people wearing white lab coats standing on the other side of the pool.  The 20-year-old young man shouted: "Crouch, please come here, um, come and tell us about this ship." "Okay, Mr. MacDonald, I'll be right over." The man responded.  However, the pool in the laboratory was quite large, and the man had to put away the things in his hands and give a few words to his assistant, so before he walked around the long experimental pool, Scrooge still had time to talk to him.  Morgan said a few words.  "See that ship? It has a standard displacement of 60,000 tons. It is larger than any ship we have ever built before, and it is also the largest ship built by mankind so far. But because of the breakthrough in the design of the ship,  The resistance of this ship when sailing at low speed is surprisingly small. When sailing at a speed of about 12 knots, this ship can save about 10% of fuel. " "So.  "How much?" Morgan stopped, "How is this done?" Obviously, Morgan, who considers himself a half-ship expert, is very interested in this.  "Oh, this is more complicated to talk about. It involves fluid mechanics, vortex dynamics, and many other very professional things. It will take a long time for even me to figure it out. Do you really want to know?" Shi Gao  Zhi looked at Morgan with a smile.  "Hell, can't you explain it in simpler terms?" As Scrooge expected, Morgan shrank from the pile of nouns that sounded powerful even though he didn't know what they meant.  "To put it simply, this young man discovered that when a ship is sailing, the vortex brought up can generate a force, which can be used to offset the effect of wave-making resistance to a certain extent. Well, this kind of force can be used  Named after his surname, it is called Sharshev force. By utilizing this force, the resistance of our new ship type is smaller than that of ordinary ships, which makes the economic performance of our new ship very outstanding.¡±  Scrooge explained.  "Very nice young man. Well, this design should also make the warships we build faster, right?" Morgan asked.  "Unfortunately, this design is only useful at the low speed end. As the speed increases, the positive effect of the Sharchev force becomes smaller and smaller. When it reaches about 18 knots, it is basically useless. After 18 knots, it is basically useless.  , or even have a counterproductive effect, and if it reaches thirty knots, this force combined with the wave resistance can even damage the keel structure of most ships. Therefore, it cannot be used on warships, high-speed cruise ships, or yachts.  This design is only used by some cargo ships that are not sensitive to speed." Scrooge held his hands on the guardrail beside the pool and stared at the large-scale model undergoing seakeeping testing in the pool.  , said to Morgan.  "Hello, Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Morgan." At this time, Crouch Sharshef had already walked around the long pool and walked to Scrooge and Morgan.  "Well, the young man is pretty good." Scrooge nodded and said, "Let's introduce the characteristics of this ship to our big boss Morgan." "Okay." Crouch replied.  Then he turned to Morgan and began to introduce his new design of ship to Morgan Soon, there was news about the Morgan-McDonald Shipyard that was going to produce a brand new giant cruise ship with a displacement of up to 60,000 tons for Mobil Oil.  The news appeared in various newspapers.  Of course, the reporting angles of each newspaper are different.  For example, The Sun, which has a more civilian audience, focused its reporting on the hugeness of this ship, and compared it with similar ships from other countries, especially those made by the British, who have always been the most hated by the American people.  Compared with ships of similar purpose, he unceremoniously described the British shipbuilding technology as scum.  The New York Times, which claims to be rational, objective, and neutral, pointed out that although American shipbuilding technology has made considerable progress, this ship is still just a ship on a drawing, and the work of cutting the steel plates has not even begun.  In addition, the ship is so large that a new specialized slipway is needed, and the construction of the giant slipway has not yet been completed.  Therefore, this ship will not be ready for construction on the slipway until at least August next year.  So it¡¯s a little premature to cheer for this at this time, thinking that America¡¯s shipbuilding technology is number one in the world.  The "Science" magazine, which focuses on science and technology, analyzed the technical advantages of this kind of ship. For example, according to the results of the pool experiment, the sailing performance of this kind of ship, especially the sailing performance under high sea conditions, should be very good. In addition,  , in order to quickly load and unload oil, this ship uses a variety of brand-new technologies As for the Wall Street Journal, which is the most professional in economics, it analyzed the advantages of this kind of ship from an economic perspective: "Huge?The carrying capacity has greatly increased the efficiency of maritime transportation, thus reducing transportation costs by at least two-thirds.  The huge water distribution brings excellent navigation performance under high sea conditions, which allows this kind of vessel to sail on the most difficult routes in the seasons that are least suitable for navigation, which also greatly increases the flexibility of use.  The emergence of this kind of ship almost directly declares that the previous oil tankers of several thousand tons or more than 10,000 tons are completely obsolete.  Compared with this kind of monster ship that is simply like a prehistoric beast, they have no chance of winning in the transportation competition across the ocean. It is almost certain that as long as this kind of giant oil tanker can be put into use smoothly, those small displacement  oil tankers will be eliminated in a very short time.  By the same token, super tankers have the same advantages over ordinary tankers as super freighters.  It can be expected that as the construction technology of ultra-large displacement ships matures, more and more giant ships will continue to appear on ocean transportation routes. By that time, the current ships with limited transportation capacity will be used in the future.  It is almost certain that they will be eliminated one after another within a certain period of time.  Because only shipping companies with a large number of such ships can survive and develop. If a shipping company still uses those old ships, they will soon find that their operating costs will make them unable to compete with competitors.  No resistance at all.  Therefore, the emergence of this kind of ship almost directly means a major change in the transportation industry and shipbuilding industry"  As analyzed by the Wall Street Journal, Morgan Macdonald's ship called "Poseidon"  VLCCs have destroyed all previous rules for oil tanker competition, causing the cost of oil transportation to drop by nearly two-thirds. This has significantly increased the profits that companies that own such ships can earn during transportation, or it may mean that in the process of transportation, the profits will be greatly increased.  In the competition with other companies, they can easily defeat their competitors by reducing shipping costs, because they can lower the price to the point where their opponents need to pay more to follow up, and they can also ensure that they have good profits.  Whoever can own such a tanker first will quickly gain an advantage in the oil transportation market. Under such circumstances, although the two new slipways prepared for the production of such ships have not yet been completed, the shipyard has taken over.  The orders received can be placed five years later. Encouraged by this, Morgan Macdonald Shipyard announced that it will add two more such large slipways. This has already been shown before the supertanker has even been launched.  Good money scene, so all the slightly capable shipbuilding companies around the world are involved in the competition to build supertankers. The British, the Germans, and even the French and Italians have joined the game, especially the British.  Seeing this supertanker dispute as a fight to maintain national prestige, they claimed that they had formulated a plan to build a larger and more advanced supertanker than the American "Poseidon", which was reportedly originally used.  Some slipways used to build battleships have begun to be remodeled to build supertankers that can rival the "Poseidon". In addition, new, larger slipways have also begun to be built. As for Germany, theirs is sometimes used.  The emperor, who was prone to minor problems, was always known for his great success. However, in this case, his reaction was much slower. He even felt that if the British were willing to use them to build battleships and battlecruisers.  It was not a bad thing to use the slipway to build civilian ships. Of course, the German emperor's lack of foresight was quickly corrected. His generals who had close ties with business owners told him that producing supertankers was a very big deal.  The thing about making money is that they can further expand their ability to build battleships. In addition, manufacturing such giant tankers can also provide a lot of employment opportunities and allow the economy to quickly recover from the depression. As for France and Italy, they can.  Not to mention competing with the United States and Britain for the title of the world's largest ship. They do not expect their supertankers to surpass the British and Americans in performance, but they have all seen this.  Even the American and British shipyards, especially the large shipyards needed to produce supertankers, are actually very limited. Therefore, their production speed cannot be too fast, and those shipping companies may not be able to wait that long.  By that time, they can develop a super tanker that is equivalent in performance to the American Poseidon, or the gap is limited, and then those orders that can't wait will definitely fall into their hands.  ¡­ ¡°The craze for giant oil tankers has always been on the rise. The next step is to work on ordinary cargo ships.¡± Scrooge thought as he looked at the information in his hand.
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