Giant Chinese Cranes dock at Thames Estuary... Amazing!

[lovejoy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21631569

[joebloggs]

it's they were not made in the UK

[Michael Parnham]

Yes amazing, I wonder why they were not built by british companies

[Dedworth]

Yes amazing, I wonder why they were not built by british companies

I suppose they'd need to be built in a shipyard and unfortunately we don't have many of those left

[stevewool]

so many new jobs coming to the london area it seems just in time for all the Europeans whos moving over here too

[Steve.r]

Yes amazing, I wonder why they were not built by british companies

That's easy to answer michael, it's cheaper to make them in China.

Being in China right now and working in the heavy industry I have seen the capabilities of the Chinese, and there is nowhere in the UK that can even come close to what they have, either in machinery,factory space or manpower. The only thing that the Chinese lack is quality. Quality is my job right now in Shanghai, so I imagine these cranes were made under the supervision of some westerner like me, specially employed to make the grade. Still, they are really something to behold and I cant imagine the calculations that went into loading that ship, the mind boggles!!