# Ghost Fleet Of The Recession. Newslink will blow your mind!

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**Created:** [September 15, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-fleet-of-the-recession-newslink-will-blow-your-mind/510243 "2009-09-15T22:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-fleet-of-the-recession-newslink-will-blow-your-mind/510243/1 "2009-09-15T22:18:17Z")

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A secret fleet of merchant ships, hundreds, maybe thousands of them! Anchored far away from land, kept empty & out of sight!

> **[Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1212013/Revealed-The-ghost-fleet-recession.html)**
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> The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. It is is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year.

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> 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
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> ‘A couple of years ago those ships would have been steaming back and forth, going at full speed. But now you’ve got something like 12 per cent of the world’s container ships doing nothing.’

Image Link

[![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/08/article-1212013-06435781000005DC-710_634x403.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/08/article-1212013-06435781000005DC-710_634x403.jpg)

Unbelievable!

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-fleet-of-the-recession-newslink-will-blow-your-mind/510243/2 "2009-09-15T22:28:35Z")

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Waiting for deliveries from [these guys.](http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc36586.php)

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-fleet-of-the-recession-newslink-will-blow-your-mind/510243/3 "2009-09-16T14:03:22Z")

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Just looking at the picture i see a handful of real ships and a few dozen local fishing boat-sized craft.

Not saying there isn’t a bunch of idled large craft, but that picture sure doesn’t prove it. That’s a lot fewer real ships than you see in the waiting zone outsie the Panama Canal on a busy day.