# Supersized

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/supersized/7685>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [June 18, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/supersized/7685 "2012-06-18T06:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![tugboatchief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tugboatchief](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugboatchief)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/supersized/7685/1 "2012-06-18T06:55:24Z")

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Check out this article from USA TODAY:

East Coast ports dig deep for supersize ships

> **[East Coast ports scramble to dig deep, for supersize ships](https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-05-24/deepening-harbors/55653540/1)**
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> Ports on the Atlantic will spend more than $40 billion over the next five years to deepen their shipping channels and make other upgrades.