How to Dislodge a 200,000-Ton Ship From a Canal Wall
Bloomberg: How to Dislodge a 200,000-Ton Ship From a Canal Wall
(Bloomberg) -- When you can’t shift a ship that’s stuck fast into the wall of a canal that’s vital to world trade, there’s only one thing to do: call the salvage guys.
The Ever Given container ship -- a 200,000-ton behemoth -- has been blocking what is arguably the world’s most important waterway, the Suez Canal, since Tuesday morning.
The struggle to dislodge it is now turning the world’s attention to the work of SMIT Salvage, a legendary Dutch firm whose employees parachute themselves from one ship wreckage to the next, saving vessels often during violent storms.
The company is synonymous with some of the most daring naval salvages, including lifting a sunken Russian nuclear submarine in 2001, and removing fuel from inside the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it ran aground in Italy in 2012.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: I see a lot of diggers and tugboats in the coming days.
2 comments:
I know a guy from Moldova. He could lift it. Why don't they call him? Rookies!
Democraps, pay attention here...notice when the Egyptians got their tit in a wringer and the locals just didn't know what to do, and millions are being lost per day, they call in the white Europeans to fix things for them, coz the Europeans know what they are doing. Did you notice that, you "systemic racisms" fools?
Post a Comment