I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
The ship's fuel tanks are designed to be filled, not emptied, there's check valves in the lines. If the ship's at all typical the only way to pump fuel out is to drop a suction hose through a hatch at deck level. If they can get it open. Chances are there's shit in the way under that too, ladders, internal pipework etc.
One way to deal with that is for someone to get suited up and take a hose to the bottom of the tank, feeling their way down. The weather needs to be a lot better than the forecast for any of that to happen.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Why dont they just set fire to the bloody thing?
I cant see it taking less than 1 hour per container, 1300 containers onboard thats a long time to unload, not to mention the dangers at the angle its at now. They use the wharf cranes to remove the hatches to get to the containers below the top deck which the chopper probably can't lift.
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I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
A story in this mornings Herald tells of a CHCH man with his family's belongings, his tools and motorbike in a container on the Rena. They were in the earthquake and decided to make a new start in Aussie.
He says the anguish of knowing that all they own is likely to be lost. is pretty hard to face.
Seeing a story of sort of hits home just how much more tragic this is for anyone with a personal involvement.
I hope the poor buggar gets his container off loaded.
" Rule books are for the Guidance of the Wise, and the Obedience of Fools"
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
She's right, if the fuel's escaping into the environment the best place for it is on a beach, it's the easiest place to collect it from. Some of it's going to sink anyway, the detergent just accelerates the seperation of the heavy bits from the light bits.
Looks weird on the bottom, like mercury.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
I'm here all week! Try the veal.
I guess you will not like this either...
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
I've not doubt once the crane arrives that it'll be relatively quick, but I was referring to the length of time it'll take to get the crane here in the first place. Fair enough that they'll not be able to lift the ones below deck, but they aren't the ones being washed over and I'm kinda surprised they haven't tried to air lift the top ones off. Could be that they don't want to remove any weight off it, dunno.
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
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