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And then....it's gone


And then....it's gone
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Copyright: clint wiessener (bones) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 125 W: 1 N: 65] (822)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-05
Categories: Transportation
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Tributes and Challenges from Fellow Members [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-24 0:37
Viewed: 366
Points: 2
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Hi

This one is specialy for Perryhooter.

Went to gym last night and saw them working on the stricken Safmarine Agulhas. Well this is what is left of it.

The Tall cranes on the left was not enough so they had to get the two smaller but much stronger cranes on the right from Port Elizabeth, each weighing in at around 33 tons.

This operation is costing them a couple of million dollars, how much can they really make on all this "scrap metal"? Surely they are doing it for a profit?

Hope you enjoy a bit of journalism photography.

Clint
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Hello Clint !

Thanks for being my eyes in East London (^_^) . I will come back on this one tomorrow . I have to go to bed now it is 01:00 AM.

I appreciate your post a lot.
Cheers!
Robert

If I did not mention you before, Check this site ! It is well worthed !
Cargo Law . You will find a lot of things about accidents in the Marine , Air and Railway transportation world


OK , I am back!

Now 20:41 on Friday night.

Well this photo is interesting. Note the two cranes at the right are the ones belonging to the vessel ( Cranes 1 and 2 ). See the link I added in you very first post or click here . No 3 crane is not seen here as it was in the aft section after the ship broke in two sections.

Looking at this photo, it looks like they succedeed in discharging most of the containers from the front section. Here , we can not see the aft section. I see three options, looking at this photo:
1) They dismantled the aft part cropping the ship piece by piece( which would be some very hazardous work ) using those two big cranes.
2) The ship finally leaning on her side , but it is unlikely as we could still see her as the water depth is not that deep.
3) The salvage company managed to make the stern section watertight, than made it afloat again , and it was towed either at sea to be sunk or saved to the nearest shipyard.

21:00hrs !
Aaaaaa AH !!!!! I have found the proof ! Thanks to Google (^_^) !

I found out. Option 1 is apparently the good answer: See photos dated Nov 23rd! , Nov 20th . photos are from RSA Ports - News .

Thank you for this fun Challenge! If you can , try to get a closer shot , before the ship is completely dismantled (^_^).

PS. About journalism, I read something one day, that I found pretty smart. Telling the truth is easy , Telling all the truth is much more difficult and rare.

A picture can lead or mislead to a lot of interpretations. Books, the web, Newspapers, Television and even cinema are too often only showing one side of the truth. To a certain extent they are more used as propagand tools for various goals..... It is the dark side of the comunication era we are now.

Have a great Weekend Clint !

Cheers!
Robert

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