They have one on site now!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
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They have one on site now!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
ok...so is the pointy end pointed up stream or downstream???? doesnt really matter.......what happens if they get in lots of big heavy earth moving machinery and sort of dig channel around tip of downstream end,say 50-100 yards wide and let water get in ,around and do the rest,eg flow past/through and start eating the soil away from hull,would it allow it to budge and pop front end back out into flow and away it goes....or opposite way around depending on ships direction....
one excavator wont move much but fifty D8s and bigger have one hell of a lot of pull combined....always a way if you have long enough bit of rope LOL
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Originally Posted by Micky Duck
I don't see it as an "upstream or down stream" flow. The Mediterranean end of the Suez ship canal is about a meter or forty inches lower than the Red Sea end so the trend is from south to north. There are some strange tides however that can stall and even reverse the flow with the help of unsettled weather in the region.
Of concern is an aspect many have not even considered. A report.
"........Data from freight tracking website Marine Traffic indicates that 11 of the delayed container ships are carrying cattle, sheep and other livestock, while the Australia-based NGO Animals International has identified a further nine, according to The Guardian.
Marine Traffic spokesperson Georgios Hatzimanolis said three of the carriers, the Omega Star, the Unimar and the Sea Star, “appear to be stuck at various points in the canal” rather than queuing for entry.
Gerit Weidinger, EU coordinator for Animals International, said the Unimar and Omega Star appear to have left Spain on 15 March and 16 March respectively while a further nine of the boats were loaded in Romania earlier this month.
While the animals aboard are not in immediate danger, the prospect of the rescue effort to free the Ever Given taking several weeks to accomplish poses serious questions about their welfare."
It’s going to really interesting how this plays out if the salvors can’t free this ship in the next few days.
Already the General in charge of the canal is saying that don’t discount other factors beside the wind.
Photos of a 30 year old digger moving sand from around the bow of the ship tells part of the story.
You would think that part of the average transiting fee of $250k US would pay for some up keep.
19,000 vessels transited the Suez Canal last year x $250k = $4.75 billion, how much of that goes sideways into someone’s back pocket.
Yes quite a lot I would say. Apparently not leaving enough for contingency plans and equipment should this happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300winmag
AND accompanying that are the physical problems associated with the carriage of increased numbers of containers. Greater container carrying capacity means greater profits for the shipping companies, BUT the companies have not addressed the problems in restraining the increased number of containers on the carrying vessel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
SO we have containers breaking away from the carrying vessel in increasing numbers as the numbers of containers able to be carried , increase.
ALL to the risk of other's travelling the seas as not all of these containers which were lost overboard, sink. They are very airtight so unless the weight of the contents exceeds the flotation ability of the air trapped within the container, the container floats....usualy just below the surface of the water with no above surface profile.
Effectively taking the place of WW 2 mines and fatal for any light vessel which may hit them.
If you guys have ever been to Egypt it’s backwards! They always bang on how they built the pyramids! Lol
Yeah it’s one dirty overcrowded country with not a lot of honesty! Love that part in the movie Gallipoli where Snowy says “There all a bunch of thieves”!
Don’t get me wrong the sites are amazing! I’ve been three times. But the people in general drive you round the bend. I found the south much better than the north people wise.
There all after a bit of backsheesh (bribe money).
Can’t see this being sorted anytime soon. But time will tell.
Just to give you an idea on how bad they do repair jobs. I have a pic of a hieroglyphs that were being repaired at Kom Ombo. Thousands of years old!
And here they where putting the blocks back in upside down:wtfsmilie: in there defence guess they didn’t grow up with Lego:XD:
Yep they will make a mess of this wind my ass bloody pilot went to sleep! They when someone else fix’s it they will claim the credit....:x_x:
Want any work done, something fixed urgently, open briefcase and peel off some crisp US $100 bills.
Been there done that.
Just checked the corruption index, Egypt is sitting at place # 117, well behind other more prominent shit holes.
The crew on the container ship are all Indians, they’ll go thru there paperwork with a fine tooth comb hoping to find false tickets etc.
The skipper will be under immense pressure, if they free the ship they’ll probably do a complete crew change as mentally they will be fried.
Starting to unload the Evergreen
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Originally Posted by 300winmag
And there’s six more containers under that one!:D
Egypt have told the Ever Given owners to pay 1 Billion dollars in compensation or they don’t get there ship back.
Ouch!
Wonder how good their insurance is?
I think the cargo is valued at $1 billion
When I think how much stuff came in those containers via the importers I used to deal with, that would not be difficult....24000 containers on the largest ships and the evergreen is one of them....Thats an average of $71k per container (about) and if you look at freight, a forty foot container used to be $150,000 worth of stock in the trade I was in , and it was not particularly expensive products....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
Somewhere up in the hills around Nelson today we dropped a driveshaft...be along day tomorrow getting it sorted, supposed to be back in the North Island tomorrow.
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It's just there by ya feet David :)
Looks like a bit of a bastard of a corner to get stuck on. Did ya manage to drag it off the road with the digger
Got it all the way to site with digger, that corner was the first or second one of about 6 to get around...will be unloaded in the morning and off to find a repair shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
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The local lads from the True Honey Co lost there trailer of hives up the Makakahi Valley the other night.They walked about 6km at 0100hrs too the nearest house where there was a landline,as cell coverage is shit. Pic after trailer was put back on the road.
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Do you like your bees shaken or stirred?:wtfsmilie:
Bet the guy that went to pull that out was like….you have what as a cargo?:o
And the driver was like I’m shout:omg: from this side of the gully because I’ve had my full of stings:x_x: and you can get someone else to drive them……they don’t tip and they sure as hell don’t play fair when you go off road:XD:
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Lol she must have heavy shoes to make it that far:XD:
Ps the driver is fine wife’s making her a cup of tea. I’m just back to pick up her handbag.
This guy got it a bit wrong...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg5az0QGwHM
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So dad asks kids if we should try get through a real boggy bit on the way home.... kids say YES! Dad says we might be walking up the drive if we give it a go.....
Nek minut.
Nothing a Hiace cant pull out. With ease I might add.
I highlighted the problem incase it happens again.
@40mm thought the windscreen was smashed took me a bit to see the shadow :O_O: thought maybe the comments form your navigator might have been a little to much and you pushed the ejector button:XD:
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Originally Posted by 40mm
True, it does look like that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sideshow
Some scum bag stole this car from Woodville,got air borne to get down there.Took off in the dark thru the mud and broke into a farmhouse at work.Cut him self getting in,good fkn job.House had mud and blood thru it,hope the prick gets a good infection.
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At least there will be some DNA if the cops decided to collect any. Probably kids who would get off scot free if they were caught
Its a bit wet out there!
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Guess I'm walking to the shed!
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How the fuck? Oh never mind
lol that's not a stuck quad ...... this is a stuck quad :D
Jeez, bet when it finally lost momentum it stopped in a hurry and you went F..... Oh never mind.
I have been thinking about how Dundee must have got out of there as that mud would have been up to his belly button.
I was thinking it was bogged down deep enough he wouldn't need a step ladder to get onQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
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I know it's a little windy but one numpty put a sail on his scooter.
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This one shows the sail a little better, I try to upload it from my phone but the ratio of thumb to screen was to great.
Two car pile up....but only got one the towie dragged the other away.
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Should buff out aye?:D
It wasn’t much before the crash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
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Me....phone was ringing....silly move:omg:
