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Ship Salvaged Using Explosives
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by unofficialsquaw.com | July 17, 2007 at 08:13 pm
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gCaptain tells us: The beached vessel “MSC Napoli” was broken in two with the use of explosives as part of the $100m and rising salvage attempt. The Guardian UK tells us:
When the cargo vessel was refloated last week, a diving survey revealed
that the hull was severely damaged and it was beached again on
Thursday. Attempts to break the hull during high tide failed on Monday
morning, prompting the decision to use explosives yesterday, when a
1,000-metre exclusion zone was placed around the ship.Salvage teams will assess whether a further detonations are
necessary to finally remove the vessel from the world heritage Jurassic
Coast. Read More…
Read the entire story at gCaptains blog: LINK
Flickr Slideshow of the Stricken Ship: LINK
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at 07:52 on July 18th, 2007
unofficialsquaw.com, the photos are terrific. It's great the way you are on top of the global maritime industry. Appreciate you keeping us up to date!