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Before and After Hurricane Omar
Before Hurricane Omar slammed into St. Maarten, Kim Sha Beach had a lively community of beach bars tucked in under the coconut palms. That all changed on October 15, 2008 when pounding waves washed them all away...Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year
In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for...Treasure Hunters Take to Sea to Start Salvage Season
" Today's the day," legendary treasure hunter Mel Fisher would say as he set out to sea each summer in search of the ocean's secrets. Before his death in 1998, he found more than $1 billion worth of treasure, including gold and silver bars, emeralds, coins and artifacts.As...High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace
Very well written - exciting - article from Wired Magazine: "Salvage work has long been viewed as a form of legal piracy. The insurers of a disabled ship with valuable cargo will offer from 10 to 70 percent of...Salvage team retrieves black boxes from crashed Indonesian airliner
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A US-hired underwater salvage team on Tuesday recovered a black box from a commercial jetliner that crashed in the waters of eastern Indonesia on New Year's Day, killing all 102 aboard. The...
Ship Salvaged Using Explosives
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...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Pasha's Stay Proving Costly
The enforced stay on an Australian beach for bulk carrier Pasha Bulker reportedly is costing the Japanese owners $200,000 per day. Been there some 23 days now. Ouch! Another attempt to refloat will be made tonight... Maritime Experts Delay Salvage of Stricken Vessel
From gCaptain: The latest word from Newcastle, Australia is to wait before re-floating the grounded coal ship “Pasha Bulker”. The West gives us information directly from the salvage team: "“The reality is...
created by unofficialsquaw.com | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Vietnamese Fishermen Harvest Internet Cables
"As if the internet didn't have enough problems, what with the NSA trolling packets for sharp words and black hole routers swallowing packets, fishermen in Vietnam are now salvaging underseas fiber optic cables that connect the nation's computers to Thailand and Hong Kong,...CURSOR [news]
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