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If you think you are having a bad day, take a look at this. It is one of those real "Oh Shit!" moments in history! A bit of a disaster, this one... The blue things were a couple of heavy-lift gantry cranes at a shipyard on the Huang-Pu river, near Shanghai, China。 They have both toppled down onto a large container ship under construction in a dry-dock - and knocked the ship off its blocks and right across to the side of the dock. This photo was taken about 5 or 6 weeks after the incident and dismantling of one of the heavy lift gantry cranes is already underway. What they will do with the ship, I have no idea. (It may be possible to float it and get it back into the middle of the dock, after the wreckage of the gantry cranes has been removed? It could also be a complete write-off and they may even end-up having to break the ship up too, salvage what bits they can and start building a new one?) Whatever. This is one Chinese shipbuilding disaster that is going to cost a LOT of money!! Photo taken from on board c.s. Wave Venture, on passage down the Huang-Pu between Shanghai and Wusong - September, 2008 The ship in the foreground is the Dapeng Star, a gas tanker under construction and the container ship in the dry-dock is the Xin Fei Zhou1 point
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If you think you are having a bad day, take a look at this. It is one of those real "Oh Shit!" moments in history! A bit of a disaster, this one... The blue things were a couple of heavy-lift gantry cranes at a shipyard on the Huang-Pu river, near Shanghai, China。 They have both toppled down onto a large container ship under construction in a dry-dock - and knocked the ship off its blocks and right across to the side of the dock. This photo was taken about 5 or 6 weeks after the incident and dismantling of one of the heavy lift gantry cranes is already underway. What they will do with the ship, I have no idea. (It may be possible to float it and get it back into the middle of the dock, after the wreckage of the gantry cranes has been removed? It could also be a complete write-off and they may even end-up having to break the ship up too, salvage what bits they can and start building a new one?) Whatever. This is one Chinese shipbuilding disaster that is going to cost a LOT of money!! Photo taken from on board c.s. Wave Venture, on passage down the Huang-Pu between Shanghai and Wusong - September, 2008 The ship in the foreground is the Dapeng Star, a gas tanker under construction and the container ship in the dry-dock is the Xin Fei Zhou1 point
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Here's one for Valentine's Day! A romantic view of young couples watching a beautiful and serene sunset over Manila Bay in the capital city of the Philippines. Photo taken from along the Manila Bay recreational pier, (near the Baywalk, behind the Quirino Grandstand,) with my old but trusty little Panasonic compact camera in November 2005 To purchase a high quality print of this image, please visit: ArtWanted.com Various gift items and dozens of personalized products such as mouse pads, t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, puzzles and a lot more besides are also available, customized with this image at ArtWanted.com
© © Vic Rolfe
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A monstrous great FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Off-loading) vessel of the China National Offshore Oil Company; berthed in the shipyard at the Sembawang shipyard, Singapore - May 2008 "Hai Yang Shi You" translates as Pacific Ocean Oil. (I just thought you might like to know!!) Photo taken from aboard c.s. Cable Retriever, on her way into the cable depot to load for a repair to a submarine telecoms cable, somewhere near Taiwan1 point
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The China Shipping Line's container ship, Xin Chang Sha berthed at a container port on the East Johore Straits, Singapore - May, 2008 Photo taken from aboard c.s. Cable Retriever, on her way up to the cable depot at Sembawang, to load for a repair to a submarine telecoms cable, somewhere near Taiwan1 point
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A beautiful tropical sunset over the mountains of Zambales province in the Island of Luzon, Philippines I really love these kind of dramatic skies and the weird lighting that you get at dusk after a heavy downpour in the tropics Photo taken from on board the Global Marine Systems Ltd. cable ship, c.s. Cable Retriever, berthed at the SRF compound, Rivera Point, Subic Bay Freeport, Philippines - May, 20081 point
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The first light of dawn, as seen from the cable ship c.s. Cable Retriever, working on a submarine telecoms cable repair near Nasugbu, in the province of Batangas, Philippines - April, 2008 Nice warm tropical weather, calm seas and a beautiful sunrise... If it was like this all the time, everyone would want a job working at sea!!1 point
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A tropical sun-rise, as seen from the cable ship c.s. Cable Retriever, working on a submarine telecoms cable repair near Nasugbu, in the province of Batangas, Philippines - April, 2008 Nice warm tropical weather, calm seas and a beautiful sunrise... If it was like this all the time, everyone would want a job working at sea!!1 point
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The majestic peak of Diogo Island, with the low-lying Itbayat Island, (both of the Batan Islands group,) set against the evening sky. Photo taken from aboard c.s. Cable Retriever whilst on passage in the Luzon Strait, (to the North of the main Island of Luzon, in the Philippines) - to the job site for a submarine cable repair operation, off the East coast of Taiwan - April, 20081 point
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