Interesting picture. Recovery of ship that sank off Gibraltar.

[capnsensible]

 

[capnsensible]

Full article:

With OS35 out of the sea, final cleaning before trip to scrapyard

 

[penfold]

I hope the underwriter is paying for all of that.

 

[Pye_End]

Looks in good condition. How long was it down for?

 

[KevinV]

Looks in good condition. How long was it down for?

Jolly handy for short harbour walls too

 

[penfold]

Looks in good condition. How long was it down for?

10 months

 

[westernman]

Why a they cleaning it if it is going to be scrapped.
Does not make sense to me.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Why a they cleaning it if it is going to be scrapped.
Does not make sense to me.

1. To ensure that invasive species aren't transported
2. To remove polluting materials (e.g. oil)
3. To remove hazardous materials

I'm sure @Refueler , @Kukri and others could give a far longer list!

 

[Biggles Wader]

A job well done. Reminds me of the Napoli off Lyme Regis a few years back.

 

[penfold]

Why a they cleaning it if it is going to be scrapped.
Does not make sense to me.

IIRC because of where it sank it's the responsibility of Gibraltar port authority, so it's all being done "by the book"; the article linked to above outlines what's happening, as opposed to the usual 'stuff it up a beach and chop it to bits' scrapping it's proceeding to avoid as much pollution as is reasonable.

 

[Neeves]

There is an argument that scrapping the majority of most of the world's redundant shipping on a very few beaches focusses pollution to a limited area.

What is now needed, as these locations are all known and documented, is a bit of management (cheaper than trying to control hundreds of smaller locations). Try forcing the worlds ship owner to contribute....

I visited one of these scrap yards/beaches - they host a huge range of service providers and retailers. If you want 400 perfectly legal life jackets cheap - I know where to get them, ships ladders, same.

Jonathan

 

[penfold]

There's no excuse for it; there are enough facilities around the world where the tonnage could be dismantled responsibly, it's just a function of the IMO being a plaything of shipowners that beaches are used, the environment befouled and workers routinely maimed and killed.

 

[Refueler]

You want an honest comment about IMO ?

They are unable in attitude and capability to do anything .... they are typical bureaucratic over admin'd body that spends more time looking up its own ******* than getting job done.

 

[ProDave]

Looks in good condition

Apart from the small detail that it has snapped in half.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

It's still got its rudder, so I guess the orcas are off the hook for this one

 

[westernman]

Apart from the small detail that it has snapped in half.

Ah the front fell off......