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A Chain Just Cut Through A Capsized Cargo Ship Filled With Cars And The Process Is Fascinating
Back in September of 2019, a 600+ foot cargo ship called the MV Golden Ray, which was apparently loaded in an unstable fashion with over 4,000 cars, capsized in St. Simons Sound just off the port of Brunswick, Georgia. Since then, responders have been working to remove the ship in sections to send the hulk…
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Swedish Company Unveils A Wind-Powered Car Carrier Ship That Uses Wings, Not Sails
If you think the Oceanbird is the stegosaurus-looking result of one drunken night of passion between an airliner and a cargo ship, you are not too far off.
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Ship Knocks Containers Into River As It Sails Into Giant Red Bridge You Can’t Miss
The Willemsbrug, a bridge in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, was painted bright red when it was completed back in 1981. While it helps it stand out against the beautiful northern blue sky, it would also hopefully act as a literal red flag for ships to avoid, too, but a German barge just collided with…
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Let’s Chat About How Weird This Research Boat Is
I don’t spend much time thinking about boats or marine research these days, as I gave up on the marine biologist dream when I was 9 years old and found out the plesiosaur was extinct. But when I run across a boat as weird as the RP FLIP, as happened to me today, my brain…