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> Look at some of the photos of the front of it. Look at how far out of the water it is sitting. I'm curious how much of this is hightide vs low. If the photo
by Gustomaximus 6y ago
> Look at some of the photos of the front of it. Look at how far out of the water it is sitting.
I'm curious how much of this is hightide vs low. If the photo is taken at low tide you have about 1.7m drop on the stern which is going to make it look far more stuck. While if the photo is at high tide, wow.
> And what happens when that causes you to rip a hole into the hull of the ship?
I cant see sand friction ripping a hole in the steel unless there are rocks in the mix. I think the bigger risk is cracking the hull if there is too much weight at the front vs displacing this across the entire hull.
> I don't think you realize the infrastructure required to unload a ship.
To this, while absolutely it huge infrastructure Im assuming they only intends to reduce weight, not unload. So some crane choppers or whatever can make a big difference taking off 5% of containers type thing. I even wonder if they want to keep the back loaded to effectively life the front... but that might exacerbate the risk of hull breakage?