As both a seasoned Videographer and licenced ship's Master this is the kind of company I would love to work with! Every company should better document their efforts like this.
could be up into the millions but most of the money goes back into the salvage equipment I have known guys who were paid $50,000 USD for a 19 foot lobster boat rescued from shallow water and when all was said and done the 2 man crew only got $1,000 a piece
So what happened to cause the ship to "lose stability" in the first place? Was the cargo unsecured and did it all shift to one side during the heavy seas, thus tilting the ship and lodging all the cargo on the low side?
Modern day heroes . Way to go SMIT salvage.
As both a seasoned Videographer and licenced ship's Master this is the kind of company I would love to work with! Every company should better document their efforts like this.
Absolutely incredible. What a time to be alive. Huge respect for everyone involved in this operation
What kind of price tag goes on an operation like that?
could be up into the millions but most of the money goes back into the salvage equipment I have known guys who were paid $50,000 USD for a 19 foot lobster boat rescued from shallow water and when all was said and done the 2 man crew only got $1,000 a piece
If that narrator wanted, he could easily pull off one of the most believable Morgan Freeman impressions ever!
Awesome work guys! Cannot wait to see the ship back in action :)
So what happened to cause the ship to "lose stability" in the first place? Was the cargo unsecured and did it all shift to one side during the heavy seas, thus tilting the ship and lodging all the cargo on the low side?
The ship was carrying vehicles and 3700 tons of wood. The cargo shifted and this caused the list.
Da Popeye what would u guess?
It is a RO/RO thats what caused the instability... Tbh those type of ships are always a recipe for disaster.
+chdreturns MS Estonia, MS Herald of Free Enterprise, SS El Faro... The list goes on.
Wow! Great job!
one question, who's pay for the operation?
1:20 -- I recognize the man resting his head on his hand as a diver (from previous Smit videos).
Somehow quite a lot of ferry issues over the past 30 years or so. Is there something that connects them?
Great Vid
was the ship was a car carrer ship?
For a 5+-minute video we certainly could have seen more of the ship as salvaged and righted! #hardlyapayoff
Modern Express’ 3600 ton cargo shifted and the vessel started listing some 240 km off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, in the Bay of Biscay.
a lot of "drama" for the grandsons of deRuyter !!
What was found to be the original cause of the tilt?
wow just wow