Giant crane salvages ships beached by tsunami

That's like something the russians would make, except it works and hasn't sunk yet.

The barge crane is lifting the barge crane!

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Must be pretty iffy to lift stuff with a vessel mounted crane, a lot of tipover possibilities. No way to extend support feet!

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But there's an unlimited supply of pumpable ballast available.

*This* is a couple of big marine cranes. Not really a fair comparison since it's a floating drydock rather than a barge, but it did travel here from China. It's passing my favorite surfing spot in the first two pics. The destroyer in the last pic is 500 feet long.

Sure there is, in shallow shore and bay areas it would be possible. But more likely, they use movable ballast. That means both vessels sink if the cables or slings let go.

-- It takes as much energy to wish as to plan. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Man, there's ICE in that water. You surf there? Brrr! And I thought SoCal water was cold...

Hmm, it has been 45 years since I last surfed. I gave it up for skimboarding, then girls.

-- It takes as much energy to wish as to plan. --Eleanor Roosevelt

You must be really good. Maine doesn't have a sandy beach that long.

jsw

Aww, thats just a puppy, now *heres* A Crane-

H. :)

Sorta like tracked cranes :-)

Well it's been almost 45 years since I've surfed in water that cold myself. For a geezer like me half the fun is sitting in the water and relaxing on a nice day.

I'm more old than good. That's Popham Beach at the mouth of the Kennebec. It's about 3 miles long. Old Orchard must be almost twice that.