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Year 2005
The Individual Moments of Transport Crisis
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M/V Oltenita - Danube Disaster -- Oct. 2005Seven Mile Bridge - The Keys - Oct. 2005
Ghost Ship - Destruction at Biloxi - Sept. 2005
M/V Transmodal - Fire At Sea - July 2005
M/T Kyokuyo Maru -Collision& Fire At Sea - July 2005
Horsing Around - July 2005
Iwo Jim Fire - July 2005
The Queen Checkmates - June 2005
Coat Tails of The Queen - June 2005
Tip of The Iceberg - June 2005
Uplift To Down - March 2005
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, M/V Milicoma - Mar. 2005
Bridge Vs. Bridge - Mar. 2005
Red Rudder Riders - Feb. 2005
USS San Francisco In The Mountains - Jan. 2005
Dr. Beach's Mystery Buoy - Jan. 2005
Drowned Fox - Jan. 2005
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M/V Oltenita along the Danube in better days M/V Oltenita beached, burning & sunk in the mud The Cargo Letter For Oct. 5 2005 Danuge cruising has improved greatly since the old M/V Oltenita was built in the 1950's. Danube River Trips |
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U.S. Highway 1 in the Florida Keys is shut down Oct. 3, after a dramatic crash on the famous Seven Mile Bridge near Mile Marker 41 involving a gasoline tanker & an SUV. Gasoline tanker caught fire after colliding with the SUV just south of Marathon Key. The Florida Keys are closed off. Seven Mile Bridge Index Map |
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Ghost Ship Hulk of the "Golden Hawk" at Biloxi - Aug. 29 2005 The "Golden Hawk" at Biloxi - in better days In better days -- before Hurricane Katrina -- this was the Treasure Bay Casino & Hotel at Bilox, Mississippi. The destruction was complete, but so is the determination to rebuild America's great Gulf Coast. Aargh! Legend of The Golden Hawk Biloxi Traffic Cameras (need to be replaced) Gulf Coast Links Hurricane Katrina Survivor Database Hurricane Katrina Official City of New Orleans Site Our Contributor: Libby Thompson, LAX |
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The Cargo Letter For July 12 2005 Contributor For This Feature: Libby Thompson - Los Angeles |
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The Cargo Letter For July 3 2005 These Japan Defense Force photos show vapor billowing from rocks appearing above the sea near the area where a 1,000 meter high column of water vapor shot up in the Pacific Ocean, on July 3. The vapor was reported July 3, by Japanese troops stationed on the island, about 1,125km SE of Tokyo. There's an undersea volcano in the area known as Fukutokuoka-no-ba. It last erupted in 1986. Japan Coast Guard officials who flew over the area July 3 said the surface of the water appeared red, which could indicate underwater volcanic activity. Another survey found greyish mud rising from the the bottom. |
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For a thousand years -- mariners have feared the iceberg -- and then -- 14 April 1912 -- when 1,517 people died in the disaster -- RMS Titanic From a Rig Manager for Global Marine Drilling in St. Johns, Newfoundland. The procedure is to divert the path of these mighty objects away from the oil rig by towing the icebergs with tugs. In this particular case the water was calm, & the sun was almost directly overhead so that the rig diver was able to get into the water & for this amazing picture. Clear water huh? Experts estimated the iceberg weight at 300,000,000 tons. And now we also can better understand why RMS Titanic sank! Feature Date: June 11 2005. Contributor For This Feature: (name removed to avoid embarrassment) [..... or have you?] June 17 2005 Update - After this photo was posted for 6 days, our reader Adrian Round pointed out the sad truth -- this photo is a hoax!As we are now told, "Global Marine Drilling does do work in the ocean off Newfoundland; there are Rig Managers involved; and icebergs really are towed in the offshore industry - but this 'photo' is really a composite of 4 separate images, put together in 1999 by underwater photographer Ralph A. Clevenger. It's probably best known from its use on a motivational poster put out by Successories, a company that produces posters and other materials with inspirational mottoes for use in business settings. Icebergs off Newfoundland may weigh as much as several million tons, but not 300 million tons as stated (though they do occasionally reach that weight in other parts of the world)." |
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Liftboat M/V Lauren on station in Gulf of Mexico Offshore Liftboats, provide self-propelled, self-elevating, deck barges (Liftboats or Jackups), working in Gulf of Mexico. Liftboats range in size (leg length) from class 105's to class 175's -- provide living quarters, hydraulic cranes & stable platforms to offshore oil and gas production platforms. Offshore Liftboats supports operations such as P&A (plug & abandon), maintenance & repair (work-over), structural construction and repairs, slick line, wire line, seismic, dive support, & salvage. Since Liftboats are self-propelled, they are mobile -- can work in shallow water -- transport supplies & materials (deck loads) up to 500,000 lbs. The Cargo Letter For March 25 2005: Liftboat M/V Lauren |
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Dramatic Survey Photo The Cargo Letter For March 22 2005: Barge Millicoma - Blowing Tanks** The Cargo Letter For March 25 2005: Details of the Columbia River Bar News Story Contributors For This Feature: Annonymous* * A very well placed industry source of this survey photo -- not a news photo. ** Second picture is new photo. |
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M/V Karen Danielsen -- her entire command bridge, mast, radars & 2 cranes are missing! You know, that "Bridge thingy" -- where the Captain & the helmsman stand to pilot the vessel - all gone. A True Darwin Award
M/V Karen Danielsen -- Bridged --Leaving her entire Bridge behind. Ten pounds of ship - under five pounds of bridge The Cargo Letter For March 4 2005: |
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What Happens When You Hit AN Uncharted Mountain Underwater At 30 Knots & 525 ft? The Damage Is Staggering But USS San Francisco Survived! This Mountain Was NOT On the Charts! This Photo U.S. Declassified Jan. 28 2005. That This Boat Ever Made It Back To Port Is A Tribute To Its Designers, Builders & Especially To The Crew & Captain. How Does America Keep Finding Men Like These? From The Cargo Letter - Los Angeles class nuclear submarine<<Webfeature, USS San Francisco (SSN-71), with 137 crew (home port Guam) headed for a port visit in Brisbane, -- grounded Jan. 7 in Pacific, 560km S. of Guam --20 crew injured, 1 critical -- still out of helicopter range to allow evacuation of the sailor. USS San Francisco underway -- on the surface -- expected in port Jan. 10. Applications being taken for new commanding officer. (Sat. Jan. 8 2005) UPDATE>> Injured crewman has died. (Sun. Jan. 9 2005) Contributors To Our Feature Hugo Garcia, Calabasas, Ca. |
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Dr. Beach Asks: What is This? Frequent readers of The Cargo Letter know that our pal Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer -- known to his pals as "Dr. Beach" -- is the world's leading scientist studying global open ocean drift patterns. Today, Dr. Beach needs your help to solve a mystery. |
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