Shipbreaking in the third world

doobin

doobin

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Complete disregard for health and safety and environmental concerns as you would expect. The bit that tickled me the most was at 13:30. A tanker of liquid oxgen arrives on site, and the camera proudly pauses for a while on the sign on the tanker body saying 'ISO 9002'. Yes massa. We accredited.

Around this sign are what I would swear are bullet dents, painted in red oxide. :eek::eek::ROFLMAO:

Watch at 18:22 and try not to curl your toes as the loader driver picks up a sheet on the forks 2/3rds off centre and then swings it over the other workers heads.

Bring back colonialism I say.
 
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Grahams

Grahams

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Great film. Impressive what a low tech operation can achieve. Their costs per tonne salvaged must be a fraction of what it would be here.
Don't fancy working there myself though.
Graham
 
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Gez_lewis

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Interesting film! Surprised how small they cut it up, we cut up a lot of things and it's scary how like working with my old man that is!
 
Mogman

Mogman

What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Nothing worse than trying to cut rusty/scaley metal with a burner:cry:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
not quite on the simple tech scale of the beaching above, but a ship related video I tripped over a few nights ago :cool: ..... very interesting ..... is there nothing Mammoet will not tackle :eek: .... oh and there's a bit of earth moving involved too ;):giggle:

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Bugger .... forgot the link :rolleyes:
 
pettsy

pettsy

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It just shows the profits involved with mining when it’s cost effective to move that dredge around the world along with the associated works.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I looked into getting this set up:) will cut rusty plate:sneaky:
that is bloody impressive:cool::cool: (y) .... even more so with the hand on the cutting head afterwards :eek: o_O

got the tank a bit close for comfort for me though :rolleyes::eek:

tell me more Mog :cool:
 
Grahams

Grahams

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That is some pretty impressive cutting, especially if it is filmed in real time.
Graham
 
Grahams

Grahams

Don't complain - suggest what's better
not quite on the simple tech scale of the beaching above, but a ship related video I tripped over a few nights ago :cool: ..... very interesting
Very interesting. In reality it is pretty simple. Now they have perfected those bogeys they can move virtually anything with enough thinking it out before hand.
Graham
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Very interesting. In reality it is pretty simple. Now they have perfected those bogeys they can move virtually anything with enough thinking it out before hand.
Graham
yes those multi axle lines are some tools :cool: .... as you say enough fore-thought is required though :cautious: :unsure: ... to avoid this sort of issue ..... :eek::(

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BertB.

BertB.

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The ship breaking is one thing but the fact that these people have nuclear weapons scares me a whole lot more that and the orange haired retard that lives south of my country.
 
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