US Genius Technique to Recover Billions $ Ship in Middle of the Sea

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[@HAmatelot]

If it's US genius how come the Dutch have the biggest and most succesfull salvage company ?????

[@---OZ---]

They are brilliant only for surface recoveries....hahaha, the Dutch are the true professionals and unique for deep recoveries

[@SmackWaterJack001]

because America isn’t anywhere as great as we were indoctrinated into believing as children…

[@MyBelch]

Point to where the mean Americans hurt you, princess.

[@lubecavi]

No cure, no pay is a London Loyds open form contract. And in salvage procedures the Dutch are the leaders by far.

[@remcovanvliet3018]

US invented techniques, huh? Smit Internationale and Mammoet would like to have a word. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@nazismomsrhos]

Everything usefull you use is pretty much american like cars phones computere the internet nuclear power and advancements the submarine the us creates more daily than the rest of the world combined.

[@Mark-hc8ek]

F the nothinglands

[@bornfree735]

​@@Mark-hc8ekf the us!

[@c.a.mcneil7599]

Great show us a example

[@privatetravelpa6525]

Exactly - these techniques all invented in Europe. We’ve been messing around in boats about a thousand years longer…!

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

Having engineered ocean tugs on gulf, east coast and north, Central America, I never ceased to be amazed at the stupid things people manage to do with vessels. Picked up a drunk in a zodiac after separating from a sailboat off Yucatán. Didn’t even know he was alone. Never found the sailboat so we just took him along. Good cook though. Bizarre stuff every day.

[@rhuttrho88]

🫡

[@BVonBuescher]

I hope you had some chocolate chip cookies on hand

[@johna.4334]

@@BVonBuescher Huh?

[@Disinterested1]

"The ship flooded after it sank" nah it probably flooded first as that is what sinking is

[@cleverusername9369]

You want an award or something?

[@Disinterested1]

@@cleverusername9369 how are the cats?

[@purdyboi8078]

@@Disinterested1 🤣

[@blackhawk7r221]

Ballast was off. It was top heavy. Went over sideways then flooded.

[@johna.4334]

"Kia and Hyundai vehicles" No great loss.

Dutch owned SMIT Salvage used this technique long before the the Americans

[@allthatjazz641]

Turn the music up buddy, I could almost hear you.

[@quantumss]

Would have been much better without the music.

[@markbowen3638]

People have been salvaging ships before the good ol US of A was born. As others have stated the Dutch are by far the most experienced in this field and are the go too for seemingly impossible salvage jobs.

[@marthakrumboltz2710]

Who claimed to be the end all for salvage in the “good ol’ US”?

[@montanasnowman3138]

No America created God ships, fish in the sea and everything else.

[@Matityahu755]

Dat klopt.

[@destroyer6867]

Yeah the Dutch were there before, doesn't mean they are the best now

[@incognitoalias2808]

​@@destroyer6867 Didn't Howard Hughes salvage a Russian Submarine and not a Dutch Company......

[@gordonormiston3233]

The Dutch have been the leaders in ship salvage for hundreds of years!

[@Jay92925]

You’re wrong, Americans have been the leaders of this for hundreds of years. Or that’s at least what the Americans would say, and they do tend to know everything. Just like how they’re the leaders of everything possible in the world and have been for millennia

[@sheikhkhalid5969]

Tell it like it is.

[@donbrashsux]

Yes they have done some truely amazing salvages

[@Shawn_313]

Who cares?

[@anthonyxuereb792]

True but it was the US that salvaged the Costa Concordia if I'm not mistaken

[@freedomforever6718]

The lifestyles of contemporary human beings require massive infrastructure to maintain. Human ingenuity has yet to find its limit.

[@welshpete12]

The Dutch are excellent at this sort of operation.

[@whodat90]

“The ship flooded just after it sank, then it caught fire”. See, this kind of mixup is why order of operations is important.

[@peteryeung111]

You won’t realize how massive this wreckage and crane is, until you see the scale of men walking around.

[@raychambers3646]

The Dutch are world leaders in this.

[@johnrudy9404]

So much good stuff. Happy for the 4 engineers saved! People working together...sometimes. also always happy to see Reef from disgarded Material.

[@mjjvdberg]

I know that in the USA everything seems bigger and better, but now you are quite wrong. In a small country, the Netherlands, which has 17 million inhabitants, the famous Smit salvage has been established for decades and has a leading role and has established a huge name worldwide.

[@mr.clicknail]

Het is algemeen bekend dat Nederlanders groot gereedschap hebben :P

[@TiffMcGiff]

Tell me more…

[@usernotfound904]

They’re #2

[@mikemurphy5898]

'MMMUUUUUUURICA!!

[@1BigDaDo]

Lol there is 30 million people in Texas alone here in the USA..

[@bellenvideo5629]

4 crew members saved was amazing 🙏 wow 🤩

[@mikeyyoyo6464]

The expression on the guys face was moving

[@haroldplante8287]

I worked a Lampson 1200T Transalift. The spreader-bar alone was 150T. Super cool job.

[@askhowiknow5527]

The one saving grace is that the cars inside weren't any good.

[@mr.clicknail]

Word has it the US learned it from the Dutch ;)

[@jonahgadoury6421]

As long as ships have existed, recovery efforts have been made. Ships have been around much longer than 1,500s . Also, why is it called cargo on a ship, and shipment in cars?

[@CaptainKedah]

Can image being the Person who made a Mistake that Sunk a loaded Ship.

[@daveneil3963]

WOW, the hugeness of that recovery barge is hard to comprehend! Thank you for sharing that with us, I'm hooked now!

[@eentest9875]

That is a small crane vessel with 6800 ton lifting capacity. Dutch Heerema could offer 20.000 tons of lifting capacity on one ship...

[@michaellicavoli3921]

First buy a Chinese built rescue ship, and put on an American flag.

[@msw7021]

@@michaellicavoli3921 Gulf Marine Fabricators Texas

[@michaellicavoli3921]

@@msw7021 Didn’t expect made in TEXAS,

[@Shawn_313]

​@@eentest9875 who cares

[@mikebrase5161]

We used to have a pretty famous salvage boat in my area called the Salvage Chief. A week ago i was talking with a buddy who is an ABS inspector. He was telling me how sad everybody was when he had to fail its final hull inspection.

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Completely mind-blowing! Innovation knows no bounds.

[@frankangermann6460]

Still not shure if the „recycling“ of rigs and ships into reefs isn’t just a cheap way to get rid of it…..

[@DamienJoldersma]

Great video, but yeah, my feeling exactly: like ohh! All of a sudden it's like, Let's fix the ocean reef after our trawlers wrecked it!

[@mikeyyoyo6464]

Poor fish swimming around looking for they’re Hyundais

[@siggyincr7447]

By all accounts that I've seen they seem to be pretty big successes in terms of increasing biodiversity. In areas that are lacking hard substrates, the wrecks offer places for corals to settle that are otherwise lacking. Once the corals and other sessile invertebrates get established it doesn't take long for fish and other animals to move in. As an added benefit they are often located in no fishing zones and help stop nets from being hauled through the area by destroying them should they be hauled over the wreck.

[@hisheroship]

It is win win.

[@johnrogers9481]

…poor fish looking around for they are Hyundais🙂

[@historical_figures_unveiled]

got ur video suggestion today and subscribed in 30 min . amazing content

[@mattheweburns]

Wow, so close to home! Imagine if there had been a hurricane stopping operations, that could have ruined Tybee island

[@walsterdoomit]

Big crane. Big saw. Genius.

[@dirkvettigeran4628]

Pioneering Spirit this ship can take the drilling rig and the legs at the same time and can also lay pipelines at sea and is Dutch

[@Michael-0000]

Also the biggest vessel in the world. The most impressive installation vessel I’ve ever seen.

[@antonioguardiola1977]

La verdad que da gusto el al pobre hombre salir del barco, eso es lo más importante de toda la película.

[@RonnieStanley-tc6vi]

When I was a kid we lived on the Intercoastal waterway in Chesapeake VA. My friends and I went fishing and crabbing where several ships were cut up and sitting on the shore. I never knew that they used a cutting chain to get them out of the water though.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

Nice editing on this one. The only thing missing is Forest Gump and Sargent Dan battling the storm.

[@BubbaVision948]

-- Thats Lt. Dan...!

[@webstercat]

That smile on the man’s face ..

[@BIBIWCICC]

This project was 100’s of millions of dollars over urgent due to incompetence of USCG and US salvors. The jones act only allowed antiquated American equipment in US waters. The VB 10000 was already owned by the bank and was destined for the scrap yard! Modern equipment would have allowed for faster recovery, sadly the US hasn’t got any.

[@sleepyjay2664]

Go away troll. You can't even keep your lies straight

[@streamin2605]

Vb10k was paid for already. Cheaper for them to buy vs rent it. It was built in 2010. Not that old considering and even by todays standards, it's still a heavyweight in the salvage world!

[@edkiely2712]

​​@streamin2605 I was reading where in 2015, preliminary plans were in place to build a bigger VB. Whether those plans have been put on hold or not, I don't know. Also, just because something is "older" doesn't mean it still isn't highly useful. Personally, I find the VB 10000 to be a fascinating engineering marvel!

[@galaxies4415]

beautiful video

[@SuperDirk1965]

There's no mention of no cure no pay in the Brussels Convention of 1910. That convention is about responsability in case of collision of ships.

[@426superbee4]

I would love to have some of the good scrap, I beams, and pipe I got many many uses for it.

[@sfdntk]

Like what?

[@NathanNostaw]

What was so amazing? There was a very brief mention of a special saw chain, but that was it. Hardly a video to learn anything from.

[@Leo-gt1bx]

No video of it in operation

[@BrunoKarett]

I am fascinated by working at sea. People can do anything, nothing is a problem. Great

[@housemana]

what... do you mean nothing is a problem?

[@Hangover-ry9bo]

This is regulated with an overload of procedures and approvals. Every step is a process to mitigate risks of what might happens. They don't rock up and start working.

[@jimjoe9945]

God does everything.

[@oumski6893]

Very good thanks from hamou fahem Skikda Algeria

[@reggierico]

I don't think too many gen Z types will be interested in this type of work...

[@TheSunseeker007]

The Art of Salvage . Real Professionals !!!

[@51hankyspanky7]

What is so strange is how we go to such great lengths to save someone, yet somewhere else bombs of war are blowing up towns with apartment buildings, killing hundreds. How does this make sense?

[@dennisnickoloff1723]

It doesn't

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

profits

[@felicienneicilef18]

Quand on parle du déclin de nos amis américains, on se trompe lourdement. Ce grand et magnifique pays, reste le leader incontesté du monde libre, n'en déplaise a ses détracteurs.

[@miapdx503]

Thank you 🌹

[@EntropiaBones]

The timing between sentences was maddening , making this unwatchable.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Each ship has its own final destination.

[@simbayoung4757]

2YEARS!!! These men are determined

[@brt-jn7kg]

Others might have been doing it longer some may do it better but every single one of them are doing it because they got money from the US of A! Every single country would be in a feudal system still if it wasn't for American so just say thank you!!

[@JPRPhotoandVideo]

Taklift 4 is literally a dutch lifting ship

[@johnnycrash3270]

Ships cook "Did you guys find my Knife set ?"

[@st2en]

“The ships flooded right after it sank”. 😂

[@tomrogers9467]

“The ship flooded just after it sank” 13:38. Yes, I suppose if it sank it would have flooded! 😂

[@oxyfee6486]

Someone forgot to close the screen door.😃

[@markthornton7347]

old rigs are good for birds and fish etc. snd should be left despite being a sea hazard for people....im sure there is some way to let ships know of their presence....

[@IvesMarcelin]

would be possible to depollute the red sea because there ae the bottom in These waters warships with tons of materials from the time of the first war ...and it would be realy good to rénover retrieve These objets for the museum in England ...some wwi era shipwrecks are filled with motocycles and ..war vehicles and period ammunition and weapons. // Recovering on the French Coast the 1300 wrecks dating from the second war would also be good with the help of the French and English and American Companies

[@ElCid70]

They didn't recover it. They salvaged it.

[@cleverusername9369]

Ugh. Don't be that guy

[@supers0nic77]

Savage

[@tomthompson7400]

very impressive.

[@c123bthunderpig]

Incredible operation, amazing engineering. I wonder if the two year salvage operation paid a profit that's really expensive equipment per hour not to mention paying salaries for expertise, permits. Etc.. Envious of people who are visionaries and can sell an operation like this to investors. Otherwise this would have been navigation danger for at least a 100 years.

[@stephenstephen5753]

Kinda funny at around 1:30 seeing the aerial footage of the Tangalooma wrecks at Moreton Island. It's an artificial reef, all deliberately scuttled. No one failed to salvage those hulls.

[@tocando_em_frente]

great video !! Thks

[@MrCrabbing]

Have a look on here for the Minorcan Mullet he did great coverage of the whole thing from grounding until disposal was completed

[@analytics8055]

How can these kinds of accidents even occur. All is computerized, weights, calculations.. Are people getting dumber and dumber??

[@chuckaddison5134]

There is an old computer adage, garbage in = garbage out.

[@seanwalsh4142]

Well, American presidents sure are.

[@geniferteal4178]

This was arguably the largest recovery recovered. Curious what the argument was? It would seem easy to determine this was the largest wreck ever recovered.

[@aadvanderburg2347]

Sawing through a ship with a chain or cable is not new! Smit Salvage in the Netherlands already did this 45 years ago! They also used this technique trpuwens when raising the Kursk!!! So nothing new!

[@paulharrison6417]

strange how the dutch are the best at it thow!

[@dustinshuey1477]

Usmm train on USS Ironwood I've always been interested in Salvage I'm a little AK River Rat but I do like the Salvage part of the industry a lot it interests me a lot

[@eentest9875]

That is a small cranw vessel with 6800 ton lifting capacity. Dutch Heerema could offer 20.000 tons of lifting capacity on one ship...

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

Mammoet can do anything.

[@chesslerbooks]

What happens to the fuel oil? I am sure it can be cleaned up, all the salt water taken out. I am sure every ship at sea has that ability. Its gotta

[@dutchsailor6620]

Fuel oil is good to reuse, nothing happened with it. The fuel will float on water so if contaminated it is easy to separate the water.

[@mattheweburns]

6800 tons doesn’t sound like very much when you’re talking about large ships

[@Leo-gt1bx]

Rigs to reefs is about money not saving the sea

[@dickdaley9059]

The salvage of the Golden Ray required ripping the ship into eight sections for the VB10000 to lift. Enhanced metal anchor chains were used, not diamond cutting chains. Sawing action from under the capsized hull through to the decks literally tore through the structural metal parts causing multiple releases of hazardous liquids into St Simons Bay. This pristine ecology will not recover for generations, if ever! It is now recognized as the most costly and involved salvage of a commercial vessel inside territorial water in US history. 🇺🇸⚓️

[@garybaris139]

They should have used the Dutch to do the salvage because they are the world leaders in the field and actually know how to prevent disasters like this. "US Genius Technique" my ass...😂😂😂😂

[@dickdaley9059]

“They” are the insurance P&I Club that controlled the checkbook from the UK. All salvage and remediation expenses were authorized based upon competitive cost. The Dutch (Smit) submitted estimates but were way above the others. 🇺🇸⚓️

[@sleepyjay2664]

@@dickdaley9059 Yes, but the Smit bid was based on institutional knowledge from a company that had done this type of salvage many time previously. The Insurance company went with the low bidder who planned to use unproven techniques/technology to do the job. Given how much of a mess the salvage turned out to be, you can make a good argument that the Smit bid was the more realistic one.

[@HesTNTonPMS]

right a recovery vessel capable of only a lousy 6800 tons might have been great for the 40's but not today , theyre gonna need a bigger boat and a much bigger investment when they're gonna have to deal with 100,000 plus GT crappin the bed

[@dickdaley9059]

Yes, Smit was the high priced spread to chose at the time. But no salvage history existed for this situation in maritime history. It really was a crap shoot for all the remediation vendors and none were able to state assurances that the work would be completed within contractual terms. Without a contract stating certain assurances would be met to satisfy compliance, the decision was relegated to cost versus performance. Smit was probably happy to walk away…🇺🇸⚓️

[@daleburnfart6845]

Watching this makes it impossible to really look at the Egyptian pyramids and still be impressed.

[@shadowrevive83]

Engineering at best!

[@bobthebuilder201]

This is freaking awesome

[@jasonlieu5379]

None of those ships are in the middle of the sea or you would never be able to recover them it's much too deep

[@arturturk5926]

Amazing.

[@sunslowlyrises]

That would be fun to climb on the ship that's beached

[@user-js4zx1lr2u]

It might be the largest single ship job but I'd say Pearl Harbour or Scapa flow was bigger.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Every country with a shore has salvage company and experts....the bigger countries might have bigger companies but we are not talking classified here, they all work together

[@mickgatz214]

"The ship flooded AFTER it sank" then catches on fire!... Something doesn't make sense from what is being narrated...

[@healthytalk666]

Small problem, big problem, no problem....😁

[@bobmiller7502]

thats some impressive rig at 7.25

[@tjokertora3087]

pro1; calculated,precission,perfect

[@jeanhawken4482]

With all the science we have to advise on conditions, humans still manage to stuff things up.

[@sunitadwarka347]

We can bring more improvement in this technology. Jay bharat.

[@rizdalegend]

Sometimes you forget why gas is expensive

[@PhilORourke]

These guys are what you call proper men!

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Pansies need not apply .

[@PhilORourke]

@@stewatparkpark2933 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bernhardjanssen9284]

An other big grane from the company from The Netherlands Heerema the Dutch are everywhere 😉

[@dr.heshamfarouk5162]

Good job 👍

[@JungleYT]

*Bet each and every one of these guyz makes 6 figures - EASILY?!!*

[@richardcosse2493]

"...the ship flooded right after it sank".

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

The Golden Ray salvage effort has engaged in some very shady practices. The entire crew has been kept sequestered on a local church college campus, and forbidden to speak with local media and environmental groups.

[@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1]

Good at keeping the vehicle industry buoyant

[@dickdaley9059]

The Golden Ray was not flagged by the US registry. As a result, our authorities had no power to detain or question the crew. The ship operated under the country laws of the registry of the ship it carried. Keep this in mind as you hear arguments against the 1920 Jones Act regulations. Foreign vessels traversing US waters are immune from our laws and regulations.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Intro: 'vessel rescuing had been around since the 15th century' (shows wrecks of capsized ships that were NOT -rescued- salvaged)

[@larrymondello8475]

Thank you

[@hughsmith7281]

WOW.

[@DJthecoolone]

Please use metric (or both metric and imperial) measurements.

[@Halil.Kantarci]

Nice rescue :)

[@snorttroll4379]

would big magnets to climb ships be a market?