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

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[@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

[@johna.4334]

"Kia and Hyundai vehicles" No great loss.

[@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.

[@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

[@johnrudy9404]

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

[@lubecavi]

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

[@askhowiknow5527]

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

[@welshpete12]

The Dutch are excellent at this sort of operation.

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Completely mind-blowing! Innovation knows no bounds.

[@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

[@HUNDREDACREWOOD.]

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

[@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.

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

[@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

[@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.

[@historical_figures_unveiled]

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

[@freedomforever6718]

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

[@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?

[@johnnycrash3270]

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

[@bellenvideo5629]

4 crew members saved was amazing 🙏 wow 🤩

[@mikeyyoyo6464]

The expression on the guys face was moving

[@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......

[@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.😃

[@arturturk5926]

Amazing.

[@galaxies4415]

beautiful video

[@webstercat]

That smile on the man’s face ..

[@mr.clicknail]

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

[@walsterdoomit]

Big crane. Big saw. Genius.

[@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.

[@raychambers3646]

The Dutch are world leaders in this.

[@anthonyxuereb792]

"recks to reef is a euphemism for "dump it in the sea." Call me a sceptic.

[@haroldplante8287]

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

[@alexandertsanga]

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

[@peteryeung111]

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

[@MrCrabbing]

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

[@allthatjazz641]

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

[@splintedvibesvibes1591]

Shipbreakers brought me here.

[@GetOutsideYourself]

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

[@BubbaVision948]

-- Thats Lt. Dan...!

[@TheSunseeker007]

The Art of Salvage . Real Professionals !!!

[@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.

[@oumski6893]

Very good thanks from hamou fahem Skikda Algeria

[@quantumss]

Would have been much better without the music.

[@EntropiaBones]

The timing between sentences was maddening , making this unwatchable.

[@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..

[@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?

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Each ship has its own final destination.

[@janfieten2449]

When things get difficult, the most genius tactic is to call the Dutch to solve the problem ;-)

[@JPRPhotoandVideo]

Hmm, I think the Dutch are the real masters at ship salvage.

[@norbertgabler8267]

Well ... as we all know the U.S. are like MEN IN BLACK. Always the best of the best of the best, Sir. With honours. 🤣

[@sunitadwarka347]

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

[@tomthompson7400]

very impressive.

[@JPRPhotoandVideo]

Taklift 4 is literally a dutch lifting ship

[@whodat90]

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

[@mattheweburns]

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

[@simbayoung4757]

2YEARS!!! These men are determined

[@xilijetvideo]

Nice 🔥

[@paulharrison6417]

strange how the dutch are the best at it thow!

[@antonioguardiola1977]

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

[@ElCid70]

They didn't recover it. They salvaged it.

[@cleverusername9369]

Ugh. Don't be that guy

[@supers0nic77]

Savage

[@Davidsavage8008]

Best part of life is working as a maritime employee.

[@bobthebuilder201]

This is freaking awesome

[@Leo-gt1bx]

Rigs to reefs is about money not saving the sea

[@healthytalk666]

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

[@user-js4zx1lr2u]

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

[@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?

[@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!!

[@richardcosse2493]

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

[@willemhaifetz-chen1588]

TAKLIFT 4 for the win

[@tocando_em_frente]

great video !! Thks

[@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....

[@Mr.XYZ6775]

I did not know that 👍

[@bernhardjanssen9284]

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

[@BlueDueSky]

God bless America!

[@dr.heshamfarouk5162]

Good job 👍

[@himalayanpirate]

beautiful

[@mhughes1160]

kiaa and hunddii cars were no real loss . LoL 😂

[@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🙂

[@larrymondello8475]

Thank you

[@Halil.Kantarci]

Nice rescue :)

[@reggierico]

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

[@tjokertora3087]

pro1; calculated,precission,perfect

[@daleburnfart6845]

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

[@rizdalegend]

Sometimes you forget why gas is expensive

[@shadowrevive83]

Engineering at best!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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 🌹

[@ThomasButryn]

Amazing!

[@JungleYT]

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

[@elrondhubbard7059]

Since those sunken cargo ships that were turned into reefs would have had crew quarters, you've now got some fish living in a bedroom formerly occupied by humans.

[@wabia1217]

Satu team yang baik kerjanya Adalah team yang mau menerima Masukan teman atau orang .yors famili.good luck.from.indonesia borneo

[@sunslowlyrises]

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

[@Dingleberry1856]

the future of EV is fire.

[@mattheweburns]

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

[@Tarheelsrule]

If you can cut it up it can be salvaged I mean after all it was put together so it will come apart

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@TJ-eg3zn]

But today we refuse to retrieve a drone from the black 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…🇺🇸⚓️

[@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