Container ships in trouble Now who can save them?

Huge container ships transport cargo around the world, but when one of them gets into trouble, who can save them?

Many things can happen to it in the blessed global logistics and many things can happen to ships, they can ignite and that fire spreads or they can hit huge rocks, reefs or simply break down, but this does not mean that they are going to sink because even if the chance to salvage a ship owners are always going to choose to give it a try because these beauties on the water can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bonus: the world's largest reef is Australia's “Great Barrier Reef” – stretching 2,300 km off the coast of Queensland, Australia, with over 400 different types of coral.

The people that shipping companies turn to in these situations are known as rescuers or “salvors”. These Saviors have seen some extraordinary things at sea;

As he blocked the Suez Canal by the Ever Given where excavations had to be done by means of Dredgers and obviously excavators. Also, smaller boats called "Tugs" were used to pull/push even wait for the full moon to play with the tide until it was released after 6 days. 6 days! In this time more than 200 ships were prevented from passing, resulting in a line of ships more than 100 km long.

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Or when the Kota Kado ship collided with a reef in the middle of a typhoon and began to flood. In this case they had to use other ships with integrated cranes to lower containers from the affected ship and reduce its weight. then they began to pump water to lower the flood levels, having removed large volumes of water from the affected hold, the salvage team was able to fill some of the ship's ballast tanks with air to refloat it. If they had tried to do this earlier, the tanks might have ruptured. In these cases you must be very careful with the pressure you introduce. In the end the Kota Kado was saved and was eventually towed to a shipyard for repairs. She still sails today, albeit under a different name.

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Another Example is the Maersk Honam, a 353m long ultra-large container ship, caught fire in the Arabian Sea on its way to the Suez Canal. Tragically, five sailors lost their lives in the incident. But 22 crew members survived, and so did the ship, thanks to the efforts of SMIT Salvage.

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It's all magic saving beauties at sea. Salvage experts generally use three-dimensional computer models of the ship they are trying to save, to better judge the effects of the forces acting on it.

Professional rescue teams place sensors throughout the helmet to track how it moves and flexes during the operation. The data from these sensors allows a better perspective and tells you when a specific part is about to crack. Rescuers can also use lasers and other technology to monitor detail by detail.

Groundings are nightmare scenarios for floating vessels, but fires are among the greatest dangers at sea. Despite all the water that is usually nearby, it can be very difficult to put out a fire in the middle of the ocean. On ships filled with fuel and sometimes highly flammable or explosive cargo, the risks are immense. In recent years, car-carrying ships have been particularly vulnerable to fire, as malfunctions or short circuits have caused fires on board. Lithium-ion batteries, especially those in electric vehicles, are now considered a growing risk for cargo ships, according to insurers.

One of the difficulties in putting out a fire on a ship is that while water is essential to fight the flames, you don't want to fill the ship's holds completely, otherwise the ship will become unstable or simply sink. In addition, fires can damage fuel containers on board, cause explosions, and send large amounts of pollutants out to sea.

Fuel and contaminated water left at sea after ship fires must be recovered and treated to meet international standards, sums can run into the millions

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