Ship “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives

July 17th, 2007 · 7 Comments

The beached vessel “MSC Napoli” was broken in two with the use of explosives as part of the $100m and rising salvage attempt. The Guardian UK tells us:

When the cargo vessel was refloated last week, a diving survey revealed that the hull was severely damaged and it was beached again on Thursday. Attempts to break the hull during high tide failed on Monday morning, prompting the decision to use explosives yesterday, when a 1,000-metre exclusion zone was placed around the ship.

Salvage teams will assess whether a further detonations are necessary to finally remove the vessel from the world heritage Jurassic Coast. Read More…

Here is the BBC Footage of the event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s44MvM2mDQ

For those who do not know the story Eagle Speak has the history HERE.

Click for photos:

Tugs assisting ship MSC NApoli

More pictures can be found here:

Container Ship MSC Napoli Photo Slideshow

Here is some amazing video of the Coast Guard Rescue operation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHvRa2K7q-Y

7 responses so far ↓

1 Newsvine - odd-news // Nov 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Father Takes 10-Year-Old to Run With the Bulls, Loses Visitation Rights[IMG ]Viking Ship Made by Schoolkids Using Ice Cream Sticks Sails the North Atlantic[IMG ]Mystery on the High Sea: Spain Releases U.S. Treasure-Hunt Ship[IMG ]Ship MSC Napoli Exploded During Marine Salvage Attempt[IMG ]How a dog learns to hug a baby…………. Too cute for words[IMG ]Is eating hot dogs really a sport?[IMG ]Jane Fonda Wants to Make Sexy Film for Pensioners
2 Container Ship MSC Napoli Photo Slideshow | gCaptain.com // Jul 17, 2007 at 8:59 pm

[…] RSS ← Ship “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives […]
3 Captain Joseph Scott // Jul 17, 2007 at 9:20 pm

What great photos and interesting youtube video as well.
4 Ital Florida - Container Casualties | gCaptain.com // Jul 17, 2007 at 9:50 pm

[…] Ship “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives […]
5 Shipspotting.com - Forum // Jul 19, 2007 at 12:16 am

[…] MSC NAPOLI SPLIT IN HALFSome video of the explosions:http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/ship-msc-napoli-salvage-with-explosives/and […]
6 Disaster At Sea - Photos of Maritime Destruction | gCaptain.com // Jul 20, 2007 at 4:22 pm

[…] Ship “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives […]
7 YouTube - MSC Napoli in Belfast #3 // Nov 2, 2007 at 4:09 pm

[…] Linking to This Video: 3 clicks from http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/ship-msc-napoli-sa... 1 clicks from http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=shipyard&n... 1 clicks from […]