Container Ship Sinking Video – “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives

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:

More pictures can be found here:

Container Ship MSC Napoli Photo Slideshow

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

Other gCaptain Disaster Posts:

• Ship “MSC Napoli” Salvage with Explosives
• World’s LArgest Container Ship On Fire – Photos
• Windoc Bridge Incident – Video
• Container Ship MSC Napoli Photo Slideshow
• Maritime YouTube Videos
• Green Mate – Wrong Turn
• Top 10 Coast Guard Rescue Videos
• All Previous Posts
• Read A Random Story
• Most Outrageous Ship Photos – gCaptain’s Forum