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C4, the consultancy arm of regs4yachts, has a broad range of expertise; from superyachts to shipwrecked turkeys. Recently a containership inbound to Southampton lost some containers overboard in bad weather. One was full of soft toys. As the container sank those toys brave enough struck out for the long swim to the beach. Some made it, some succumbed to the perils of the sea. C4 was instructed by insurers to ascertain the impact of the toys on the beach.
Was the beach littered with expired shipwrecked toys, was a rescue mission required or was a rubbish skip more appropriate? C4 stormed onto the beaches at first light. The insurers were grateful for C4’s liaison with the local authorities and its immediate, comprehensive no-nonsense report but not as grateful as a grinning dog, an overjoyed monkey and a turkey that were res- cued from the pounding surf. Having recovered from the trauma of shipwreck the turkey made a full recovery only to be faced with the uncertain- ty that all turkeys face: Christmas!
Missile Defense System
Transport
The world's largest heavy transport vessel the
Blue Marlin of Dockwise Shipping in Breda, the
Netherlands was tasked to carry the 30,000-ton
U.S. missile defense system SBX (Sea-Based X- band Radar). After a successful loading opera- tion at the Kiewit Offshore Services yard in
Ingleside, Texas, the 76,410 dwt Blue Marlin departed on Friday, November 18, late after- noon for her voyage to the Pacific via South
America.
In order to save valuable time as well as for safe- ty of the unit, the Boeing Company and the
American Missile Defense Agency (MDA) made the decision to contract Dockwise for dry trans- port.
The SBX has a length of 389 ft. (121 m), a beam of 238 ft. (76 m) and a height of 252 ft. (86 m).
The SBX is a unique combination of an advanced
X-band radar mounted on a mobile, ocean-going platform that will become part of the U.S.
Ballastic missile defense system, components of which are deployed throughout the coastal and island regions of the Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecked Turkey Now Safe for Christmas?
Same casualty, different outcome: The stuffed dog, above, seemed to fare the fall off a Southampton containship better than the distressed stuffed turkey, below!
When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. But last month they learned Emily sailed to France, according to an Associated Press report. Lesley McElhiney fig- ures her cat went prowling around a paper ware- house near home and ended up in a cargo container that went by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and was trucked to Nancy, a city in northeastern France near the border with Germany. Employees at a
French lamination company found her in the container, checked her tags and called Emily's vet- erinarian back in the U.S. The pet doctor faxed the cat's vaccination records to French authorities to help remove her from quarantine, but the family is wondering exactly how they will retrieve the pet. Emily will need a health certificate from France to return home, and she will have to go through quarantine again on entering the U.S. (Source: The Associated Press)
Cat (the "Meow" kind) Sails the Atlantic
Illustration: John Guzman
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