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Posted by Dave C on March 1, 2008, 8:33 am
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"Felixstowe Docks/Port" should make a nice profit :). Saving money on
Dismantling Costs and they can Claim Cost of New Ones of the
insurance.........
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> The whole country has had a bit of high wind, so nothing new there.
> However, a ship delivering new ship-to-shore dock cranes (made in
> China..) to Felixstowe port, broke loose from its moorings and was
> blown along the dock.
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> Unfortunately the new cranes that were being delivered somehow managed
> to collect several of the old cranes as the ship was swept along,
> pulling them up and rendering them into a big pile of scrap steel.:)
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> That should stick a few more delays into the import process I would
> imagine.
>
> Story here:
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http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED01%20Mar%202008%2008%3A01%3A40%3A487
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> Peter
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> The whole country has had a bit of high wind, so nothing new there.
> However, a ship delivering new ship-to-shore dock cranes (made in
> China..) to Felixstowe port, broke loose from its moorings and was
> blown along the dock.
>
> Unfortunately the new cranes that were being delivered somehow managed
> to collect several of the old cranes as the ship was swept along,
> pulling them up and rendering them into a big pile of scrap steel.:)
>
> That should stick a few more delays into the import process I would
> imagine.
>
> Story here:
>