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Off African coast (June2006)

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Breda, The Netherlands, December 6, 2006

"Earlier this morning, the semi submersible vessel M/V Mighty Servant 3 developed a list and sank after the offloading of the drilling platform GSF Aleutian Key. The vessel is resting at the sea bottom in approx. 62 meters of water.

The drilling platform did not sustain any damage and is underway to its drilling location.

All of the 21 crew of the vessel have been taken of the vessel and are on their way to the Port of Luanda on board of one of the supporting vessels on stand by during the offloading. The 83 crew of the drilling platform were all safely on board the drilling platform at the moment of the incident.

The vessel is approximately one mile off the North Angolan coast and very close to the entrance of the port of Luanda.

Local authorities have been informed and are assisting in the response effort.

The cause of the incident is not known at this time, but is being investigated.

The 27,720 dwt. vessel is Dutch flagged and sails with a combination of Dutch and Filipino crew.

Families of the crew members have been informed. Crew members will be repatriated to their home destinations as soon as possible."

Dockwise Corp.

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This is not the first Mighty ship to sink. In 1999 the M/V Mighty Servant 2 capsized near the Indonesian island of Singkep off the coast of Sumatra after striking a previously uncharted rock pinnacle in 35 meter of water. The ship was carrying production modules fabricated in Korea for the North Nemba project in Angola. Although the accident occurred on a calm day with flat seas, M/V Mighty Servant 2 capsized within 4 minutes resulting in 5 fatalities. The vessel was declared a total loss by its insurance underwriters and was sold for scrap. In Nov. 2000, she arrived in Alang, India where she was broken up.

UPDATE- From The Cargo Letter -March 21 2007 --

M/V Mighty Servant 3 -- in preparation of the planned salvage the SMIT Salvage vessel M/V SMIT Orcahas anchored over the sunken heavy lift cargo vessel which still has the top of its derrick above water. From our Sr. Correspondent Tim Schwabedissen. (Wed. March 21 2007)

UPDATE- From The Cargo Letter - June 18 2007 --

The vessel was resting at the sea bottom in approximately 52 meters of wate. SMIT Salvage conducted a complete diving survey prior to removing the vessel's bunker oil and pollutants. Moreover SMIT Salvage was contracted to salvage M/V Mighty Servant 3 in order to give her a second life.

After having finalized the M/V Nautilus salvage project the sheerlegs cranebarge Taklift 7 immediately departed for Angola. Futhermore diving vessel M/V Smit Orca was mobilized.

M/V Mighty Servant 3 was salvaged by means of sheerlegs cranebarge Taklift 7 and by pressurizing the various compartments with compressed air. Initially the bow was refloated and stabilized. Subsequently the stern was lifted. Ultimately the vessel was fully dewatered and successfully redelivered to the owners on 26 May 2007.

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Originally Posted by Scooter

Studebaker 3/4 ton pickup. It's been years since I've even seen a pic of one. Pretty common in the 50's.

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This one is a favorite of mine.....

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which two should i submit for voting in the next jeep calender?

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Last one. At least it is off-road.

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just finished this up its a Cat 400x just got to get some decals.

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Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Entrepreneurship... gotta love it. Kudos to that guy... I would buy some o' that chicken in a heartbeat. I bet he's got a coupla loaves of white bread in that crate to go with it, too.

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Entrepreneurship... gotta love it. Kudos to that guy... I would buy some o' that chicken in a heartbeat. I bet he's got a coupla loaves of white bread in that crate to go with it, too.

And in about 4-6 hours you'd probably have a nice high pressure splatter dump.


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