About Saving a $62M Vessel After a Devastating Tsunami
When a massive 2010 tsunami beached the brand-new research vessel Cabo de Hornos in Chile, it seemed lost forever. This is the story of the incredible engineering feat by Mammoet Salvage, using state-of-the-art Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) to lift the 2,000-ton ship and meticulously carry it back to the sea.
Saving a $62M Vessel After a Devastating Tsunami is presented by Best Documentary. Its listed runtime is 44 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
As a society documentary, Saving a $62M Vessel After a Devastating Tsunami uses saving, vessel, after as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.
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- Title
- Saving a $62M Vessel After a Devastating Tsunami
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 44 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Best Documentary
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