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Pumping Fuel Out of a Sinking Ship

01/26/2012 10:46 PM

how can fuel be pumped back out of a sinking ship? is there "engineering" for that?
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01/26/2012 10:52 PM

Yes, there is. It's been done lots.

Don't fret, it'll be OK.
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01/26/2012 11:06 PM

They have already started....

http://www.emirates247.com/news/world/dutch-crews-to-pump-fuel-out-of-italian-shipwreck-2012-01-24-1.439192

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01/27/2012 12:10 AM

Very heroic, what these guys are doing in those conditions, thanks for that link.
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Re: pumping fuel

01/26/2012 11:56 PM

Google under salvage operations, salvage operations have centuries of history

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01/27/2012 12:15 AM

By using pumps?

wouldn't suprise if that company is Smit Tak

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