http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tricolor Posts tagged with 'tricolor' at MetaFilter. Fri, 08 Aug 2003 05:23:04 -0800 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 05:23:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/27546/Tricolor%2DSalvage <a href="http://www.cargolaw.com/2003nightmare_tricolor.html">The Tricolor, a 50,000-ton cargo vessel carrying 3000 automobiles worth more than $40 million, is being raised.</a> Cost to raise the <a href=http://members.lycos.nl/fsanderse/casualty/Tricolor.jpg>Tricolor</a>: $40 million. It sunk, then was <a href=http://members.lycos.nl/fsanderse/casualty.htm>hit three times</a>, once by the Nicola, then by the <a href=http://members.lycos.nl/fsanderse/casualty/Vicky_7.jpg>Vicky</a> (an oil tanker which spilled some, and killed <a href=http://www.deviantart.com/view/1678786/>marine life</a>), then by a salvage tug. Good <a href=http://www.angelfire.com/ne2/tugsandtowage/tricolor.html>summary</a> of the collisions in Dutch and English, with photos (similarly in <a href=http://www.sextan.com/archives/commerce/tricolor.htm>French</a>). Official <a href=http://www.gard.no/PressInfo/Tricolor/TRICOLOR%20press%20briefing.pdf>press briefings</a> offer good outline of all stages since the beginning. The automobile manufacturers <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/business/worldbusiness/08SALV.html>tried to prevent pictures</a> being taken of the destroyed automobiles, but <a href=http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=tricolor>there they are</a> and <a href=http://www.blognewsnetwork.com/members/0000001/mpg/tricolorAutos/tricolorAutos.html>even more and better</a>. The <a href=http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/>official Tricolor salvage site</a> offers a PDF file on <a href=http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/images/salvagemethod.pdf>how the salvage is being done</a>: in part, with a huge cutting wire. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27546 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 05:23:04 -0800 cargo cars disasters salvage ships tricolor Mo Nickels