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Diver
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If it's still there on June 1, I win $500 ! 
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Bruce R Leech
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good one Diver, can I get in on that
[Edited on 3-6-2006 by Bruce R Leech]
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sylens
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i'll try and post but i did a terrible job of reducing last time...if nena or david k agree, i'll send them a couple of full sized fotos to reduce and
post.
nena?
david k?
lili
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Bruce R Leech
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cant wait to see it empty.
Bruce R Leech
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sylens
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me too!
and it sure looks empty now. hope three shots will show up soon, thanks to natalie ann's kind assistance. 
one shows the apl panama a few days ago, looking about half unloaded.
the other two are different perspectives of her looking totally unloaded. the big crane continued removing containers from below deck. amazing how
many she held!!!!
the dredger is impressive. will try and get some fotos tomorrow. and on friday, the queen mary II came for a brief visit. all during carnaval.
party time!!!!!!!!!!
lili
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David K
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Hi Sylens, please ALWAYS feel free to ask for help... What are friends for... Baja friends specially?!
Just email me the photos original size from your camera and I will reduce and either post on Nomad with credit to you or email the reduced pics back
if you want to post them... just let me know! You remember my email? info*at*vivabaja.com and put Baja photo in subject line... also if you want me to
post it, give me any caption (phot details) you want to be posted with the photo.
El gusto es mio!
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David K
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PHOTO from Sylens
After some work, I got one of the photos converted to jpeg and reduced that Sylens sent me...
The caption she has for this picture is:
"almost totally offloaded except for containers below
deck"
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Diver
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I'm still waiting to see how they do the dredging.
Will they cover the beach with gravel and sand or will they blow sand and silt into the nearby waters ???
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sylens
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dredging
is happening as we "speak." the dredger dredges as she moves. at it about one week now, they are expecting the channel 40 meters wide, 10 meters
deep and 400 meters long, parallel to the apl panama, should be completed early next week. we are hoping she'll be afloat by next wednesday.
hope hope hope.
the jetty is being dismantled, just as it was built, with a truckload of rocks at a time. all the equipment is off the beach, including the huge
crane. there is still a smaller one, visible in photo, on the ship. but nothing more is being taken off. there are still between 2 and 4 tugs
holding her steady at any given time.
lili
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BajaNews
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Panama Still Waiting to Be Rescued
http://www.thelog.com/news/newsview.asp?c=180829
March 09, 2006
By Coty Dolores Miranda
ENSENADA, Baja California - When Michael Hansen of MTI Network - the leading international public relations firm for the shipping industry - came
aboard to handle press communications on the beaching of APL Panama in early January, he was adamant the 40,306-gross-ton freighter would return to
the sea.
More than two months later, Hansen, the seasoned PR man that he is, boldly continues his course.
"Rest assured that every effort is being made to refloat the ship and return the beach to its proper condition," he said last week.
But even Hansen acknowledged that problems continue for the grounded freighter. She remains in Ensenada, possibly further entrenched. This, even
though countless man hours and untold amounts of money have focused on removing the 880-foot vessel from the sands of Playa Conalep south of the Port
of Ensenada entrance.
It's estimated that 16 feet of sand has accrued on the starboard side of the ship. In fact, the fate of the freighter has become a matter of interest
and conjecture worldwide.
Mexican officials hope the recent arrival of a Belgian dredger out of Nicaragua will be the key to removing the ship from the sand.
"The dredger has been working very well and the current target is to refloat the vessel Friday (March 10)," Hansen said. "(The dredger is) cutting a
channel aimed at the bow of the vessel. The result will allow sand to loosen up, and at that point, they will back the dredger out of the way and the
tugs will begin to pull."
International trade consultants and customs broker attorneys Countryman & McDaniel refer to Panama's plight as the "2006 cargo nightmare prize
contender." Their Web site recently reported that approximately 265 gallons of fuel has leaked from the ship's fuel-contaminated ballast tanks.
"Mexico's environmental watchdog agency, known as PROFEPA, has sought court orders to arrest the vessel," the site also reported.
Hansen doesn't disagree, but said it's all part of the normal routine.
"The contaminated ballast water is not surprising since the salvage efforts put large stresses on the ship's hull and is one of the reasons the owners
have environmental cleanup crews on standby," Hansen said.
JC Environmental Co. of National City is responsible for the oil contamination cleanup. At the Mexican government's request, more than 3,000 tons of
fuel was pumped from the ship shortly after she came ashore.
And people are apparently interested in the progress of Panama, as witnessed by the number of Web sites documenting her saga.
One surprisingly popular Web site is penned by San Diego native Capt. Lonnie Ryan, author of "The 90 Day Yacht Club Guide to Ensenada." His www.truetraveler.com tallied more than 200,000 hits in February alone, many of which are reportedly from shipping and insurance companies around
the world who have containers aboard the beached freighter.
Ryan keeps his eye on Panama's progress, or lack of it. On March 5, he reported on the physical changes at Conalep Beach since the arrival of the
dredger.
"Yesterday the most outstanding changed feature of the beach surrounding the grounded APL Panama was the sand cliffs that have formed along the
immediate area inshore from the ship," Ryan wrote. "A dredge arrived at the beginning of this past week and has worked to excavate a channel offshore
from the bow of Panama in order to create a path for the ship's return to the sea and subsequently to a shipyard for repairs.
"Reportedly, this is a Belgian dredge from Nicaragua that has been hired to create this channel and remove the sand around the ship. The dredge is a
313-foot vessel, with a 69-foot sleeve that is able to remove 4,400 cubic meters per hour.
The crawler crane that was being used to remove Panama's containers was demobilized on March 5 after removing 1,292 of them (20,266 metric tons
worth). Five hundred and thirteen containers remain aboard, as does a smaller crane.
Beached since Christmas night when the ship's captain attempted to enter port before a pilot boat arrived to guide him in armed guards were put on
24-hour duty around her.
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http://www.truetraveler.com/Newsletter.htm
...The next phase has been entered, as now the rock and dirt ramp that was constructed to accommodate the container cranes is being broken down and
hauled off the beach. Local papers have written that the Ensenada port authority has decreed that the ship may not be moved off the beach until the
beach is restored to its previous natural state. So, this is the plan, to scurry and get that ramp demolished before the next full moon high tide
coming Tuesday, March 14th, the spring tide.
Notice in the photos below that the sand cliffs have gotten even higher as the dredge attempts to pull all the sand from the area around the ship?
Also notice this attempt is failing as the ship continues to sink further into the sand as the sand is dredged and taken offshore. And the waves
continue to break in the area of the bow, indicating the shallow depth of that area. As the tugs worked the puller barge today close to the shore and
the ship, I could sense a growing urgency to get this situation resolved in the next week. This is the closest I have seen these guys work their tow,
and the closest I have seen them approach the beach; the red hulled tug named Leader is itself in very shallow water and braving the wave forces that
be to perform her job valiantly this winter Ensenada morning. The dredge waited offshore as this work was performed and was not seen close to the ship
while I was there today. But last evening as the sun set she was seen moving stealthily around the bow of the Panama back and forth sweeping the area
of sand and then going out toward the sea in the bay to dump her load.
Again it must be noted that this ship continues to sink into the sand as every tide flow arrives, and as we cannot stop the tides - how does the
salvage team plan to successfully release this ship from her sandy prison? The chatter on the radio was mostly very business like today, purely
attending to orders being given by the salvage master orchestrating today?s sea drama. But in contrast, talk about crew relief coming and guys
returning to San Diego and flying to see their families back east was the human element of the day?s ship to ship VHF radio exchanges. Out there are
heard allot of southern accents indicating the body of these crews are from the Titan team?s home base in the southeast US?
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