If you think that there’s a lot of stuff floating around out there that you don’t want to hit, you’re right. Partially submerged containers that have fallen off container ships, debris, lines in the water, they’re all out there. But how about a floating dry dock? Here’s a great story from gCaptain about a section of a dry dock that’s been missing for more than a year that was just spotted floating in the Exumas:
The saga of the unlit section of dry dock that has been floating around the Atlantic Ocean for more than a year now may finally be coming to a close after it turned up in the Exuma island chain last week.
The Bahamas’ Royal Bahamas Defence Force said the “unidentified floating container unit” was located off Farmer’s Cay and locals were able to anchor the object and place a light on it to ensure it is visible at night. A patrol craft was expected to further examine the object to make sure it was secure and also add additional lighting to it.
The object in question is believed to be an old section of dry dock from the former Avondale Shipyard in Louisiana. According to reports, the dock left the yard last September under tow to the Canary Islands, but people tracking the voyage say the tow failed, likely during Hurricane Irma, and only half of the dry dock arrived in the Canary Islands. Read more:
