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That was really interesting!
I spent about 30 minutes looking at the photos and the accounts of the work by the longshoreman tasked with unloading the containers from the China. That was really amazing -- pretty amazing that the ship made it to Seattle at all.
This seems like a good place to drop this photo in:
These are all what we call Supply Vessels. They call at the platform roughly once a week to bring everything we need to continue operating - from crankshafts for 4000 hp diesel engines to toilet rolls. Needless to say that in conditions like these they just have to steam up and down waiting for the sea to subside before we can call them in to work them.
UKTrevor (Trevor Longden) Trevor works on an oil rig in the north sea. (I actually get a little queasy looking at this one -- serious sea-sickness potential out there)
I can't remember the size of these supply vessels -- but they must be at least 300 feet long -- look the wave height on this one -- this wasn't apparently even what they consider a stormy day!
(Photo by Trevor Longden)
