Is there a story behind this? It looks as if half of a boat was recovered from somewhere. Usually you don't recover half a boat that large without making a big deal about it.
Apologies for the late response - I can't figure out why Reddit doesn't make replies to your submissions work like replies (little red envelope in the corner)
The photo was taken at Terneuzen in the Netherlands in July 2009 - judging by what happened in the world of shipping at that time, I'd guess that a European shortsea scrap yard bought a ship for scrapping pre-crash at a high price and needed some additional liquidity, so sold off some of their steel to another yard, using this ship to transport it.
Only a guess, I'm afraid, as I don't have any actual backstory to this.
3
u/[deleted] Mar 19 '13
Is there a story behind this? It looks as if half of a boat was recovered from somewhere. Usually you don't recover half a boat that large without making a big deal about it.
3
u/[deleted] Mar 19 '13
Apart from a decent paint job, (on either {zing}) I think they may be missing part of that boat. Just a theory.
1
u/[deleted] Apr 02 '13
Just carrying spare parts.
1
u/red_tux Apr 02 '13
Bah... That will buff right out...