The Panamanian flagged Lowlands Mimosa, completed at Balamban in The Philippines in 2018, arriving from Baton Rouge for the bulk terminal this afternoon.

That anchor projection could sink many a ship!

I think it was the Norwegians who started this trend of building these awful looking flat nosed 'Bug eyed' Monsters', certainly brings a new meaning to the Anchor being "a cock bill", I didn't realise there was a Shipbulding concern in that area of the Philippines I thought they were still too busy digging holes everywhere looking for the Japanese looted Gold!!

Yesterday's Maasmond Newsletter reported that two vintage bombs had been dredged/sucked up during a soil sampling operation
No gold yet!
Regards
Graham

Working on the Dredge was a canny job and different every day, however it did have it's dangers either from unexplored ordinances or serious infections from the spoil which could end up killing you if you are not wearing protective equipment like gloves, it was quite unnerving listening to metallic items rattling through the Suction Pump, fortunately the larger items were stopped by the grid on the Suction Head, 40 MM Bofors Shells were about the largest objects to jam the Suction Pump when I was on the Dredge.
It must be very interesting dredging the Canals and Rivers in Holland, France and Germany bearing in mind the amount of ordinance and equipment which must still be in there along with the occasional aircraft where I must highlight and thank the great efforts by the Specialist Dutch Military Recovery Teams in the recovery of any Aircrew for a Military Funeral and closure for their Relatives.