Soup Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Almost midnight on the North Pacific, about 230 miles south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. A heavy fog blankets the sea. There’s nothing but the wind spinning eddies through the mist. Out of the darkness, a rumble grows. The water begins to vibrate. Suddenly, the prow of a massive ship splits the fog. Its steel hull rises seven stories above the water and stretches two football fields back into the night. A 15,683-horsepower engine roars through the holds, pushing 55,328 tons of steel. Crisp white capital letters — COUGAR ACE — spell the ship’s name above the ocean froth. A deep-sea car transport, its 14 decks are packed with 4,703 new Mazdas bound for North America. Estimated cargo value: $103 million. Continue the surprisingly riveting story of the Cougar Ace here: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Long read, started it, will finish later, super interesting stuff. And on matters maritime, what the fuck hit the Mitsui in the Hormuz Strait the other day??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonCheadle Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 wow, after all that Mazda decided to scrap the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 No Spoiler alert? Thanks jerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Good story. Old news. Twas posted like 6 months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projetmayhem Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 i fffound this pic and dont know where to post it so here, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Yeah thats ok post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slept_on Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 i found a picture of the toilet on the cougar ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie'sElement Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Needs to be a film, whadda stories. Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+plus+ Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 old news but this story is much more detailed and written well good read altough the end is a bummer, i would have tried to snag a mazda or a few for the crew but fuck it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasfacevictm Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 They snagged millions of dollars. Fuck a Mazda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityonSMASH Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 youv just lost all thread making privalages for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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somedude Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 <--------------Cougar Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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