Livorno Daily Photo: Ortensia II

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Ortensia II

Grab dredger Ortensia II, IMO 8664931, port of Livorno

In view of the next regional elections in May, hundreds of millions of euro (which nobody has) are being promised to transform Livorno in the first port of the known Universe. Meanwhile, the dredge “Ortensia II” keeps excavating the entrance channel to the port: an absolutely necessary work, planned years ago, and long overdue.

See also: CREI I

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18 comments:

William Kendall said...: Long overdue means it'll also end up costing more.; March 25, 2015 at 12:13 AM
Taken For Granted said...: Interesting photo of this colorful dredge. Their work keeps harbors open for commercial shipping.; March 25, 2015 at 12:23 AM
Revrunner said...: Reminds me of the saying, "Slow and steady wins the race." But probably not the political race.; March 25, 2015 at 12:50 AM
Lois said...: Looks like a big job.; March 25, 2015 at 1:15 AM
Luis Gomez said...: Love the colors VP.; March 25, 2015 at 1:42 AM
Randy said...: Looks like a boring job.; March 25, 2015 at 2:53 AM
Halcyon said...: Ah, the joys of politics!; March 25, 2015 at 9:17 AM
Andy said...: I am retired so I real love watching people work. ;); March 25, 2015 at 10:32 AM
Karl said...: I like the combination of the colors here.; March 25, 2015 at 1:14 PM
EG CameraGirl said...: Sounds like your politicians are very much like the ones here in Canada promising money nobody had. Glad the channel is being dug out!; March 25, 2015 at 1:53 PM
Birdman said...: Amazing how much crap accumulates on the bottom in such a relatively short time. Big ports know this is their livelihood.; March 25, 2015 at 4:41 PM
PerthDailyPhoto said...: The dredgers are the hard workers of the harbour! Must get down to Fremantle harbour soon :); March 25, 2015 at 5:03 PM
Bergson said...: creusons, creusons; March 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM
RedPat said...: It is the same everywhere - no money!; March 25, 2015 at 6:11 PM
cieldequimper said...: When will they stop with their hollow promises...
And yes, as William said, the long overdue probably means more expensive too.; March 25, 2015 at 8:53 PM
Dina said...: If they really do improve the port, just think of the new pictures you'll get. Maybe ...; March 25, 2015 at 9:26 PM
GreensboroDailyPhoto said...: I am imagining a workman's song to accompany that task! Maybe Volga Boatman.

Janis
GDP; March 25, 2015 at 10:55 PM
Stefan Jansson said...: Someone seems to distrust politicians. That is unheard of!; March 27, 2015 at 4:02 PM

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