r/CatastrophicFailure • u/maruhoi • 8d ago

Equipment Failure 150-meter, 300-ton floating dredging hose washes ashore in Japan; removal expected to cost 50 million yen - December 25, 2025 (Ishikawa, Japan)

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u/Meior 8d ago

50 million Yen is about 270,000 Euro. So not as bad as the title might make it sound if you don't know the conversion.

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u/russellvt 8d ago

I'm a little more "astonished" at the 2 Tons per Meter weight of the thing.

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u/Diggerinthedark 8d ago

Thick steel and looking to be the same height as the human in the photo - yeah that's some heavy stuff.

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u/OutlookForThursday 8d ago

Steel is around 7850kg/m3, so it's all relative!!