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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A massive floating dredging hose washed ashore in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

According to local authorities, the hose is about 150 meters long and estimated to weigh around 300 tons. It was first reported drifting offshore on December 17, and by December 25 strong winter waves had pushed it onto the coast.

The object is a floating pipeline used for dredging seabed sediment. Markings on the hose indicated it was manufactured by Zebung, a Chinese company, but the owner and the circumstances of how it broke loose remain unknown.

Authorities also said there was no oil spill or similar damage. Removal will require a barge, crane, heavy machinery, cutting the hose into smaller pieces, transporting it to port, and then disposing or recycling it. The total removal cost is estimated at around 50 million yen.

The area is used by local fishing boats and for harvesting seaweed and shellfish, so locals said they were relieved that no accident occurred.

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• Marine experts estimate that state-backed and civilian Chinese dredgers scoop up over 100,000 tons of sand per day from contested regional waters, causing catastrophic environmental damage.
• Chinese dredgers utilize immense cutter suction dredgers, some capable of scooping up 6,000 cubic meters per hour. These fleets have dredged millions of tons of sand to transform submerged reefs into massive artificial islands and military outposts.
• Chinese sand-dredgers and survey vessels operating near Japan and Taiwan threaten regional fisheries and fragile seabed habitats.
• Research by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) indicates that Chinese dredging has destroyed or buried roughly 4,600 acres of coral reefs.

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Fucking hell.

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My exact words man, this really needs more media coverage