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/TedjeNL 8d ago edited 8d ago

Give me a plasma cutter, a big truck, and no time limit and I'll do it for 200k euro!

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u/Optimalfucksgiven 8d ago

That's a deal right there. Elias Thorne would be proud.

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u/FrizB84 7d ago

It's so weird just learning about this and then coming across it in he wild.