I think theyâre currently looking at the fastest method to free her. If youâre going to build her a new tub to float in, might as well dig a bypass canal around her and use the tailings to make your dam.
Personally I like the idea of offloading all the containers and leaving them on the desert in a pyramid stack.
Anything âfast to deployâ would have to be there already, not create and ship across the world.
Youâd have to build a wall the entire breadth and depth of the canal (plus 6 ft), twice, not sure how it goes on that side of the world but it takes a while to build a wall in the USâŚ
Itâs going to take a while anyway you try if just pulling the shit out of it while moving some of the dirt doesnât work.
I think you may want to dust off the old physics textbook and take another gander, or start manufacturing 1500 ft x 700 ft x 6 ft kiddie pools and let me know how that goes.
I like the cofferdam solution, but the reality is, it would take at least 2 months and millions of dollars to do. Have to do all the engineering design work, ship the materials there and do all the construction, just to free float the ship, then break it all down to open the canal.
Youâd be better off unballasting as much as possible, and using airbags to lift, while also using a suction dredge to dig her out. You should be able to tie up a barge with a suction alongside and have that going around the clock.