Floating Port

Sometime ago my crew came across this rather peculiar structure in the middle of the ocean. Special thanks for Tan Tiong Kee for the photos.

At first I can't believe my eyes when I saw this photos. I thought what in hell is the crane doing in the middle of the ocean? This is a container crane which normally can be found in the container port.

On closer inspection, apparently the crane is built on a barge and tugged by a tugboat. I never thought I will see this day. Obviously the operator of this tug want to minimize the operation cost and hence built a container crane at the barge. Hence, they can discharge or load container to the barge without using the port's crane facility, meaning they save some port charges.

I seen a lot of strange design in marine industry but this definitely takes the cake. Pretty creative and resourceful I have to say.