US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart

[Vambram]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/us-gaza-pier-broken-apart

The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said.

The pier was “damaged and sections of the pier need rebuilding and repairing,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where US Central Command will carry out repairs, Singh said. The repairs will take more than a week, further delaying the effort to get the maritime corridor fully operating.

Earlier, four US officials told CNN the pier broke apart in heavy seas.

Part of the pier, which consists of a narrow causeway to drive aid into Gaza and a wider parking area to drop off supplies transported by ship, disconnected on Sunday, the officials said. The parking area will have to be reconnected to the causeway before the pier can be used again.

The damage, first reported by NBC News, occurred three days after heavy seas forced two small US Army vessels to beach in Israel, according to US Central Command, while another two vessels broke free of their moorings and were anchored near the pier.

“I believe most of our soldiers were able to remain on the vessels and still are currently on them,” Singh said during Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing. “And … within the next 24 or 48 hours, the Israeli Navy will be helping push those vessels back and hopefully they’ll be fully operational by then.”

 

[AlexB23]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/us-gaza-pier-broken-apart

The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said.

The pier was “damaged and sections of the pier need rebuilding and repairing,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where US Central Command will carry out repairs, Singh said. The repairs will take more than a week, further delaying the effort to get the maritime corridor fully operating.

Earlier, four US officials told CNN the pier broke apart in heavy seas.

Part of the pier, which consists of a narrow causeway to drive aid into Gaza and a wider parking area to drop off supplies transported by ship, disconnected on Sunday, the officials said. The parking area will have to be reconnected to the causeway before the pier can be used again.

The damage, first reported by NBC News, occurred three days after heavy seas forced two small US Army vessels to beach in Israel, according to US Central Command, while another two vessels broke free of their moorings and were anchored near the pier.

“I believe most of our soldiers were able to remain on the vessels and still are currently on them,” Singh said during Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing. “And … within the next 24 or 48 hours, the Israeli Navy will be helping push those vessels back and hopefully they’ll be fully operational by then.”

The pier was probably designed by the same folks who made the roads in my city. Bumps and potholes in the road after just two or so years.

American workmanship, my friend, is not what it used to be.

Edit: This is what I am talking about (city and journalist name has been omitted), from a local news agency in my area.

 

[wing2000]

The pier was probably designed by the same folks who made the roads in my city. Bumps and potholes in the road after just two or so years.

American workmanship, my friend, is not what it used to be.

Edit: This is what I am talking about (city and journalist name has been omitted), from a local news agency in my area.

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I submit a floating pier on heavy seas is a different animal than your pothold filld roads : )

 

[AlexB23]

I submit a floating pier on heavy seas is a different animal than your pothold filld roads : )

Haha, true. Partially making a joke, as it does seem like the durability and quality of stuff has gone downhill over the years.

Ahem, Boeing and cost cutting measures: Boeing’s Decline Traced to Decades of Catering to Shareholders Above All Others - NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights

Wonder what company made the pier, and what cost cutting was done to make it collapse so quickly.

 

[wing2000]

Haha, true. Partially making a joke, as it does seem like the durability and quality of stuff has gone downhill over the years.

Ahem, Boeing and cost cutting measures: Boeing’s Decline Traced to Decades of Catering to Shareholders Above All Others - NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights

Wonder what company made the pier, and what cost cutting was done to make it collapse so quickly.

...one thing is certain, the Pentagon contractor likely charged 10x what the pier was worth. Maybe we'll get a refund?

 

[AlexB23]

...one thing is certain, the Pentagon contractor likely charged 10x what the pier was worth. Maybe we'll get a refund?

Hopefully we get a refund. High time we put profit margin caps on military contractors, set to <20% profit margin, but that is for another discussion.

 

[Pommer]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/us-gaza-pier-broken-apart

The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said.

The pier was “damaged and sections of the pier need rebuilding and repairing,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where US Central Command will carry out repairs, Singh said. The repairs will take more than a week, further delaying the effort to get the maritime corridor fully operating.

Earlier, four US officials told CNN the pier broke apart in heavy seas.

Part of the pier, which consists of a narrow causeway to drive aid into Gaza and a wider parking area to drop off supplies transported by ship, disconnected on Sunday, the officials said. The parking area will have to be reconnected to the causeway before the pier can be used again.

The damage, first reported by NBC News, occurred three days after heavy seas forced two small US Army vessels to beach in Israel, according to US Central Command, while another two vessels broke free of their moorings and were anchored near the pier.

“I believe most of our soldiers were able to remain on the vessels and still are currently on them,” Singh said during Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing. “And … within the next 24 or 48 hours, the Israeli Navy will be helping push those vessels back and hopefully they’ll be fully operational by then.”

This project has been unpopular inside the Administration and could affect the political winds, down the road.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

It is sad that nobody recognizes the hand of God.

 

[AlexB23]

It is sad that nobody recognizes the hand of God.

Agreed. Maybe it is God telling us to stop investing in wars, and focus on feeding the poor. America is obsessed about getting into foreign wars.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Agreed. Maybe it is God telling us to stop investing in wars, and focus on feeding the poor. America is obsessed about getting into foreign wars.

Prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes. It is not going to be pretty.

 

[AlexB23]

Prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes. It is not going to be pretty.

We will have to see what the next few years bring. Musk dressed as a demon in 2022 as well, as well as many pop singers. The world is very worldly right now.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Agreed. Maybe it is God telling us to stop investing in wars, and focus on feeding the poor. America is obsessed about getting into foreign wars.

The pier wasn't an investment in war. It was an attempt (albeit foolish) to feed starving people in a war zone.

 

[AlexB23]

The pier wasn't an investment in war. It was an attempt (albeit foolish) to feed starving people in a war zone.

Agreed on that. Hopefully the pier was not gonna be used by other countries to deliver weapons. A better way of delivering food would be via air drop, or so I thought. Guys, we need Star Trek food replicators, but imagine the energy usage of those.

However, the BBC says that air dropping food is inefficient and risky: Gaza aid airdrop: Why delivering food from the air is controversial

Quote from the BBC: "Airdrops are expensive, haphazard and usually lead to the wrong people getting the aid," Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former UN aid chief, told the BBC after returning from a recent three-day visit to Gaza.

Star Trek: TNG - Replicators (Duration = 80 seconds)

 

[Vambram]

Agreed on that. Hopefully the pier was not gonna be used by other countries to deliver weapons. A better way of delivering food would be via air drop, or so I thought. Guys, we need Star Trek food replicators, but imagine the energy usage of those.

However, the BBC says that air dropping food is inefficient and risky: Gaza aid airdrop: Why delivering food from the air is controversial

Quote from the BBC: "Airdrops are expensive, haphazard and usually lead to the wrong people getting the aid," Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former UN aid chief, told the BBC after returning from a recent three-day visit to Gaza.

Star Trek: TNG - Replicators (Duration = 80 seconds)

As a Trekker, I would really LOVE to actually use sci-fi replicators and the Star Trek transporters.

 

[AlexB23]

As a Trekker, I would really LOVE to actually use sci-fi replicators and the Star Trek transporters.

Same here, well for the replicators. Well, I would not want to be de-materialized in a transporter, but I would love to use the replicators. I will get fat off of desserts though, and commit the sin of gluttony. That is why I avoid buying too many sweets at the store. A replicator would be great for alleviating hunger in 3rd world countries.

A month ago, I made a post about the ethics of a similar device to the replicator named the Molecular Additive Manufacturing Unit for a sci-fi world that I am (slowly) working on, a machine that can also manufacture organisms as well, but that is unrelated to this thread.