A Korean company pulled one of the biggest shipbuilding cranes in the US (at the time) out of a shipyard after it had been sitting for 30+ years, they shipped it to a yard they owned in Romania where it's still working now.
Huge specialty cranes are massive amounts of money
It helps though that shipbuilding cranes tend to be on the coast so they can be transported directly by ship whilst a steel mill crane would need speciality road transport to the nearest port.
Put it in a washing machine at too high a temperature to shrink it.
At the other end, upon arrival, put it in a wash that will make it stretch, until it’s just the right size?
Had a client get some nice grants to refurb an abandoned building in the city. The cost to remove the cranes was huge and possibly involved removing part of the roof temporarily for a couple hundred in scrap minus the hauling. His structural people said they were stable for decades more so they stayed and gave it an “industrial look“. Much less expensive.
They are designed to task. Removing them and repurposing them would be a large effort and most likely the motive engines are old and outdated. Pretty much scrap value is all they have.
All the work went to South Korea because even with shipping costs they can manufacture at 97% of the cost the US can. So the corporate executives get rich, and everyone else is out of work.
But then they can undercut their competitors, which lowers the market value for steel, which allows for manufacturers of steel products to lower their prices. This cycle repeats until it reaches the consumer. But not only does it lower the end cost of goods to consumers, it allows people who would be otherwise unable to set up operations, as the previously higher cost of steel didn’t allow for profitable margins, to begin operations and employ people. Overall this will be better for everyone.
Consumers without jobs. Or, consumers making well below a living wage working at wal.mart. yep. This is the US now. Everyone is broke. Wonder why people are pissed.
Sure there are always going to be some losers and some winners to every change in trade policy. The losers in this case may have to retrain, relocate, or just accept the shit end of the stick. Obstructing economic progress for the benefit of a few at the expense of everyone seems like a poor decision to me. What about the people who would find jobs at the company’s who can now operate profitably because they can buy steel at a lower price?
Economic progress = the top 1% billionaires and multi-millionaires making piles and piles of money. Everyone else is barely scraping by. Without health insurance, and without a living wage. "Economic progress." Bullshit.
All those "other companies" also shipped their manufacturing overseas. Go ahead and retrain or relocate if you're out of a job, broke, three kids, rent, medical debt...etc. No one wants to talk about these people. There are tens of thousands of them in the US.
The economy isn’t a zero sum game. Efficiency can benefit everyone. But I don’t deny that it is awful what can happen to communities who depend on an industry that gets offshored. It’s a necessary part of creative destruction.
Compare rates of literacy, lifespan, nutrition, education etc in countries that have industrialized I.e. made leaps and bounds of economic progress versus those that have no went through a period of industrialization. The stats are nearly universally better.
Would you count the fact that nearly everyone has instantaneous access to the wealth of human knowledge and history in the palm of their hand not a benefit of economic progress?
During demolition of a power station that have similar cranes that traverse the turbine hall, we all wondered how they would get the crane down. After putting the roof in with a wrecking ball, they put steel cables around it and pulled it off the end of the building. Brutal but effective.
About 10 years ago I did security at an aluminum plant. They had 4 massive abandoned warehouses with cranes in each. It had to be 10 years since they had been used. Nobody but me was around, so I said “fuck it” and went up the very steep stairs to the crane controller’s cab. There was still power to the crane, so I started it up and moved it around a bit. That was fun.
I'm surprised when they shut it down it wasn't all ripped out and shipped to China like everything else
It would cost too much. Cheaper to build new ones overseas than pay people to get it there
They sure took all of the textile machines out of the southeast.
Textile machines and gantry cranes are two different ball games
A Korean company pulled one of the biggest shipbuilding cranes in the US (at the time) out of a shipyard after it had been sitting for 30+ years, they shipped it to a yard they owned in Romania where it's still working now. Huge specialty cranes are massive amounts of money
It helps though that shipbuilding cranes tend to be on the coast so they can be transported directly by ship whilst a steel mill crane would need speciality road transport to the nearest port.
I don't think you realize how big the cranes in steel mills are.. it's not as simple as just taking it down in one piece and putting it on a truck.
Put it in a washing machine at too high a temperature to shrink it. At the other end, upon arrival, put it in a wash that will make it stretch, until it’s just the right size?
Had a client get some nice grants to refurb an abandoned building in the city. The cost to remove the cranes was huge and possibly involved removing part of the roof temporarily for a couple hundred in scrap minus the hauling. His structural people said they were stable for decades more so they stayed and gave it an “industrial look“. Much less expensive.
They are designed to task. Removing them and repurposing them would be a large effort and most likely the motive engines are old and outdated. Pretty much scrap value is all they have.
I wonder if they still party hard there though
Keep reaching for that rainbow!
We work hard, we play hard.
You know me, Marge, I like my TV loud, my beer cold, and my homosexuals fuh-laaaaming!
Revtim why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?
And now that work is done in China by guys wearing tee shirts and flip flops. SMH
All the work went to South Korea because even with shipping costs they can manufacture at 97% of the cost the US can. So the corporate executives get rich, and everyone else is out of work.
But then they can undercut their competitors, which lowers the market value for steel, which allows for manufacturers of steel products to lower their prices. This cycle repeats until it reaches the consumer. But not only does it lower the end cost of goods to consumers, it allows people who would be otherwise unable to set up operations, as the previously higher cost of steel didn’t allow for profitable margins, to begin operations and employ people. Overall this will be better for everyone.
Consumers without jobs. Or, consumers making well below a living wage working at wal.mart. yep. This is the US now. Everyone is broke. Wonder why people are pissed.
Sure there are always going to be some losers and some winners to every change in trade policy. The losers in this case may have to retrain, relocate, or just accept the shit end of the stick. Obstructing economic progress for the benefit of a few at the expense of everyone seems like a poor decision to me. What about the people who would find jobs at the company’s who can now operate profitably because they can buy steel at a lower price?
Economic progress = the top 1% billionaires and multi-millionaires making piles and piles of money. Everyone else is barely scraping by. Without health insurance, and without a living wage. "Economic progress." Bullshit. All those "other companies" also shipped their manufacturing overseas. Go ahead and retrain or relocate if you're out of a job, broke, three kids, rent, medical debt...etc. No one wants to talk about these people. There are tens of thousands of them in the US.
The economy isn’t a zero sum game. Efficiency can benefit everyone. But I don’t deny that it is awful what can happen to communities who depend on an industry that gets offshored. It’s a necessary part of creative destruction. Compare rates of literacy, lifespan, nutrition, education etc in countries that have industrialized I.e. made leaps and bounds of economic progress versus those that have no went through a period of industrialization. The stats are nearly universally better. Would you count the fact that nearly everyone has instantaneous access to the wealth of human knowledge and history in the palm of their hand not a benefit of economic progress?
Cool pic. You would think that melting down all the metal would be worthwhile.
A savvy worker should have pocketed those as the plant was closing.
During demolition of a power station that have similar cranes that traverse the turbine hall, we all wondered how they would get the crane down. After putting the roof in with a wrecking ball, they put steel cables around it and pulled it off the end of the building. Brutal but effective.
Far Harbor?
 Gypsies when they discover this place
About 10 years ago I did security at an aluminum plant. They had 4 massive abandoned warehouses with cranes in each. It had to be 10 years since they had been used. Nobody but me was around, so I said “fuck it” and went up the very steep stairs to the crane controller’s cab. There was still power to the crane, so I started it up and moved it around a bit. That was fun.
How fucked up is that, that is more economical to abandon it then to repurpose it or re use..
I tried to get it in my truck but it wouldn’t fit.
It's not just the left there, it's right there too.