ipl-logo

The Mother Of All Parbuckles Analysis

626 Words3 Pages

I have reviewed and read the article carefully.
4. Jim Sullivan’s article “The Mother of All Parbuckles” argues that modern technology parbuckling applies to a centuries-old technique that raised the 2012 luxury liner Costa Concordia in mid-2014, from the ocean bay. In January 2012, the Costa Concordia ran aground in a marine reserve off Italy’s Giglio Island; killing 32 people at the process. Settling on its starboard side on two undersea rock ledges. Two years later the ship was recovered through the old technique of parbuckling. Sullivan’s argument is that parbuckling was a centuries-old technique that involved “using a sling to (pull the) vessel on an inclined plane” which dates back all the way to the 17th century and he believes that …show more content…

Sullivan is for pro- towing cleaning operations because he believes it cleanses the ocean from un-natural waste when he states in the following text “Post-towing cleaning operations should restore the seabed to its natural state.” With no hesitation, Sullivan believes that these types of cleaning operations should be funded to de-pollute the sea. When he says “Post-towing cleaning operations should restore the seabed.” The words Sullivan provides in the text shows that he stance with pro-cleaning operations, because he uses the word “should” which states an opinion not a fact towards the issue of restoring the ocean from any un-natural waste. Sullivan provides facts when describing the incident of raising Costa Concordia from the ocean such as this fact “The Concordia (is)…twice the size of the Titanic.” Sullivan compares the Concordia with the iconic ship the Titanic. Supporting his argument that there are wrecked-ships across the sea bigger than the Titanic, that were left there for waste. He believes the post-towing cleaning operations would cleanse the sea from any kind of wrecked ships. Sullivan’s article about post-towing cleaning operations would be even more effective if he

Open Document