sea ​​monk

Chapter 126 Customized Salvage Ship

From the day when he planned to set up a salvage company, Xu Haibao had considered what kind of salvage ship to customize in terms of style and function.But no matter what, if you want to customize a salvage ship that can undertake the task of going to sea, the cost may not be cheap.

Fortunately, in terms of current capital income, the batch of foreign gold and silver coins entrusted for auction before should be able to earn back a lot of money for Xu Haibao.What's more, Xu Haibao also knows several treasures from shipwrecks that have not been salvaged yet.

If he was really short of money, Xu Haibao could only make a hard trip to take out the treasures on the sunken ship in advance in exchange for funds.In fact, not going alone to dig the treasure of the sunken ship is more about paying attention to the impact.

If Xu Haibao really sold several tons or even dozens of tons of precious metals in his own name, it would be impossible not to attract the attention of the state.If it was a salvage company that sold the salvaged gold in bulk, I believe others would not say much.

This time, I decided to go to Singapore to customize salvage boats, and most of them are shipyards in Singapore, which have customized salvage boats for many salvage companies.In this regard, the technical experience of the Singapore shipyard is still more than that of domestic shipyards.

During the police inquiry before leaving, Xu Haibao was not overly relieved.In the absence of conclusive evidence, the police did not dare to impose harsh interrogation methods on him.Even the other members of the team, the police would have to think twice about investigating.

The team members who were summoned to the Xiangjiang training camp all had several meritorious service experiences during their early service in the navy.In addition, most of them retired due to injury or illness, and everyone has a disabled soldier certificate issued by the state.

How dare the police investigate such a group of meritorious persons at will?

If it were Xiangjiang before the reunification, Xu Haibao might have to take into account the suppression of the colonial government.But now that Xiangjiang has returned, who dares to wantonly suppress a group of disabled soldiers who have contributed to the country?

Taking the direct flight from Xiangjiang to Singapore, Xu Haibao and his party of six arrived at Singapore International Airport in light clothes.After taking two taxis at the airport, the six of them quickly checked into the hotel they booked earlier and prepared to rest.

During the meal at the hotel, Tang Xingyou, who accompanied him, was also very curious: "Swordfish, as far as the country's current shipbuilding capacity is concerned, if we want to order salvage ships, domestic shipyards should be able to build them too? Why do you want to come?" here?"

As the ship team leader with the best relationship with Xu Haibao in the team, Tang Xingyou still felt that ordering salvage ships could be placed in domestic shipyards.After all, the domestic shipbuilding strength is no longer inferior to other countries.

Facing Tang Xingyou's question, Xu Haibao also said directly: "The rudder, in fact, I have also thought about customizing a salvage ship in China, but customizing this kind of private salvage ship in China may be more troublesome in terms of procedures and supervision.

In fact, I've even considered customizing a [-]-ton salvage vessel if I could.But you should know that domestic supervision of private salvage ships is still very strict.I did this because I was afraid of causing trouble.

You also saw what happened yesterday. Our company was just established, and the salvage ship hadn't even been seen yet, so it attracted prying eyes from our peers.If it wasn't for the Tiger Sharks who were alert and discovered their actions in advance, I'm afraid we would be the ones who suffered.

This time I came to Singapore, it is not necessary to negotiate the order.At the end of the day, I don't have the money to spend all of it on a custom salvage boat.It's not a bad thing to explore the market first, after all, is it? "

Although Xu Haibao knows that privately run shipwreck salvage companies in China will gradually develop.Many state-owned salvage companies have also begun to get involved in the salvage business of sunken ships in the open sea.But these people have always acted low-key.

The reason for the low-key is that there is no specific standard for the sunken treasures salvaged by private individuals in China.In many cases, the country will require all the sunken ships salvaged in territorial waters to be handed over.

In this case, even if someone salvages the sunken ship, they will conceal it and not report it.After all, who in this business is not here to make money?If everything recovered is handed over to the country, who will work hard to find the sunken ship?
After listening to Xu Haibao's concerns, Tang Xingyou continued: "We are here to visit the shipyard this time. What type of salvage ship do you plan to order? If you really want to go to sea, the displacement tonnage is too small, maybe it's not suitable!"

"Take a look first! Customized salvage ships are different from custom-made yachts. You definitely need to visit several shipyards. As far as the current situation is concerned, the tonnage of salvage ships does not need to be too large, but the wind and wave resistance and safety factor must be high.

Although domestic Dajiang-class salvage ships are very suitable, you should all be aware that we simply cannot afford such a salvage ship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons.Even if we can afford it, where can we find so many people all at once? "

In terms of familiarity, Xu Haibao, who followed Tang Xingyou and others who traveled abroad, is most familiar with the 'Dajiang Class' ocean-going salvage ship serving in the navy.This kind of salvage ship is also an ocean-going salvage ship independently developed, designed and manufactured in China.

But the problem is, it goes without saying that customizing a salvage ship of this tonnage is expensive.Just to drive such a salvage ship out to sea, Xu Haibao's current manpower is simply not enough.Therefore, the idea can only be dismissed.

On the other hand, Xu Haibao thinks that the "Guardian" salvage ship still serving in the US Navy is more suitable.Although the full-load displacement tonnage of the 'Guardian' is less than [-] tons, it is almost enough for oceangoing use.

According to Xu Haibao's own requirements, the displacement tonnage of the customized salvage ship should be controlled at about [-] tons to [-] tons.The operating system and speed of the salvage ship must be as simple and efficient as possible to reduce the work pressure of the crew.

The second is the strength of the salvage ship against wind and waves, and the thickness of the hull steel.In short, Xu Haibao hopes that the salvage ship he customized can not only undertake the corresponding offshore salvage tasks, but also ensure the safety of the team when they go to sea.

A salvage ship of this tonnage, with the strength of domestic shipbuilding, is not a big problem.The key point is that Xu Haibao hopes to build a salvage ship whose external armor is as strong as that of military ships.

For this requirement alone, many domestic shipyards may not dare to accept such an order.On the other hand, when it comes to foreign customization, there are not so many constraints in this regard.What's more, a lot of equipment will be installed on the salvage ship in the later stage!
After eating at the hotel, Xu Haibao discussed with Tang Xingyou and others about the interior design of the salvage ship.According to Xu Haibao's request, in the future, the number of members of his salvage team is expected to be controlled at around 30.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Xu Haibao still lacks half of his manpower.Fortunately, the matter of summoning retired old comrades in arms is still being done, and a group of retired old comrades in arms will come one after another in the later period.It is not a big problem to recruit 30 people!
Looking at the gradually clear requirements and styles of the salvage ship, Zhao Ji, the leader of the security team, said excitedly: "Swordfish, can our salvage ship really be equipped with a helicopter? Helicopter, what model do you plan to purchase?"

Facing Zhao Ji's inquiry, Xu Haibao smiled and said, "If the country allows it, I naturally hope to be equipped with military-style helicopters. But you know, this is almost impossible. As for the procurement of helicopters, we can wait until the salvage ship is built.

If it doesn't work, we will buy a cut-down version of the civilian model in the future.When it comes to sea, there is a helicopter as a patrol guard, which can also improve the safety factor of the salvage ship and detect unknown ships trying to approach in advance.

Although I don't want to have conflicts with other foreign counterparts or armed groups on the high seas in the future.But we must be mentally prepared for this, so that we don't have the ability to fight back and protect ourselves in case of an emergency. "

From Xu Haibao's words, Zhao Ji also knew that it was not very possible to equip armed helicopters.But even if it is a civilian helicopter, waiting for the salvage ship to go out to sea will indeed allow the salvage ship to discover the enemy's situation as soon as possible.

At least from the current situation, Zhao Ji knows that this salvage ship pays more attention to safety performance.It can also be seen from this point that Xu Haibao is very concerned about the personal safety of team members.They also feel very at ease working with such people.

When Xu Haibao and his party stayed in the hotel to discuss the matter of customizing the salvage ship, the whereabouts of Xu Haibao and his party were still known to Benson and others who had been following him.Knowing that Xu Haibao came to Singapore to order a ship, Benson naturally would not let him go as he wished.

Singapore, one of the four Asian tigers, was also a British colony in the early days.Even though it has been an independent country for many years, the British capital also enjoys a lot of influence in Singapore, and Benson can naturally play tricks.

Although the existing evidence cannot prove that the seizure of the sea lion salvage boat is directly related to Xu Haibao.But Benson still felt that Xu Haibao and the others deliberately designed Lauren and the others to fall into such a big fall.

After making several phone calls in succession, Benson planned to teach Xu Haibao and others some lessons through his own connections.In Xiangjiang, a place belonging to China, Benson didn't dare to be too rampant.But abroad, he felt that he had a wider network than Xu Haibao.

Most importantly, Benson hopes to find out whether Xu Haibao really has a military background through this trip to Xinjiapo.If there is, then Benson will also consider transferring from Xiangjiang to work in other auction branches.

If not, he would always find someone to vent his anger after such a big stumble this time.Then veterans like Xu Haibao without background are undoubtedly the best targets to vent.From the beginning to the end, Benson didn't think he was wrong.

But Benson had no idea that the person he was about to provoke was not as easy to bully as he imagined.It really pissed off Xu Haibao. It is estimated that Benson's fate will be worse than that of Lauren who is currently detained in the police station.

It's just that Xu Haibao, who has rested at the moment, doesn't know all of this.If Xu Haibao knew that for a person like Benson, the only way to truly make him fearful was to eliminate him physically, he would surely understand the difference between monks and ordinary people.

Perhaps for Xu Haibao, he has not yet become a monk, and he still maintains the mentality of an ordinary person to look at problems.So what kind of experience will Xu Haibao's state of mind get in the next trip to Xinjiapo?
(End of this chapter)