Why did China salvage the Sewol, and was the South Korean Sewol shipwreck salvaged by the Chinese?

Yes. It was done by the Shanghai Salvage Bureau.

The Shanghai Salvage Bureau beat out other opponents in the bidding and won the contract.

The salvage of the "Sewol" lasted one and a half years, and the Shanghai Salvage Bureau put into operation more than 3,000 ships and 2,170 construction workers in the project. Among them, more than 6,000 diving operations have been completed, and the total underwater operation time is nearly 13,000 hours. Shanghai salvage workers have successively completed the first stage of the wreck pre-investigation, anti-loss safety net installation, oil tank pumping, bow lifting, bottom steel beam through and other operations, the long project time, the arduous task, created the world's most.

Zhang Zhaozhong: The biggest shipwreck in South Korea was actually salvaged by China.

In total, it took almost a year.

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries revealed on March 19 that the final safety test before the salvage of the "Sewol" hull conducted on the 17th had been completed, but the salvage test was canceled because the weather forecast showed strong waves.

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The Ministry of Marine Affairs and the Shanghai Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Transport of China, which is responsible for the salvage of the shipwreck of the Sewol, have tested and improved the equipment required for the salvage of the Sewol, and the safety test results have shown that there is no abnormality.

The Ministry of Marine Affairs originally planned to pull the wreck hull about 1-2 meters off the seabed, but as of 6 a.m. that day, the weather forecast said that the wave height would reach up to 1 meter on the 20th and 21st, so it decided to postpone the salvage test. In order to avoid damage to the hull, the salvage work must be carried out when the wave height is 1 meter and the wind speed is less than 10 meters per second. The Ministry of Marine Affairs plans to decide whether to conduct a test salvage based on the weather conditions after the 22nd.

Earlier, Yonhap News Agency reported that the first salvage of the wreck of the "Sewol" is expected to take place on April 5. At present, all preparations are being carried out smoothly.

In April 2014, the passenger liner Sewol sank in the waters off Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, killing 295 people and leaving nine missing. In August 2015, the Korea-China Salvage Consortium formed by South Korea's Oceanc&i and China's Shanghai Salvage Bureau started the "Sewol" salvage preparation operation.

On March 31, at Mokpo New Port, South Korea, the wreck of the "South Korean" Sewol arrived at Mokpo New Port in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

It is reported that on April 16, 2014, the passenger ship "Sewol" carrying 476 people accidentally entered the water and sank in the sea north of Pyeongdon Island, Jindo County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and only 172 people on board were rescued and 295 people were killed. To date, the whereabouts of nine people remain unknown.

After the semi-submersible ship arrived at Mokpo New Port, it took about four days for the Sewol hull to be brought ashore.

After disembarking, the Ministry of Marine Affairs will carry out a search for the remains of the nine missing people and conduct a hull survey to find out the cause of the accident.

The Sewol moved to shore and disinfected for several days before the search for the body began.

South Korea is a small country, and people's minds are in the power struggle, and South Korea's current national policy is to be America's dog, so they have been working hard to get the likes of the United States, and since the deployment of the South Korean THAAD missile defense system, I am not very interested in South Korean news. Because South Korea is a country that does not deserve our attention, let alone our attention, we should be wary of such countries.

Today, I happened to see the South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries issue a statement, saying that after the final inspection of the salvage equipment, it will start the salvage test of the [Sewol] passenger ship at 10 o'clock on the 22nd, which shows that the South Koreans are ready to start the salvage work of the [Sewol] passenger ship, and the noteworthy point of this salvage is the Shanghai Salvage Bureau, which shows that China's salvage technology has an advanced level in the world and has first-class salvage technology.

South Korea's [Sewol] passenger ship has been sinking for three years, and South Korea has not increased the salvage of the [Sewol] passenger ship in the past three years. This part of the economic expenditure needs a certain amount of time for South Korea to raise, so South Korea has basically been silent in the past three years, and now it is estimated that the overall conditions are ripe, so it is ready to start salvage.

From a political point of view, when Park Geun-hye was the first in South Korea, such a thing was very unfavorable to her, and the most critical issue in dealing with this matter at that time was to erase the painful memories of the [Sewol] passenger liner as soon as possible. Therefore, if the salvage starts at that time, the mood of the Korean people will continue to rise and make more trouble, so South Korea, especially Park Geun-hye, chose to suspend the salvage from the perspective of personal interests.

Now that Park Geun-hye ** is here, the election of the new ** has not yet begun, so it is the best time to salvage the [Sewol] passenger ship at this time. If the election of the new ** is completed, then if the [Sewol] passenger ship is salvaged, there will be no benefit to the current temporary **. If he salvages at present, he will be praised by the public, and the responsibility is entirely Park Geun-hye's, so from this point of view, it is normal for South Korea to salvage the [Sewol] passenger liner in three years.

On March 26, in order to transport the wreck of the "Sewol" to Mokpo New Port, the salvage team is speeding up the drainage and degreasing work of the stove.

In order to carry the wreck, the semi-submersible ship needs to sink 13 meters below the sea surface, and after the wreck is lifted onto the semi-submersible ship, the hull of the ship is slowly lifted to the required height for docking.

The Ministry of Marine Affairs expects that the drainage work will take 3-5 days, and the "Sewol Sanbahyo" will depart for Mokpo as soon as the 28th.

At present, the sea area where the "Sewol" is located is 87 kilometers from Mokpo Port.

As of 6:45 a.m. on the 24th, the "Sewol" left stern gangplank (a long board for people and vehicles to get on and off the ship) was cut off, and at 11:10 a.m., the hull of the "Sewol" was fished to an altitude of 13 meters above sea level required for moving the ship to the shore.

At 4:55 p.m. on the 24th, the "Sewol" moved 3 kilometers southeast of the sea area where it was located, that is, the safe waters where the semi-submersible ship was located.

At 4:10 a.m. on the 25th, the wreck of the "Sewol" was lifted to the semi-submersible ship, which means that the salvage work was basically successful.