(17 Jun 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of 400-tonne ship being lifted up by cranes while a platform is being driven underneath
2. Close of large hooks holding up the ship
3. Platform being placed underneath the ship
4. Construction workers watching the ship being placed on platform
5. Workers waiting for ship to be lowered
6. Wide of ship being lowered
7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hirohito Ikeda, Director for Ikeda Suisan Co., ship owner:
"The tsunami inflicted great damage on this seaport, and the ships that were swept onto the land showed the tsunami's ferocity and strength. With the help of many people, my ship is being rescued. Even if it is only the first step to a slow recovery, I wish that this salvage can encourage people to keep pressing on."
8. Wide of ship with ocean in background
9. Pan from ruined building to a large tanker sitting in the middle of town
10. Mid of tanker
11. Tanker and a broken traffic light
12. Damage to ships after tsunami, with debris around
13. Close of ships
14. Wide of crane claw picking up debris from water
15. Worker in front as crane claw picking up debris
16. Crane claw picking debris from the water with sunken boat
17. Pan of a sunken burnt ship
18. Tilt down of shipyard with workers fixing ships
19. Workers working on fixing the ship
20. Close of men rolling glass fibre sheets onto the bottom of the ship
21. SOUNDDBITE (Japanese) Katsunao Suzuki, 37-year-old, worker of the shipyard:
"Ships are meant to be in the sea to work. To be able to fix as many ships means that we are a day closer to the recovery of the town. I just want to be able to help that."
22. Kesennuma port with ship being lifted up by crane
STORYLINE:
The small port city of Kesennuma is slowly recovering, piece by piece, three months after a devastating tsunami that destroyed large parts of north eastern Japan.
On Tuesday, two towering cranes hoisted upright the 400-tonne Akane Maru No. 1, a deep-sea salmon and saury fishing boat, the first step in getting it back to sea.
The boat was washed about 100 metres (yards) inland when the tsunami struck on March 11. But as the waters receded the vessel was left stranded.
It was lifted it onto a huge, trolley-like vehicle called a "max carrier," used for transporting train cars and other heavy equipment.
The operation will take three days to complete as the ship is slowly carried by the "max carrier" to the side the wharf. The carrier has 192 wheels but can be extended to add more.
On the third day, the cranes will lift the boat off the carrier and set it back in the water.
After some repairs, the Akane Maru No. 1 should be ready to start fishing again in August, when the season for Pacific saury starts.
"Even if it is only the first step to a slow recovery, I wish that this salvage can encourage people to keep pressing on," said Hirohito Ikeda, the director for Ikeda Suisan Co., and the ship's owner.
Thrown onto land by the tsunami, a cluster of four other huge ships sit in a jumble a quarter mile (400 metres) inland from the port where they were moored, surrounded by demolished shops and houses, muddy water and mountains of debris.
About a dozen big ships are scattered elsewhere around the town of Kesennuma, listing to their sides and propped up with metal beams so they won't topple over.
Their red bellies and propellers exposed, these out-of-place vessels serve as a daily reminder of ocean's tremendous power and the disaster that struck this major fishing and shipping port in northeastern Japan over three months ago.
Find out more about AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
You can license this story through AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
![](https://s2.save4k.org/pic/zaB_urIaF4c/mqdefault.jpg)