Posted on 07/08/2022 10:38:08 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Jeff Bezos will not be able to sail a new, more than 400-foot-long superyacht through the waters of the Dutch city of Rotterdam anytime soon.
The port city faced an uproar months ago as it considered dismantling a section of a 95-year-old bridge to allow the Amazon founder’s yacht to pass. But now the boat’s builder, the Dutch company Oceanco, has decided to refrain from applying for a permit, according to a Rotterdam City Council member.
It was unclear how Mr. Bezos’ yacht would leave the area or whether Oceanco would finish the boat. The company did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday and Thursday. An Amazon spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment.
The yacht was supposed to sail through the Koningshaven Bridge, known locally as “De Hef,” over the summer and was on track to become the largest sailing yacht in the world at 417 feet, according to the superyacht industry publication Boat International. The bridge does not have enough clearance for the yacht, which was being built in a nearby town.
Because Oceanco is no longer seeking an application, the middle part of the bridge will not be removed for now, according to a public letter from the councilman, Vincent Karremans. The dismantling process takes about a day, as does putting it back together, according to Peter van Druten, a spokesman for the city of Rotterdam.
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SO, the yacht was built inland, but just a bridge too far.
Just tow it down river and install the masts elsewhere.
A textbook case of “your lack of planning does not make this an emergency for me.”
Some under-the-table “gifting” is called for in this situation.
So in the former Yugoslavia they used a war to destroy the bridges and then get the taxpayers to pay for new ones that can accommodate bigger shipping. Bezos is just chump change in the overall scheme of things.
He will just order the sea to be more shallow so his mega yacht can sale under the news.
In other news the Bezos Mega Yacht grounded while passing under the bridge
The yacht has been confiscated by city council and ordered to be cut into pieces and towed away for scrap.
He should have Amazon deliver it to him.
They could turn it into housing for the homeless. /s
(It was unclear how Mr. Bezos’ yacht would leave the area or whether Oceanco would finish the boat.)
Just dig a hole in the waters 🌊🌊 under the bridge 🌉.
Duh.
Use solar panels to dig out the water.
AOC could engineer this in like 30 seconds.
C’mon man!!
The dismantling process takes about a day, as does putting it back together, according to Peter van Druten, a spokesman for the city of Rotterdam.
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Seems much ado about nothing.
That monstrosity will have a carbon footprint bigger than all the cows in Holland. Bezos and the lunatic Dutch deserve each other.
I’m very concerned about what might be the carbon footprint of that boat. The other thing, not so much. All they need do is dismantle the yacht down to the bottom of the bridge and tow it to another shipyard. I’d recommend the one where they built the Titanic.
Nothing personal…
The ruling elite should not get special privileges, especially megalomaniac rich people who think they can and should change the world.
You don’t know how many times in the past year that I had to go to the Post Office to pick up a package that I ordered from Amazon Prime because it would not “fit in the Postal Carrier’s car”.
I have NO sympathy for Bezos and his problem.
Well, I grew up in the “Portage Park” neighborhood in Chicago. When I drive from Illinois to visit relatives, I see signs for the exit to “Portage”, Indiana. Jeff Bezos has so much money he could just hire all of the midnight Joe Biden voters to carry the thing to deeper water.
“He should have Amazon deliver it to him.”
ROFLMAO! I love FReepers! Funniest people on the planet!
Didn’t they think to use their measuring tape?
Jeff should just wait until global warming melts the polar icecaps in a year or two and then sail right over the soon to be submerged bridge.
I agree. Lots of jobs at stake.
And it’s not like they wouldn’t get paid.
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