40 Foot Container Unloading Photos

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A 40 foot container was shipped from Florida with over 850 Red Mangrove "planter" style Reef Balls, tarps, tables, tools, volunteer supplies, fertilizers, nursery shading materials, plastic nursery lining, protective gear and volunteer support supplies. The container also included Reef Ball molds and tools for continued production. Not an inch of space or weight limitations were wasted! Just the unloading time took hours and hours of hard labor by the volunteers.

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Volunteers break the seal of the container...wow it sure looks full!

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The truck is backed up and unloading begins.

caymanislandsreefcrestt055 The container included 6 Reef Ball molds, enough cement for building 22 Reef Balls, tools, water and snacks for volunteers, tents tables and chairs, supplies for building the nursery, concrete admixtures, coral propagation tools and supplies, and protective gear for volunteers....this container was at it's maximum weight and volume!

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The container included 6 Reef Ball molds, enough cement for building 22 Reef Balls, tools, water and snacks for volunteers, tents tables and chairs, supplies for building the nursery, concrete admixtures, coral propagation tools and supplies, and protective gear for volunteers....this container was at it's maximum weight and volume!

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Over 850 Reef Balls to be used as red mangrove planters waiting to be unloaded.

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After all the supplies are unloaded...comes the reef balls.

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Kathy Kirbo, Executive DIrector of Reef Ball Foundation assists in the unloading process.

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Tim Austin of Department of Enviroment does the two ball shuffle!

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toddfinaldayt032 And from the container they go to the Department of Environment truck for delivery to the red mangrove potting assembly line tables where they will be planted with red mangrove seedlings.

11/21/06 5:06 PM

And from the container they go to the Department of Environment truck for delivery to the red mangrove potting assembly line tables where they will be planted with red mangrove seedlings.

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toddfinaldayt056 Finally, the Reef Balls make it to the table where they will start their

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Finally, the Reef Balls make it to the table where they will start their "lives" to help rehabilitate red mangrove stands.

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