But they need deeper water to dock, and bigger cranes to be unloaded than are needed for the current biggest ships.

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Strathclyde Police said his body had been recovered from the water at King George V Dock, near Braehead shopping centre, at about 11:30 on Monday.

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Even that would involve filling the hull up to the lower deck with electrolyte and, to balance the pressure, probably flooding the bottom part of the dry dock with Thames water.

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Without it flexibility of thinking can become diffused and the results look like a fish out of water, flopping around on a dock.

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They wanted to transfer it to Rosemont, where it would become a dry-dock casino floating in 2 feet of water, miles from the closest river.

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Four men are critically ill after falling from a ship into the water during an exercise drill at the Royal Portbury Dock near Bristol.

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At the end of the dock, we looked out onto the black water of the Long Island Sound, shimmering under the moonlight.

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The next morning, I enjoyed a leisurely repast on my deck and then took a stroll down to the Lodge's tiny "beach" and kayak dock, marveling at the clarity of the water and the chutzpah of a golden retriever repeatedly plunging into its iciness.

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Reinsch told CNN the water was electrified because of "a problem with the wiring going to the dock from the house, " although he stressed that investigators could not pinpoint which of several electrical components on the dock caused the accident.

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Out on the dock, Ernestine shucks off her heels and dangles her feet in the water.

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