Maritime News Thread

scotchy

Tabnabs wrote: »

Container ships are not having a good time of it lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86FqgN8Bt0

Your ebay order may not be arriving... :pac:

Another link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQzOrj4y5bE



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Tabnabs

Cargo Ship Turned Over and Adrift in English Channel After Collision

An 82-meter long cargo ship has capsized and is now turned over and adrift in the English Channel after it collided with a fishing vessel on Tuesday.



France’s Maritime Prefect says it was alerted at 15:40 local time of a collision involving the Maltese-flagged freighter Britannica HAV and the fishing Deborah, flying the Belgian flag. The collision occurred about 50 nautical miles northeast of Cherbourg, France, to the south-west of the Dover Strait.



All seven crew members of the cargo ship evacuated to two life rafts and were recovered by the fishing vessel.



According to the Maritime Prefect, the Britannica sustained damage on its port side at its center. Four 15-by-20-foot bilge boards were separated from the vessel and adrift, the agency reported.

The Britannica HAV reported to be carrying a cargo of 1,955 tonnes of steel. A small oil sheen has been observed in the water surrounding the wreck, according to the Maritime Prefect.

The captain of the fishing vessel sustained a minor head injury, but otherwise no injuries were reported.

The French rescue tug Abeille Liberté has been dispatched to the scene along with French coastal police boat to monitor the wreck.



A helicopter with the French Navy has reportedly evacuated the seven crew members of the cargo ship to land.


The Maltese-flagged Britannica HAV was built in 1985.

Widdensushi

Is seven crew the normal for that size vessel? Captain, two officers of the watch, two engineers, a cook and a crewman? I have no idea by the way, I know there is some pie in the sky stuff about ships going to sea with no crew, which seems ridiculous considering you are still required to be able to use a sextant, how does that work remotely. Somebody in the know might indicate the required crew amounts, maybe this one has a bigger crew than normal for all I know?

Tabnabs

I know someone who worked on a similar sized ship, they had:Captain, Mate, Engineer, Bosun, Sailor, Cook.

In that trade, it's absolute bottom of the barrel business model and a pretty sh1tty life for the poor seafarers.

murphym7

Yep, that's what we used to run with. No Bosun or cook though, just 3 AB's who shared the cooking duties by the week. The Britannica HAV is very similar in size to the old Arklow boats with "M" names from the late 80's. Manor, Mill, Moor etc.... real rough yokes to work on. The bridge was on a hydraulic ram so you could raise and lower it to head up some of the rivers on the continent.

Widdensushi

From what I can see from their tracks the beamer steamed straight into the port side of her, I thought the beamer might have been fishing but it looks like he was doing 11knots when he hit her so there can be little argument.

Atlantic Dawn

3 part documentary on the HMS Queen Elizabeth starting Sunday at 9pm on BBC2 might be of interest...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b08zfk

murphym7

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

3 part documentary on the HMS Queen Elizabeth starting Sunday at 9pm on BBC2 might be of interest...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b08zfk

Taped it last night, really looking forward to seeing it later.

knucklehead6

murphym7 wrote: »

Taped it last night, really looking forward to seeing it later.

RATS!!

Must try to catch it on the player

Tabnabs

So much windage, such puny thrusters!

https://twitter.com/byachtingswiss/status/986663957804011520

Tabnabs

Epic fail.

Important announcement re W.B. Yeats
21 Apr 2018

We have just been informed by the German shipyard building the WB Yeats, that her delivery to Irish Ferries is likely to be delayed. While this delay is not yet fully confirmed by the shipyard we have, in the interests of minimising the level of potential disruption to our customers, taken the decision to cancel a number of affected sailings in July from the 12th July to the 29th July.

We are currently in contact with affected customers and offering spaces that we have held on the MV Oscar Wilde that are close to their booked sailing date. In the absence of an acceptable alternative customers will, of course, be entitled to a full refund.

Unfortunately due to this extraordinary circumstance, this is beyond our control. Please accept our utmost apologies for this inconvenience.

Kind Regards,

Andrew Sheen

Odelay

Tabnabs wrote: »

Epic fail.

It "could" be two weeks late. Hardly an epic fail.

knucklehead6

QUOTE=Odelay;106804243]It "could" be two weeks late. Hardly an epic fail.[/QUOTE]

The epic fail bit is the customer service mishandling of the whole thing....

HeidiHeidi

knucklehead6 wrote: »

QUOTE=Odelay;106804243]It "could" be two weeks late. Hardly an epic fail.

The epic fail bit is the customer service mishandling of the whole thing....[/quote]

How was it mishandled?

Seems to me they made an early call on a potential situation that was outside their control and have offered the best solution they can.

Would it have been better to hold off and hope for the best, and leave passengers completely high and dry if it didn't work out?

knucklehead6

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

How was it mishandled?

Seems to me they made an early call on a potential situation that was outside their control and have offered the best solution they can.

Would it have been better to hold off and hope for the best, and leave passengers completely high and dry if it didn't work out?

Why take bookings for a ship that might not be in your fleet?

Surely there will be builders trials etc before she's handed over to Irish Ferries, and they could have thrown up issues. Or delays in construction, which appears to be the case.

Starting to take bookings for a sailing when you haven't got guarantees that the ship will be in your hands is cruising for a bruising.

And i'm sure ICG will be able to penalise the builders yard for breach on contract etc, and recoup some of the losses, but that's not going to be as public as this.

Atlantic Dawn

Wreck listings all around the Irish coast, around 4000 of them documented, interesting looking at them all, wasn't aware of so many...

https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=89e50518e5f4437abfa6284ff39fd640

ezra_

Why is the Stena Carrier moored up in Dun Laoghaire?

Tabnabs

A story about it here

https://afloat.ie/port-news/dun-laoghaire-news/item/39101-new-arrival-at-dun-laoghaire-harbour

GBX

And here .. https://afloat.ie/port-news/ferry-news/item/38412-35-000-calves-expected-to-travel-to-the-continent-on-replacement-ferry

Atlantic Dawn

The Hardest Harvest tomorrow night on RTE1, might be of interest...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APC_WrrV2ZM

Topgear on Dave

This caught my eye today

"Paddle steamer boat sinks while crossing Irish Sea"

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0526/966172-paddle-steamer-sea/

g0g

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but I was surprised to today see a pretty big Stena cargo ship tired up in Dun Laoghaire. Only reason I can think is there was some big drifting (cars, not boats!) event on at the harbour, maybe it all travelled together?

Atlantic Dawn

g0g wrote: »

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but I was surprised to today see a pretty big Stena cargo ship tired up in Dun Laoghaire. Only reason I can think is there was some big drifting (cars, not boats!) event on at the harbour, maybe it all travelled together?

Apparently awaiting new charter...

https://afloat.ie/port-news/dun-laoghaire-news/item/39165-stena-ship-remains-docked-in-dun-laoghaire-where-howth-ferry-is-the-only-operator-in-town

scotchy

g0g wrote: »

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but I was surprised to today see a pretty big Stena cargo ship tired up in Dun Laoghaire. Only reason I can think is there was some big drifting (cars, not boats!) event on at the harbour, maybe it all travelled together?

I was delighted to see this in Dun Laoghaire

, Evan went down especially to see it. Cant understand why people object to ships using Dun Laoghaire harbour.

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knucklehead6

Tabnabs wrote: »

Epic fail.

Odelay wrote: »

It "could" be two weeks late. Hardly an epic fail.

knucklehead6 wrote: »

The epic fail bit is the customer service mishandling of the whole thing....

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

How was it mishandled?

Seems to me they made an early call on a potential situation that was outside their control and have offered the best solution they can.

Would it have been better to hold off and hope for the best, and leave passengers completely high and dry if it didn't work out?

knucklehead6 wrote: »

Why take bookings for a ship that might not be in your fleet?

Surely there will be builders trials etc before she's handed over to Irish Ferries, and they could have thrown up issues. Or delays in construction, which appears to be the case.

Starting to take bookings for a sailing when you haven't got guarantees that the ship will be in your hands is cruising for a bruising.

And i'm sure ICG will be able to penalise the builders yard for breach on contract etc, and recoup some of the losses, but that's not going to be as public as this.

Whatever doubt there was before NOW it's an epic fail!!
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-ship-delay-sees-thousands-more-hit-by-irish-ferries-cancellations-1.3528011

All bookings on the Yeats cancelled for this summer

kub

40 Years Service by Brittany Ferries in Cork:


http://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Brittany-Ferries-marks-40-years-of-sailing-from-Cork-to-Roscoff-f7c1b691-5956-4a7e-8eb5-ffe184a6f367-ds

roundymac

I went to Brittany that year on the Amorique and I will go back there again this year.

Tabnabs

Anyone ever been on the ferry to the IOM?

Passenger numbers don't justify routes

Ferry passenger numbers for Irish routes to and from the Isle of Man don't justify the cost of laying the services on.

That's the conclusion of the outgoing chair of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.

Robert Quayle made the comments while discussing the future of Manx ferry services in the wake of government's purchase of the company.

Speaking on yesterday's Sunday Opinion, Mr Quayle rebutted the accusation that the Steam Packet had abandoned Ireland:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/irish-ferry-passengers-abandoned-iom/

GBX

Tabnabs wrote: »

Anyone ever been on the ferry to the IOM?


https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/irish-ferry-passengers-abandoned-iom/

I've used it to go to the TT races which I would imagine that's why the majority of passengers use it . They have their set timetable and it can be expensive. It is usually booked up early following the years event. I know there are other events like the Southern 100 and Manx Grand Prix but the main draw would be the 2 weeks in June. I wouldn't be too familiar with other traffic outside of these dates.

Alun

Went across once in the last week of June, and it was certainly very quiet then.