Abramovich fuel cock up?

[graham]

"A routine refuelling operation went horribly wrong for Roman Abramovich's £72 million yacht Pelorus in Malta last month, when a member of the 40-strong crew accidentally put the wrong fuel into the tank.

The 38-year-old Russian billionaire, the owner of Chelsea FC, was said to have been "disappointed" to have to rearrange his family holiday on the 377ft vessel, which underwent a lengthy de-fuelling and engine cleaning process estimated to have cost at least £1 million."

A million pound to pump out the fuel ,flush out the system and replace the filters etc?? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Still he has plenty of dosh to spare bless him....

 

[BlueChip]

Says in the Times today that the problem was water contaminated diesel - it was detected by the ships own water detection system but by then it was too late and the whole fuel system needed to be drained

 

[AlienP2]

Well the fuel alone cost £120k for a tank full!

 

[Mirelle]

Why built the thing, who classed it and what flag does it fly?

This is a very odd story.

Does a ship costing that much and of those dimensions not have purifiers in her engine room, between the main tanks and the daily service tank?

This would not have been a problem for the average coaster.