Container Ship Carnage

[Frank Holden]

I appear to have been guilty of a 'bold assumption'.... I assumed she was struggling to get off the berth in a rising wind... I've almost been caught in that situation a few times.
That said ... I wonder if she was caught by an increase in wind speed on arrival and found her self 'under tugged'.

Dunno.

Reminds me of the exam room... 2nd mates orals
Examiner ' you have to swing your ship off the berth... the winds starts to freshen..what would you do?'
Candidate ' Call for a tug'
Examiner 'Wind has freshed a bit more...'
Candidate ' I'd call for another tug'
.. 'Its now blowing a full gale'
..'I'd call for 2 more tugs'
..'Where are you getting all these tugs from?'
..'Same place you're getting all that wind'.....

And the three Golden Rules of ship handling..
A stopped ship is a drifting ship.
Never approach anything at a speed greater than you wish to hit it.
Make speed your friend.

The pilot in this case didn't quite get the mix correct...

 

[Stemar]

Never approach anything at a speed greater than you wish to hit it.

Having seen a couple of gear cable failures going into marinas, I'm definitely in favour of that! It's most embarrassing to give a good squirt of astern to stop the boat, only to accelerate.

 

[Rappey]

Having seen a couple of gear cable failures going into marinas, I'm definitely in favour of that! It's most embarrassing to give a good squirt of astern to stop the boat, only to accelerate.

Seen that a good few times. Some boats have a decent raked bow and rise up onto pontoon then slide back in with minimal apparent damage, others hit and stop dead, damaging the pontoon chassis and receiving a very large bill.
Many seem to insist on coming in at warp speed ,slamming it into reverse and carrying out some pretty impressive parking, until reverse is absent !

 

[Stemar]

I can't remember where I read it, but the catchphrase for me is "As slow as you can, as fast as you must". With an unfriendly wind and/or tide a bit of speed is essential, but too much and the schadenfreude score just ramps up ?

Fortunately, the one time my gear cable failed like that, I was coming alongside a long pontoon with plenty of space, so I was able to go round and try again

 

[cherod]

i also noticed there appears to be forward drive , certainly movment , even long after after impact . would seem some sort of malfunction

 

[JumbleDuck]

Many seem to insist on coming in at warp speed ,slamming it into reverse and carrying out some pretty impressive parking, until reverse is absent !

I have a long keel and a high bow, so I have to come in at a respectable if not breakneck speed, particularly in any wind. However, we check that both forward and reverse work before making our approach.

 

[Rappey]

I also have a long keel and a very heavy boat. I come in very slow as that would minimise damage if it were to go wrong. Having full steering at half a knot is very advantageous.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Do big ships like the one in the video have prop walk?

 

[Wansworth]

moored up in Antwerp dock,only ship in the dock on a hot windless summer afternoon,in comes a small coaster steaming round the perimeter of the dock,we all looked and moved off the aft deck and it kept coming and made a very nice “vee” in our stern,narrowly missing the flag staff..............problem in the engine room apparently.