Container ship sinking in Channel

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A container ship has run into trouble in the Western Channel and is at risk of sinking!
 
From the BBC....

"All 26 crew of the MSC Napoli are abandoning ship and as yet there are no reports of injuries. Falmouth Coastguard is co-ordinating the rescue.

A Maritime and Coastguard Agency tug, the Anglian Princess, plus a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, are heading towards the vessel.

The French are also involved in the rescue effort."

Good luck to all the brave folks involved in the rescue, and the crew of Napoli.... I wouldn't want to be out there right now
 
Nasty - abandoning ship in those sorts of conditions must be hurrendous /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Hope they're all okay, and that the rescue services that go out all return safely...

Rick
 
It must be virtually impossible to come alongside a ship of that size in such a sea. That either means into the lifeboats and those ramp ones are pretty nasty or else an air rescue. None of these options are without significant risk to crew and rescuers alike. I join you in wishing all of them the very best of luck.
 
there will be lots floating about, if it does go over. We'll have to watch out down there...

But yes, for the time being lets think of the poor guys (crew and rescuers) doing their job! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
It is carrying only 75 containers...which are classed as 'Dangerous' Cargo. So do they have Chemicals in them, or armaments? I do not envy the poor souls out there today.

Good luck all and I hope all return safely.

Paul
 
Was it.....

...bringing in yet another few hundred containers full of un-necessary Chinese consumer goods or going back empty for a re-fill?

Steve Cronin
 
Re: Was it.....

How does it get holed in that position? No rocks out there... Anyone heard how the breach in the hull happened?
 
Re: Was it.....

Just done an idle Google and discovered (courtesy of the MCA website) that, ironically, the Napoli rescued a couple of sailors who'd abandoned ship in Biscay last November.

I hope they're all OK. 9 metre waves don't sound much fun in a lifeboat. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Re: Was it.....

Not quite so simple. If we did not import so many goods their weighting would fall in the rpi. As many of these imported goods are going down the service sector - restauants, schools, tradesmen etc - weighting would rise pushing inflation up more so higher interest rates etc................ As to how this bubble economy will end God only knows.
 
Nothing of the \"du jour\" about it......

...until this GLOBAL emissions and imbalance in manufacturing thing is sorted out then OUR future will be sunk at the bottom of the sea.

No matter what all the smart economists (and Pseudo-economists) and clever dicks out of management school (100 a penny), the ONLY sound basis for an economy is to CREATE something. "Adding Value" is fools gold.

But it isn't economics that are the priority here, it's what their manufacturing structure and power source is doing to the atmosphere and (probably/possibly) the future climate.

Steve Cronin
 
Re: Nothing of the \"du jour\" about it......

Good to see the map on the BBC website showing Cornwall in a different colour from England.
 
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