burgundyben
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I bet 50p she falls over and the clear up is still going on 1 year from now.
Hoegh Osaka aground on Bramble Bank
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mlines
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How soft/sandy is the bank? Once they have the ballast/cargo removed or stable could they not dredge/jet the sand to bring it upright?
salar
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There are some very meaty tugs standing by to make sure that doesn't happen but you never know. Bramble Bank is shifting sand/gravel so it could be shifted as bit more, in theory. She is exposed to south westerlies and we have some interesting winds coming later in the week.
sailorman
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This ship is not holed (yet ) or laying on her side ( yet ) the salvers will want to get her off whole = more € profit
burgundyben
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Each occasion that I have walked on Brambles its been mud. Never seen sand or gravel.
prv
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jac
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I hope you're wrong.
If she survives the blow then wonder if she could be refloated at he next spring tide. Gives them a couple of weeks to pump oil / ballast and maybe reduce her draught a little.
l'escargot
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sailorman
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Always been sandy when I've been there too:
A very topical photo look what in the background
epervier
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Where's she going to go Ben? the tidal range in our back yard is a max of 5.5 -6 mts with huge springs and south-westerlies blowing it up the river at about 80kts the ship needs 9 mtrs to stand upright, it appears the pilot drove her on to the bank to stop her from capsizing and in doing so probably gouged a custom made berth in the sand. all this of course is just speculative and just mho, the same type of bad weather could of course push her fully over on to her stb side. one things for sure, they ain't going to float her off in a couple of days.
JSYmartini
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I spoke to a friend last night that is closely involved, he echoed the earlier comment re fuel ballasting, looks like somebody forgot to shut off the balancers.
Apparently she's been taking a lot of water through the rear door, just to add to the difficulty of righting/refloating.
They went Lloyds open on it very early on, obviously a desperate situation, after a bit of squabbling looks like Svitzer got it but I'm told many are of the opinion it could be another "Riverdance". Remember? Blackpool beach - vessel and cargo cut up on site!
Apparently she's been taking a lot of water through the rear door, just to add to the difficulty of righting/refloating.
They went Lloyds open on it very early on, obviously a desperate situation, after a bit of squabbling looks like Svitzer got it but I'm told many are of the opinion it could be another "Riverdance". Remember? Blackpool beach - vessel and cargo cut up on site!
thecommander
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How would they ever cut her up on site? At least on Blackpool beach the tides allowed for it.
Probably unrelated but does anyone know why RFA Lyme Bay is positioned west of Cowes?
Probably unrelated but does anyone know why RFA Lyme Bay is positioned west of Cowes?
epervier
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Might be to debunker her fuel to stop an environmental balls up?
scratch that, she's a landing craft of sorts
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sailorman
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Smit managed to cut up the Tricolour & she was under water
epervier
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Pikey's take note
ABP's latest NTP, states,
Tugs will be in attendance in the vicinity of the vessel throughout all future operations
and will light the vessel in hours of darkness.
so any pikey's keep off, there will be no scrap collecting
ABP's latest NTP, states,
Tugs will be in attendance in the vicinity of the vessel throughout all future operations
and will light the vessel in hours of darkness.
so any pikey's keep off, there will be no scrap collecting
Steve Clayton
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Anyone able to confirm she is showing 3 balls??
epervier
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I've been reliably informed there's a shed load of Bentleys on board from someone who works at security in the docks.
salar
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Plenty of mud on the surface of the bottom all down the Solent. I anchor on the side of the banks regularly and it is good holding in sand and gravel. There is more mud at the botoom of banks as you would expect.
Elessar
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I couldnt see any. Lights were on, no red over red either that I could see. They would have had other things to think about to be fair.
RogerRat
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I have agree with you on this one, BUT she's not dried out. I would guess she's still about 3 metres at low water. IF they can remove enough cargo and relocate minimal ballast to port side over the next couple of weeks, she may just float, especially if they can assist the ebb tides to take some of the sand/mud out down towards Yarmouth or even get one of the 'Split' dredgers in close enough.
As for now, no chance, those big westerly winds will only pin her down.:ambivalence:
