How does a tanker run aground on a reef

[Wansworth]

In Mauritius,with all the technology at our finder tips,anybody have rational answer

 

[Frogmogman]

In Mauritius,with all the technology at our finder tips,anybody have rational answer

It's a bulk carrier, not a tanker. Not sure how it ended up on the reef on 25th July.

It's very unfortunate that efforts to pump out the fuel tanks were hampered by bad weather, so there was still 4000 Tonnes of fuel on board when the ship started to break up.

Let's hope that the efforts to contain this disaster are successful.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

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[LittleSister]

This is the third thread about it.

I think it was concluded in the first that the ship had approached the reef at a good lick and on a steady course, so the usual explanation was suspected.

 

[Biggles Wader]

Watchkeeper wasnt keeping watch.
The detail will be filled in by the inquiry

 

[Wansworth]

This is the third thread about it.

I think it was concluded in the first that the ship had approached the reef at a good lick and on a steady course, so the usual explanation was suspected.

Sorry,still seems to be getting worse according to bbc world

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Same way an airliner lands overspeed with the gear up.
Lack of safety oversight by the relevant authorities allowing poorly trained or even fake licensed crews to operate as a factor of cost.

 

[Bajansailor]

Initial reports / photos showed her with her bow on the reef and the hull pretty much at right angles to the reef.
Latest photos show that her stern has swung around more than 90 degrees, and it is further up on the reef than the bow.
I am baffled - could they not have maintained astern propulsion just to try and stop her being washed further up on the reef?
And were there no tugs within 24 hours steaming range that could have gone to her assistance?
I presume that all the crew were taken off or got away in the lifeboat(s)?
I realise that the weather conditions were bad, but surely a tug (if available) could have sent a line to the bulk carrier with a rocket?
It will be interesting to see what the final report says.

 

[Sandy]

In Mauritius,with all the technology at our finder tips,anybody have rational answer

In just the same way as ships have been doing so since they were invented. Mother nature is far more powerful than anything made by man.

 

[Stemar]

From the little I can gather, it doesn't seem we can blame Mother Nature's power for this one, just human stupidity. Chug chug CRUNCH! "Bloody 'ell (yawn) who put that island there?"

 

[Porthandbuoy]

In Mauritius,with all the technology at our finder tips,anybody have rational answer

Vector charts. The smaller the scale the less detail shown, unlike raster charts where the detail just gets smaller.

 

[Frank Holden]

Vector charts. The smaller the scale the less detail shown, unlike raster charts where the detail just gets smaller.

I think you have it ....
same same Team Vestas.

 

[LittleSister]

A good selection of pictures of the wreck and clean up operation here:
Emergency in Mauritius after oil spill – in pictures

 

[Biggles Wader]

Latest on the rumour mill is that there was a party going on to celebrate someones birthday on board. This after the Panamanian maritime "spokesman" had said the ship experienced problems with heavy weather. Met office said there was no heavy weather in the area at the time. Lets hope the Mauritians make sure Panama does a proper investigation.

 

[SaltyC]

Is it too simplistic to say because the draft of the Boat (Ship) was more than the depth of water? Do not get me started on competence and electronics.

 

[newtothis]

Lets hope the Mauritians make sure Panama does a proper investigation.

And then he woke up...

 

[ProDave]

Lots of pictures of blokes scooping oil off the surface in buckets. Pissing in the wind.

After all this time of bulk tankers and similar disasters, has nobody come up with some form of (in simple terms) a hose on a float that can suck the oil off the surface in bulk to another waiting tanker?

If not why not?

 

[Bajansailor]

There are various types of dedicated oil skimmer boats such as this -
Oil Spill Response | Vessels | Filterbelt Skimmer | Elastec

And a range of skimmers -
Different Types Of Oil Skimmers | Oil Skimming Equipment

What baffles me is the apparent apathy here - the ship went up on the reef on the 25th July - ample time to get even basic supplies like oil containment booms sent in. If a boom had been laid in the lagoon behind the reef it would have hopefully caught most of the oil seeping from the vessel.
Equally they have had ample time to get a boat with skimmers sent in (maybe from South Africa?).

Even our tiny island (which is smaller than Mauritius) has a dedicated oil spill response vessel, built by Alnmaritec in Northumberland 10 years ago -
ALN 096 ‘Responder 1’
Apart from a very long floating boom on a huge reel, she also has outrigger type arms for spraying dispersant.

 

[emandvee44]

Interesting reading:-
Wakashio Grounding and Oil Spill: Was the Mauritian Government Unprepared?

And this, especially the part describing so-called 'maneuvers'
Panama Ship Registry Addresses Wakashio Grounding in Mauritius

M.

 

[ProDave]

There are various types of dedicated oil skimmer boats such as this -
Oil Spill Response | Vessels | Filterbelt Skimmer | Elastec

And a range of skimmers -
Different Types Of Oil Skimmers | Oil Skimming Equipment

What baffles me is the apparent apathy here - the ship went up on the reef on the 25th July - ample time to get even basic supplies like oil containment booms sent in. If a boom had been laid in the lagoon behind the reef it would have hopefully caught most of the oil seeping from the vessel.
Equally they have had ample time to get a boat with skimmers sent in (maybe from South Africa?).

Even our tiny island (which is smaller than Mauritius) has a dedicated oil spill response vessel, built by Alnmaritec in Northumberland 10 years ago -
ALN 096 ‘Responder 1’
Apart from a very long floating boom on a huge reel, she also has outrigger type arms for spraying dispersant.

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so why are we not seeing any of those there trying to recover as much as the floating oil as possible as quick as possible?