burgundyben
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MOL Treasure stopped mid Southampton Water. 5 tugs in attendance.
Engine is running. Lomax appears to be holding her back.
Engine is running. Lomax appears to be holding her back.
MOL Treasure stuck in Southampton water.
- Thread starter burgundyben
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sarabande
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Pilot left his AA Guide to S Coast of England back at the pub, or Something Nasty going off in one of the containers ?
pyrojames
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Hope not, I am busy enough as it is.
Hermit
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Hermit
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Tide is ebbing...
KeelsonGraham
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Perfectly framed in the webcam. Couldn’t have run aground in a better spot. Well done!
At this time she’s only 67cm of water less than high tide. Quite an achievement.
At this time she’s only 67cm of water less than high tide. Quite an achievement.
capnsensible
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It's dark!
Hot Property
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It's dark!
Not with all the lights on the tugs illuminating it!
jlavery
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Her AIS track is interesting.
Surely not aground there, plenty of water.
Surely not aground there, plenty of water.
AllanG
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Who said it’s run aground?
My flat overlooks this stretch of Southampton Water, and this incident started mid afternoon, when the ship was roughly off Weston, and was inside the main channel, and that’s when three tugs came to her assistance, and she was then towed to her present position, where two tugs from Fawley joined the other tugs. It appears the tugs are holding her just to the East of the main channel, which allows other shipping to pass in the main channel safely.
My flat overlooks this stretch of Southampton Water, and this incident started mid afternoon, when the ship was roughly off Weston, and was inside the main channel, and that’s when three tugs came to her assistance, and she was then towed to her present position, where two tugs from Fawley joined the other tugs. It appears the tugs are holding her just to the East of the main channel, which allows other shipping to pass in the main channel safely.
burgundyben
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I doubt very much she's aground.
I passed on the Red Jet. Her engine was running.
I wonder if its a steering failure.
I passed on the Red Jet. Her engine was running.
I wonder if its a steering failure.
AllanG
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I expect the engines that are running are the auxiliary diesels and, maybe, it’s a problem with the main engine?
burgundyben
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The window on the Red Jet was very salty, but I'm pretty sure the prop was turning.
Lomax was trying to pull her backwards, looked to be a lot of tension in the rope.
I suspect a steering failure.
She might be aground. Looks like 12 or 13 mtrs there, her summer draft is 16mtrs.
Lomax was trying to pull her backwards, looked to be a lot of tension in the rope.
I suspect a steering failure.
She might be aground. Looks like 12 or 13 mtrs there, her summer draft is 16mtrs.
KeelsonGraham
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Scrubbing back on the timeline, she’s doing fine until about 12:44 but then over the next 6 mins she slows to a halt.
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AllanG
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She’s just been turned by the four tugs, and she’s now headed very slowly back to Southampton, with the tugs pulling her.
mjcoon
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Maybe she had a faulty fuel gauge and ran out prematurely? ;-)
z1ppy
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I am let to believe it is a main engine failure related issue. Been quite the day for those involved today… there will be a significant backlog, i am very pleased my ship left yesterday evening!
jamie N
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Probably not lobster pots around the prop either...... ?
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