Near miss between ship and oil platform

[drawp]

This is what it looks like when a ship passes within 5m of an oil production platform at full speed.

Apparently happened in Indonesia, with no one in the wheelhouse or on the deck of the ship.

Bit scarey, inn'it.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Phew, that really is a close miss!! Hope some action was taken against the skipper/watch officers.

 

[fireball]

Apparently the ship assumed it was stand-on vessel and asked the oil rig to alter course 5 degrees to the south ..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jhr]

I'd heard there was someone up at the bows yelling "Get out of the way! Can't you see we're racing"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

And someone on the rig going.... "Tch.... look at that wash"

 

[colingr]

Not to mention the noise, the crew were not on the bridge because they were all in the bar having a party.


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[fireball]

[ QUOTE ]
bar having a party.

[/ QUOTE ] I assume therefore that they were "Constrained by Draught" ... which beer though? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bilbobaggins]

Blurry MoBos again! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[WindFinder]

Pah! You call that a near miss?

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[colingr]

And he's not even on the plane. What a wuss. Wouldn't even snap a fishing line. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[graham]

Its the oil platforms fault.They only had one of those little tubular radar reflectors. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Roberto]

they were all drunk maybe ?

Yesterday a cargo ship in the Channel, going to Rotterdam, has been seen going outside the TSS, then keeping a steady course against the French shore.
Military ships, helicopters and douanes have tried to raise their attention (they would not answer any radio calls), until a crew member of the ship saw all these grey ships around him, went to the deck and found the OOW drunk and asleep, reportedly at 11 miles from the coast /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Moonshiners]

Looks like he took sailing lessons in the solent /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[robstracey]

It is very lucky, as the interaction (turbulance of water moving over a ships hull) could easily have drawn them together into a collision, especially at high speed, and a distance of only 5m.

But then when a ship is registered in Jakarta, what do they expect?

 

[oceanfroggie]

[ QUOTE ]
Apparently the ship assumed it was stand-on vessel and asked the oil rig to alter course 5 degrees to the south ..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]You mean like this light house

Well known legend but based on a true event in the 80s between a Canadian light house and a US warship if I remember correctly.

In the original post here it is clear that there was somebody on the bridge as the ship was turning to port as she passed the platform and the swing of the stern nearly hit the platform - common mistake?