Oh dear!

According to news in Australia it was deliberately run aground as it was listing. Did the cargo move?
 
Press release from yesterday

Höegh Osaka - update
Ingar Skiaker, CEO of Höegh Autoliners said today (Sunday 4 January 2015):

“Our vessel Höegh Osaka is currently grounded at Bramble Bank in the Solent outside the port of
Southampton. All crew plus one pilot, in total 25 people were evacuated from the vessel and all are
safe and accounted for.

Two crew members were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The crew is currently being
offered all possible support and assistance to help them cope with the ordeal they have been
through.

We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in this challenging rescue operation, with a
special thanks to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, the RNLI, DNV and Southampton’s Port
Authorities.

Höegh Autoliners key concern has been for the crew and we are thankful to everyone that they are
all safely ashore.

Our vessel developed a severe list shortly after she left port and the pilot and the master took the
decision to save the vessel and its crew by grounding her on the bank. This showed great skill and
seamanship on behalf of our crew when faced with such challenging circumstances.

At this stage it is too early to speculate on the cause of the list but we are starting an immediate
investigation.

Right now we have serious work ahead of us in order to free the vessel from the Bramble Bank
without disrupting the flow of traffic in and out of the Port of Southampton. An investigation is
ongoing as to what occurred last night and that is being conducted by the MAIB.

Our chief concern now is to ensure there is no environmental damage from this incident. There is no
oil spill reported at this point however we understand that the UK authorities have brought their
spill response to a state of active readiness.

The vessel is currently considered stable, and we are closely working with our appointed salvors
Svitzer, who in turn, are working alongside Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State’s Representative in
Maritime Salvage and Intervention, as well as the Port of Southampton, to prepare for a safe and
successful salvage of the vessel with minimal disruption to the port and it environment.”
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Not everyone looks at other Forums, I for one NEVER frequent the Mobo forum and didn't have time to visit Scuttelbutt yesterday.
Being fairly young and not experiencing the luxury of retirement, I don't have the time available to me to cruise all the Forums looking for repeated threads.
The " Oh Dear" title was meant to be a slightly light hearted but inoffensive comment about the situation, my request for answers was merely inquisitive interest.
Thanks to those who did genuinely supply a straightforward answer.

VicS said:
OH DEAR
Not another thread about this

See Scuttlebutt and the Mobo forum.
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mickywillis said:
Not everyone looks at other Forums, I for one NEVER frequent the Mobo forum and didn't have time to visit Scuttelbutt yesterday.
Being fairly young and not experiencing the luxury of retirement, I don't have the time available to me to cruise all the Forums looking for repeated threads.
The " Oh Dear" title was meant to be a slightly light hearted but inoffensive comment about the situation, my request for answers was merely inquisitive interest.
Thanks to those who did genuinely supply a straightforward answer.
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I gave you a straighforward answer " See Scuttlebutt and the Mobo forum "
 
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