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[RichardS]

I do not want to spoil the fun of guessing, but these are the facts as we know them now:
The containership broke its mooring lines less than an hour after it had been berthed, probably as a result of high winds. I take it by that time the pilot and the tugs would have left.
The ship drifted across the Deurganck Dock, so space was limited.
The crane was under maintenance, which is why the gantry was not vertical. The maintenance crew noticed in time what was happening, so they got off and secured the area. No one was hurt.
The tug in the video was not attached.

Assuming, therefore, that the container ship is drifting downwind and is being pushed towards the crane from somewhere off to the left, I'm surprised that the tug did not act at an earlier stage to push the ship away from the dock along with the other tug which is at the bow end of the ship. I would have thought that both tugs together could have held the ship against the wind, or at least slowed down its progress until the ship could use its own power.

Richard

 

[Daydream believer]

I would have thought that both tugs together could have held the ship against the wind, or at least slowed down its progress until the ship could use its own power.

Richard

How long does it take for a ship to start its engine?
Presumably, someone has to sober up the engineer, to find the handle, squirt some easy start in the intake & swing it over a few times:ambivalence:
But seriously, is it a case of push the button & go?
Or is there a set of startup procedures with large engine first?

 

[Daydream believer]

I do not want to spoil the fun of guessing, but these are the facts as we know them now:
The containership broke its mooring lines less than an hour after it had been berthed, probably as a result of high winds. I take it by that time the pilot and the tugs would have left.
The ship drifted across the Deurganck Dock, so space was limited.
The crane was under maintenance, which is why the gantry was not vertical. The maintenance crew noticed in time what was happening, so they got off and secured the area. No one was hurt.
The tug in the video was not attached.

No good at all. Not in the rules of the forum. Far too boring. We need conjecture, & thread drift ( drift!!) facts just ruin the thread.
Like - why did they not just anchor?

 

[Old Harry]

How long does it take for a ship to start its engine?
Presumably, someone has to sober up the engineer, to find the handle, squirt some easy start in the intake & swing it over a few times:ambivalence:
But seriously, is it a case of push the button & go?
Or is there a set of startup procedures with large engine first?

Its possible maintenance, was being carried out, as in Hbr, who knows ???

 

[Old Harry]

No good at all. Not in the rules of the forum. Far too boring. We need conjecture, & thread drift ( drift!!) facts just ruin the thread.
Like - why did they not just anchor?

Ah, yes BUT what type of anchor would have secured it. THAT is the question

 

[Biggles Wader]

They really needed the sheet anchor.
As in ---Oh sheet. Drop the anckor.

 

[Kukri]

I would be more interested in the condition of the mooring warps and of the winch brakes, but since the ship had berthed an hour earlier the main engine and auxiliaries would still be close to operating temperature. The normal starting routine includes getting the crew to stations, checking that the propeller is clear (no gearbox or clutch, so turning the engine turns the prop), checking that everything in the engine room is as it should be, turning the engine on air, and then turning it on fuel, at which point it will start. This assumes the starter air bottles are full, of course.

 

[Tomahawk]

Whch suggests that if they dropped the hook....