Ship collision off Hull

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ProDave said:
OOW of container ship will have some explaining to do.
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Looks like it was doing 16 knots just before impact with the oil tanker.
Sadly there could well be severe injuries and / or fatalities amongst the crews, particularly if crew on the anchored vessel were below decks. More important things than explanations will be the priority for now.
 
The AIS track of Solong is basically dead straight from the Tyne to the scene of the accident, where it hits the tanker that's sat at anchor and broadcasting on AIS. No sign of anybody taking any sort of avoiding action right up until the collision.

Absolutely shocking.

One crew member reported missing, which explains why there's still a lot of smaller vessels moving around the scene.
 
I’m a bit disappointed that capnsensible hasn’t told us off for speculating yet. Hopefully he’s sleeping off a good weekend.

AIS is highly interesting, even if it has got people speculating that the ship that was moving might be more to blame than the ship that was anchored when they collided. Hope everyone is ok - just saw it reported the whole tanker crew are off and safe.
 
The tanker crew are safe, but as far as I know that wasn't the case for the cargo vessel - with at least one unaccounted for earlier. (Note the specific news that the tanker crew are safe - no word on injuries though, and that fire looks intense)
 
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Apart from a slight wobble near the Tyne it followed a dead straight run down the coast of England that would only just clear the anchorage outside the Humber. There's also previous paths on exactly the same course. It seems fairly obvious the cargo vessel was on autopilot to its next regular waypoint with no regard to what might be in the way.
 
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DreadShips said:
No, and nobody saw torpedo boats, so not the Baltic Fleet either.

Apart from a slight wobble near the Tyne it followed a dead straight run down the coast of England that would only just clear the anchorage outside the Humber. There's also previous paths on exactly the same course. It seems fairly obvious the cargo vessel was on autopilot to its next regular waypoint with no regard to what might be in the way.
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That's "good" news, then. What a mindless thing to do. :mad:
 
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Apart from a slight wobble near the Tyne it followed a dead straight run down the coast of England that would only just clear the anchorage outside the Humber. There's also previous paths on exactly the same course. It seems fairly obvious the cargo vessel was on autopilot to its next regular waypoint with no regard to what might be in the way.
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Really? They leave an 100,000 ton vessel on autopilot without keeping watch? No one keeping watch on the oil tanker? No AIS or radar alarm going off on either ship? No radio contact established, nothing?
 
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RupertW said:
I’m a bit disappointed that capnsensible hasn’t told us off for speculating yet. Hopefully he’s sleeping off a good weekend.

AIS is highly interesting, even if it has got people speculating that the ship that was moving might be more to blame than the ship that was anchored when they collided. Hope everyone is ok - just saw it reported the whole tanker crew are off and safe.
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Speculate yer arris off, if you want, but include me out.

I have patience. :)
 
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