Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.
Discussion
fatboy18 said:
Huntsman said:
fatboy18 said:
Huntsman said:
fatboy18 said:
If it goes into Port, is it likely to go into a Dry dock of some sort?
Eventually yes. But Southampton does not have an operational dry dock at this time, King George V dry dock has been out of commission for many years.Portsmouth does have one.
Surely for that sort of work these days, they would just bring in / build one of those floating / submersible dry docks, like you see in Hamburg, some of those are capable of dry docking massive ships, got to be more flexible than an old style fixed dry dock dug out of the river bank.
hidetheelephants said:
fatboy18 said:
Huntsman said:
fatboy18 said:
Huntsman said:
fatboy18 said:
If it goes into Port, is it likely to go into a Dry dock of some sort?
Eventually yes. But Southampton does not have an operational dry dock at this time, King George V dry dock has been out of commission for many years.Portsmouth does have one.
Boatbuoy said:
ecsrobin said:
A super Pumas not really heavy lift is it? But makes sense. Can't say I've seen any images of them operating.
A Press Association photo, shamelessly borrowed from the BBC News website:AW111 said:
Boatbuoy said:
Call me a pessimist, but I think even a heavy lift helicopter will struggle to pull that upright.Some images from HM Coastguard from yesterday:
And the latest update from them seems to suggest good progress:
"Salvage work continues. The list of the vessel is reducing (the photo shows the vessel lying at 39 degrees on the evening of Monday 19th January 2015. It was originally lying at 52 degrees).
The weather on scene continues to be favourable and the operation to remove clean water from the vessel’s lower car decks continues.
The vessel will stay at Aplha Anchorage until the list has been reduced to around 15 degrees, some ship’s systems have been reinstated and weather conditions are suitable. The long range weather forecast is now indicating that it is unlikely that the Hoegh Osaka will be moved from Alpha Anchorage to a berth at Southampton Port on Wednesday (21st January 2015).
A further update will be issued tomorrow"
And the latest update from them seems to suggest good progress:
"Salvage work continues. The list of the vessel is reducing (the photo shows the vessel lying at 39 degrees on the evening of Monday 19th January 2015. It was originally lying at 52 degrees).
The weather on scene continues to be favourable and the operation to remove clean water from the vessel’s lower car decks continues.
The vessel will stay at Aplha Anchorage until the list has been reduced to around 15 degrees, some ship’s systems have been reinstated and weather conditions are suitable. The long range weather forecast is now indicating that it is unlikely that the Hoegh Osaka will be moved from Alpha Anchorage to a berth at Southampton Port on Wednesday (21st January 2015).
A further update will be issued tomorrow"
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