Oil tanker & cargo ship collide - North Sea

[TonyToniTone]

CountyAFC said:

Has the front fallen off?

Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen … I just don’t want people thinking that tankers aren’t safe.

[Dogwatch]

SMIDSY

[essayer]

Conspiracy theorists will have fun with this one.

Two lifeboats doing search patterns isn’t a good sign, hope all made it off safe

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Unforgivable...a ship that size must have an MCAS of some sorts fitted.

[ecsrobin]

essayer said:

Conspiracy theorists will have fun with this one.

Two lifeboats doing search patterns isn’t a good sign, hope all made it off safe

Apparently 1 still missing.

[PushedDover]

essayer said:

Conspiracy theorists will have fun with this one.

Two lifeboats doing search patterns isn’t a good sign, hope all made it off safe

Conspiracy theorists can double down - the Jet Fuel tanker is one of 10 tankers dedicated / charter to the US military.

[scz4]

Out of interest, why do they send so many tugs to the scene as part of the emergency response?

[PushedDover]

scz4 said:

Out of interest, why do they send so many tugs to the scene as part of the emergency response?

FI-FI equipment, salvage.

Are you also seeing Stand By vessels thinking Tug Boats ?

[TGCOTF-dewey]

scz4 said:

Out of interest, why do they send so many tugs to the scene as part of the emergency response?

A lot of modern rugs are fitted with Fi-Fi systems...and the tanker is on fire.

[scz4]

Fire fighting makes sense if they have that capability.

There's 3 tugs and one supply vessel on the scene.

[PushedDover]

Yangtze has reasonable Fi-Fi equipment.

[ferret50]

Did someone engage cruise control and bugger off for nap?

[Shooter McGavin]

Do vessels this size not have collision avoidance systems?

[spitfire-ian]

ferret50 said:

Did someone engage cruise control and bugger off for nap?

This YouTube video suggests that may be the case.



The Solong was using the same course she's used multiple times.

[Arnold Cunningham]

ferret50 said:

Did someone engage cruise control and bugger off for nap?

Very common in that industry.

[zorba_the_greek]

All tanker crew are accounted for apparently

[oobster]

Hopefully they’ll both stay afloat and be able to be taken under tow for salvage once the fire is extinguished.

[Ricepilot]

PushedDover said:

Conspiracy theorists can double down - the Jet Fuel tanker is one of 10 tankers dedicated / charter to the US military.

Wait till they get hold of the message that was sent out by the HSE at 0830 this very morning...

(and yes, I do get that they are alluding to wind farms etc, but when has that stopped a good conspiracy?)

[LHRFlightman]

CountyAFC said:

Has the front fallen off?

Wasn't this built so the front wouldn't fall off?

[bobbo89]

How accurate is Vessel Finder? From the looks of things they've managed to pull the Solong away from Stena with the Yangtze pulling between...