Solong, and thanks for all the fish.

[nuttinnew]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

[dinny_g]

Looks like a complete fuck-up. Hopefully the damage will be limited.

As an aside, I visited Adam’s grave on Sunday and paid my respects.

[Gavster]

As an aside, I visited Adam’s grave on Sunday and paid my respects.

Highgate cemetery is epic, absolutely loved that place when I was going through a depressed perdod a few years ago

[V8Granite]

Oh no, never do people on watch go down for dinner, or fall asleep, or end up in a drunken coma at the bottom of the stairs from the bridge.

I’m only surprised it doesn’t happen more, luckily the ocean is reallllkkky big.

Dave!

[240PP]

As an aside, I visited Adam’s grave on Sunday and paid my respects.

Highgate cemetery is epic, absolutely loved that place when I was going through a depressed perdod a few years ago

I do love a nice cemetery, for reasons I can’t fathom

Highgate and a couple in Paris are great.

[nuttinnew]

There'll be worse to come from pollution but at least last night it sounded like all the bods were safe.

As an aside, I visited Adam’s grave on Sunday and paid my respects.

He would have been seventy three today.

Highgate cemetery is epic, absolutely loved that place when I was going through a depressed perdod a few years ago

I do love a nice cemetery, for reasons I can’t fathom

Do you dig graves?

Oh no, never do people on watch go down for dinner, or fall asleep, or end up in a drunken coma at the bottom of the stairs from the bridge.

I’m only surprised it doesn’t happen more, luckily the ocean is reallllkkky big.

Dave!

Aye, but what about all the non-human stuff? We need a seafaring IanF.

[dinny_g]

There'll be worse to come from pollution but at least last night it sounded like all the bods were safe.

Apparently, as it's Aviation fuel, it's much lighter than heavy crude and evaporates a lot easier. Fingers crossed this makes a difference

Highgate cemetery is epic, absolutely loved that place when I was going through a depressed perdod a few years ago

It was an amazing day and the weather made it all the more special, light flickering through the trees etc.

Partner and I went on a bit of a pilgrimage to see George Michael's grave as she had understood, until recently, that it was in a private section and NOT open to the public.

[V8Granite]

Apart from the voodoo that is Dynamic Positioning I don’t think there will s anything that physically steers a ship away from danger ?

Apart from a blackout disabling the rudder, propulsion and all auxiliary generators, I don’t see that it can be anything but human error ?

You can run thrusters etc from auxiliary generators but you need to configure the switchboard to do that. Which can be a bit of a job with a good crew onboard.

Some crews are absolute professionals and have great chief engineers, first and second engineers etc. some are utterly hopeless and shouldn’t be allowed to run a lawnmower.

Dave!

[nuttinnew]

Apart from the voodoo that is Dynamic Positioning I don’t think there will s anything that physically steers a ship away from danger ?

Apart from a blackout disabling the rudder, propulsion and all auxiliary generators, I don’t see that it can be anything but human error ?

You can run thrusters etc from auxiliary generators but you need to configure the switchboard to do that. Which can be a bit of a job with a good crew onboard.

Some crews are absolute professionals and have great chief engineers, first and second engineers etc. some are utterly hopeless and shouldn’t be allowed to run a lawnmower.

Dave!

That sounds familiar, I think you said exactly the same with the bridge strike the other year, honed by years of poor experiences
I was thinking of just/at least something like a terrain/pull up type alarm to try and make someone pay attention, but these things can be ignored or overcome.

[V8Granite]

They normally jam a matchstick down the side of button to silence the alarm

Dave!

[integrale_evo]

Reports that the ship continued powering into the anchored vessel for 8 or 9 minutes after the initial collision!

[V8Granite]

Is this like speed 2 ?

No way to shutdown the engine, apart from the various emergency stop buttons, pneumatic stops, overspeed stops, fuel valves, or even a hammer on the fuel pipe.

Dave!

[dinny_g]

Captain of the cargo ship that hit the tanker carrying US fuel was Russian...

Dons tinfoil hat - the plot thickens...

[V8Granite]

Considering no-one decided to de-clutch, to alter pitch or do anything at all, I’d say the tinfoil ht was infact shiny chrome and carried a gold star.

Dave!

[Gavster]

Reports that the ship continued powering into the anchored vessel for 8 or 9 minutes after the initial collision!

And people think that self driving cars could be a problem for safety