Cargo ship grounded off New Zealand - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 11-03-2011, 09:40 AM

Maybe because of Stormieweather.

Stormieweather · 11-03-2011, 10:07 AM

ZenGum · 11-03-2011, 08:53 PM

Well, that is actually true, the efforts to pump out the fuel oil have been hampered by 5 metre swells.
Also ... look at those containers! How can they get them off? It's a precision job with a huge-ass land-based crane even when the ship of upright next to a dock in nice still water with the containers properly upright. Refloating is probably impossible because of the structural damage to the ship, she'll probably break up. It is a grade one SNAFU. The ship is FUBAR.

Lamplighter · 01-19-2012, 09:32 AM

by The Associated Press
NPR
1/8/12
Grounded Cargo Ship Splits On New Zealand Reef

Quote:

A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two,
spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials said Sunday.

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classicman · 01-19-2012, 04:36 PM

More pics

ZenGum · 01-20-2012, 05:44 AM

You reckon they still enforce that no smoking rule?

Aliantha · 01-20-2012, 05:47 AM

I'm pretty sure they got all of the fuel oil off that ship. i'd be surprised if an oil spill was the major concern for those in the know. I suspect they'll be more concerned about multiple submerged containers getting into the shipping lanes and causing problems.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-21-2012, 08:22 AM

Shipping containers often float, right? Okay, for a time. Depending.

glatt · 01-23-2012, 01:57 PM

I'm not sure what was in these sacks from a split open container from this ship. At first I thought concrete, but surely they would sink. Even wheat flour is pretty heavy in a sack. What is light and fluffy, but doesn't form a scum on the surface of the water and instead sinks and mixes with the water?
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COCAINE!

GunMaster357 · 01-23-2012, 05:27 PM

how about lactose ? for coke dilution ?

Aliantha · 01-23-2012, 05:31 PM

That looks to me like it's bubbling. Maybe bi carb soda or some other chemical that'd react with salt water.

ZenGum · 01-23-2012, 10:13 PM

Gawd, I'm getting slow:

Aliantha · 01-25-2012, 11:23 PM

That's so funny Zen. We first saw that one a couple of years ago. We still crack jokes about it, like when we see some dickhead on a jetski hit the mudflats - he's beached as bro. We'd ask him if he wanted a chup bro, but maybe he only eats plenktun? lol

ZenGum · 01-26-2012, 05:35 AM

Thut shup is beached uz, bro.

11-03-2011, 09:40 AM	#16
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11-03-2011, 10:07 AM	#17
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11-03-2011, 08:53 PM	#18
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, that is actually true, the efforts to pump out the fuel oil have been hampered by 5 metre swells. Also ... look at those containers! How can they get them off? It's a precision job with a huge-ass land-based crane even when the ship of upright next to a dock in nice still water with the containers properly upright. Refloating is probably impossible because of the structural damage to the ship, she'll probably break up. It is a grade one SNAFU. The ship is FUBAR. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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01-20-2012, 05:44 AM	#21
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01-20-2012, 05:47 AM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm pretty sure they got all of the fuel oil off that ship. i'd be surprised if an oil spill was the major concern for those in the know. I suspect they'll be more concerned about multiple submerged containers getting into the shipping lanes and causing problems. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-21-2012, 08:22 AM	#23
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01-23-2012, 01:57 PM	#24
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm not sure what was in these sacks from a split open container from this ship. At first I thought concrete, but surely they would sink. Even wheat flour is pretty heavy in a sack. What is light and fluffy, but doesn't form a scum on the surface of the water and instead sinks and mixes with the water? COCAINE!

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01-23-2012, 05:31 PM	#26
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That looks to me like it's bubbling. Maybe bi carb soda or some other chemical that'd react with salt water. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-23-2012, 10:13 PM	#27
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Gawd, I'm getting slow: __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-25-2012, 11:23 PM	#28
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's so funny Zen. We first saw that one a couple of years ago. We still crack jokes about it, like when we see some dickhead on a jetski hit the mudflats - he's beached as bro. We'd ask him if he wanted a chup bro, but maybe he only eats plenktun? lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-26-2012, 05:35 AM	#29
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Thut shup is beached uz, bro. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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