Stricken cargo ship Modern Express heading for French coast

Menzies

That ain't good.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35456682

Chuckc

Looks seriously tippy.

rock_fish

Looks like it surrendered


Ba dunt tiss

Menzies

rock_fish wrote: »

Looks like it surrendered

Ba dunt tiss

It's owned by a Hong Kong company, and Panamanian registered. So not sure what the hell you are talking about?

coldair

Menzies wrote: »

It's owned by a Hong Kong company, and Panamanian registered. So not sure what the hell you are talking about?

he has rocks in his head and took two years to build a tippy self

Tarpon65

Menzies wrote: »

It's owned by a Hong Kong company, and Panamanian registered. So not sure what the hell you are talking about?

coldair wrote: »

he has rocks in his head and took two years to build a tippy self

Rock got beat up by a French badminton player once, and has held a grudge ever since.

rock_fish

I'd try badminton

Once at least

lilwoody

Seems it would be better to sink it in deep water than let it run aground. The French navy needs some target practice anyway.

Fish Haid

I could go for some French toast!

tag

Why sink it, looks modern enough to be worth recovery.

lilwoody

Up date, if the towing op fails and it runs aground it will be cut up for scrap. I suppose they will try to salvage what they can of the cargo but if those "digging machines" are under sea water I doubt they will be very dependable.
http://news.yahoo.com/france-final-bid-save-stricken-cargo-ship-173721916.html

Mister-Jr

woodsrunner

Bet the ship is owned by a New York Jewish law firm with "front" offices in Hong Kong, registered in Panama, had a crew from India/Pakistan with cooks/kitchen crew from Indonesia and ships' officers either from England or Norway. That's typical of modern-day merships :wink

fins4me

The fuel leak would be a mess to the coast. Hope they can get it righted and away from the coast.

Menzies

300 tonnes of fuel = 9500 gallons!

That's approximately 10 of those tanker trucks you see delivering to your local Shell station.

Duckster

Its being towed to safety crisis averted

http://nypost.com/2016/02/01/rescuers-stop-out-of-control-cargo-ship-heading-towards-french-coast/

bullgator

Menzies wrote: »

300 tonnes of fuel = 9500 gallons!

That's approximately 10 of those tanker trucks you see delivering to your local Shell station.

Not quite 10 trucks. Most tankers carry 5,000 - 10,000 gallons.

Menzies

bullgator wrote: »

Not quite 10 trucks. Most tankers carry 5,000 - 10,000 gallons.

Error was in the first number. There was a zero missing.

300 tonnes = ~95,000 gallons.