New Cruise vessel in Timaru-woopsie daisy

[John Arton]

Good thing it was the stern contact, look at that bow, could do some real damage with that
Incident Video: Brand New Luxury Cruise Ship Breaks Moorings, Crashes Into Vessel in New Zealand – gCaptain
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JA

[happy daze john in oz]

Well on Sunday February 5th she was tied up safely in Port Melbourne. So it must be the 'wallas' in Timaru who stuffed up this time.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
That' a stunning video. I've been in Timaru more times than i can shake a stick; and I never thought a ship of that size would ever get in there, they used to load meat and wheat there, and I don't think there would be much room for enlarging the basin. It looks like the ropes where nylon and stretching, one looked like it had stranded, and I'm puzzled why the Kiwi ship looks like it has her engines running, unless she is trying to tow the wharf along with her.
Thanks for the video.
Cheers Des

[John Arton]

Des
One thing I could not see on the video was the passenger vessels propeller's or bow thruster working. Did not even see any start up smoke from her funnels. It was not as if they did not have enough time to get thrusters/props working in an attempt to relieve the tension on the moorings.
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JA

[Ivan Cloherty]

Des
One thing I could not see on the video was the passenger vessels propeller's or bow thruster working. Did not even see any start up smoke from her funnels. It was not as if they did not have enough time to get thrusters/props working in an attempt to relieve the tension on the moorings.
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JA

Think the stern thruster was in action John, but by that time the wind had got her and she had a bit of momentum being blown off the quay. The small ship was going ahead on the prop but the stern lines were still fast, so didn't see much point in that, or was I missing something

[Keith Tindell]

Some video and shows a block of flats and no control. Just a passing comment, but she seems completely not ready to leave,Melendez one of the gangways still down forward, could be wrong of course, kt

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No idea where Melendez came from, bloody spell checker, kt

[Ivan Cloherty]

No idea where Melendez came from,

Perhaps he's one of those Mexicans Trump is trying to stop appearing

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
I think; either her engines were going ahead with her wheel hard a-starboard or if she had side thruster's they were going, fore gangway hanging out the side, and definitely her ropes were threading, though the only time I ever saw nylon ropes was on a German ship going up the Thames and the tug master let them go slack then put on speed and the tow rope parted and whipped the legs of a seaman on the forecastle of the German ship.
I think the Kiwi skipper was desperately trying to get back to his home port in Lyttleton, he may have been trying to sneak a wharf out to replace the ones they lost in the earthquake.
Cheers Des

[Tony Skilton]

The bulk cement carrier that was hit by the cruise ship was still tying up - it had just arrived. A strong gust of wind had hit the cruise ship on the stbd beam - causing the bollards to all rip out of the wharf!!. This is why the cruise ship was dragging her lines across the basin. A ships got bigger & bigger, so did their sail area. But the bollards were never enhanced/enlarged.
The Milburn Carrier II was punctured in the ballast tanks above the water line, which is why water can be seen pouring from the ship. The damage also extended below the water line and she was dry docked soon after for repairs (having only recently been docked for survey). Bugger!
The MCII is soon to be sold (built in Ulsan in Korea about 1987), to be replaced by the 18-year old 'Buffalo', another of Holcim's cement ships.
Skilly

[Ivan Cloherty]

Whist on subject of cruise ships, over 200 passengers have disappeared at sea since the year 2000. If the victim is British and the ship is not, then there is nothing the UK police can do once the vessel is outside the 12 mile limit. Apparently ships registered in the Bahamas or Bermuda flying the Red Ensign are not considered British for the purposes of policing/investigations but come under the auspices of the Bahamas police who to date have not solved one disappearance. If an American passenger disappears then the FBI get involved regardless of the flag of the vessel and no matter where the vessel is in the world.