Collision in the channel today

[Captain Kong]

on the BBC NEWS SITE........................

An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided in the English Channel.

The collision happened 15 miles north east of Dover at 02:00 BST, the coastguard said.

The 183m (600ft) tanker Seafrontier, which is loaded with gasoline, has a hole above the waterline and damage to the superstructure, the RNLI said.

The 225m (740ft) Huayang Endeavour was also damaged. None of the crew on board either ship was injured.

"Although both vessels have been damaged, there is no water ingress and no pollution," a coastguard spokesman said.

Huayang Endeavour was en route to Lagos in Nigeria and Seafrontier was travelling to Puerto Barrios in Guatemala. The vessels have Chinese and Indian crews on board, the UK coastguard said.


Huayang EndeavourImage copyright RNLI/Dan Keen
Image caption
The Huayang Endeavour was on its way to Nigeria when the collision happened

The Seafrontier was damaged above the waterline, the RNLI said

A tug from Boulogne was called and the Seafrontier was taken under tow. The Huayang Endeavour is anchored mid-Channel between the two shipping lanes.

Both ships are registered in Hong Kong.

Weather conditions at the time of the callout showed a moderate wind and the state of the sea was calm, the RNLI said.
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The tanker had much damage to the port side of the superstructure,
Brian

[Keith at Tregenna]

Reported earlier at: http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/n...collision.html

Apparently occurred 7 hours earlier.

K.

[Captain Kong]

Sorry Keith
I didn't see the previous post.

Must go to Specsavers.
Cheers
Brian

[Keith at Tregenna]

NO WORRIES:

Important and should be known of, glad you reinforced all.

I WOULD NOT WORRY OF DUPLICATION, MORE IMPORTANT.

Thanx K.

[John Pruden]

are lookouts a thing of the past? jp

[Captain Kong]

and Navigators John

Brian