Salvage off Sydney

[David Ponton]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-62037494
Been here before. We were just about where The Derbyshire went down.
Hopefully this crew can get off soon.

[James Curry]

Hope they all get off safely, Sadly there were 27 crew lost from a barge /crane off the Hong Kong coast at the weekend.

[Doc Vernon]

Tugboats drag stricken ship from NSW coast (msn.com)

[j.sabourn]

#3 That in itself is a feat in itself and hope there was someone still on board to take the tugs lines to lessen the hazard of having to board the vessel ? The securing of the tow lines I would imagine would just be a temporary emergency of dropping eyes of ropes or wires onto bitts. JS

[Doc Vernon]

Latest Tow line Brakes .

Efforts to move cargo ship stranded off Sydney suspended after tow lines snap in wild weather (msn.com)

Now just off Botany Bay seemingly a lot better now!

Stricken ship sitting off Port Botany (msn.com)

[j.sabourn]

More than likely a wire with no rope tail . On a short nip and any sudden extra weight on is quiet easy to occur . JS

[James Curry]

If there were still crew onboard !!! would they not have used the ETS. Or if a salvage crew got aboard her they would likely have more of an idea how to deploy the ETS.

[Graham Shaw]

If there were still crew onboard !!! would they not have used the ETS. Or if a salvage crew got aboard her they would likely have more of an idea how to deploy the ETS.

ETS ? Hmm...no,JC , you will have to explain that abbreviation .I don't know it,or at one time did know it and ergo completely forgotten it- I'm now 32 years on terra firma. Can't find it anywhere,only quite disparate and unconnected shipping terms such as Expected Time of Sailing;Emergency Telephone Services,Enhanced Traction System,or Education and Training Services.

I suspect it is E for Emergency and S for System but don't know what the T in the middle is.
Now,having said all this I bet it's something quite simple and I'm going to be made to look really foolish !....
If you do reply,take it easy,and just whisper it please....Confused.jpg

[John Cassels]

ETS ? Hmm...no,JC , you will have to explain that abbreviation .I don't know it,or at one time did know it and ergo completely forgotten it- I'm now 32 years on terra firma. Can't find it anywhere,only quite disparate and unconnected shipping terms such as Expected Time of Sailing;Emergency Telephone Services,Enhanced Traction System,or Education and Training Services.

I suspect it is E for Emergency and S for System but don't know what the T in the middle is.
Now,having said all this I bet it's something quite simple and I'm going to be made to look really foolish !....
If you do reply,take it easy,and just whisper it please....Confused.jpg

I would imagine something like Emergency tow connection ?.

[Keith Tindell]

I,m 60 years on terra firms lol, but i know a man who knows, google, lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJrEpGaft4