Tanker collision in the Gulf

[James Curry]

News report says a Tanker has had a collision near the port of Khor Fakkan

photo of the oil tanker.

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There has been an update they now corrected the photographs.
It would seem some one has not been paying attention and the GPS conned theminto not looking out the bridge windows , someone is playing silly buggers with GPS systems. Time to man up and give the navigators back a sextant and do things the old fashioned way, any you navigators fancy doing a quick tutorial and travel the world. Pretty sure not many at sea now days could find there way around the worlds oceans, even the later years during my time a sextant was a rare thing.

https://abcnews.go.com/International...nker-122918734

[John Arton]

https://gcaptain.com/navigation-erro...gulf-tensions/
James
This from gcaptain showing the full picture and naming both vessels.
Previously it has been reported that GPS spoofing had been taking place in the area, at one time showing a black listed tanker , not these involved in the collision above, sailing from Iran to be underway in the middle of a sugar beet field in the middle of Ukraine.
Rgds
J.A

[Ivan Cloherty]

Sad isn't it that no one looks out of the bridge windows anymore, you could hardly miss seeing 100/200, 000 dwcc lump of metal when you are on a 100/200,000 dwcc and both have the advantage of HOE (Height of eye) above sea level giving them both an extended horizon, Yes we know these large vessels take a long time to react, but with HOE, long Horizon say 20 miles plus by eye and 40 plus by radar there was time to take avoiding action, probably too busy trying to correct the GPS rather than looking out of the window

[Des Jenkins]

Perhaps the crew are all keeping their heads down what with all hose rockets flying around.
I know it sounds wimpy but when we were caught alongside in Abadan back in the early 50s on a loaded tanker while the Yanks where trying to get the Shah back on the Peacock Throne it was easy to make a few mistakes, like me and my mate on the Mates orders jumping ashore to let go the ropes then jumping back aboard being chases by irate Arabs waving knives.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Not wishing to pick holes in the story but that photo looks more like a liquid gas tanker rather than an oil one.

[Tony Taylor]

Not wishing to pick holes in the story but that photo looks more like a liquid gas tanker rather than an oil one.

its the same old sh-t John from the press, it will be the first ship pic they lay there hands on. The smallest is about 165,000 tons and the article I read reckons its part of Putins "dark fleet"

[James Curry]

Not wishing to pick holes in the story but that photo looks more like a liquid gas tanker rather than an oil one.

As I said they since updated the photos, and as Tony says the media just stick a photo up if its a ship, **** and elbow springs to mind.

[Alan Briggs]

Relaxing in their padded chairs on the bridge engrossed in mobile phones.

[Gerald Farr]

Spent most of my time at sea on tankers, went through Hormuz Strait a few times, round a little island called A Salama Wah Banat Hah if my memory serves me correctly. Certainly wouldn't like to be doing it these days especially in one of those bl***y big gas tankers, one missile and there would be living accommodation on the moon. I wouldn't have sailed on one of them even without the current World situation. Call me chicken but rather a live coward than a dead hero, just to earn a living.

[j.sabourn]

#9 Gerald my tanker experience was very small compared with others on site and my last contact with such vessels was about 1974 when did an inert gas course put on via the maritime college of Southampton for the superintendents of tanker companys and I got designated by our supt. To go in his place and give him a report on my findings. I can’t remember too much of the course itself but it was promoted that an inerted tanker was as safe as houses . However during my time on tankers I presumed the most dangerous time on a tanker was when it was empty and NOT gas free. I was very much more interested in those days due to the lack of jobs otherwise I wouldn’t have touched tankers with a barge pole. As listened to stories probably from the media which upgraded the hazards for readers gratifications , so am still unsure of the extent of perils tankerwise today. As that course I did was 50 years ago, things must be a lot safer ? Today. That super who was too lazy to go himself wanted a written report from me just got all the glossy pick up advertising they were putting out at the time. The same company I went as their representative ceased to exist 6 months later as shipowners. Cheers JS….
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