Posted on 10/29/2019 12:48:34 PM PDT by robowombat
French tuna ship sank in the Atlantic Erofey Schkvarkin News October 29, 2019 1:56 pm
French tuna fishing vessel AVEL VOR sank early morning Oct 29 in the Atlantic, some 170 nm off Liberia coast, West Africa.
The ship was under way sailing to fishing grounds, when in the evening Oct 27 she struck unidentified underwater object. Hull was breached, water flooded engine room. Ships pumps werent capable of controlling water ingress, Captain ordered 22 crew to abandon AVEL VOR. They were picked up by another fishing vessel of the same owner, all reported safe and sound. AVEL VOR was slowly sinking during the day Oct 28, and finally, disappeared from the surface early in the morning Oct 29.
Tuna fishing vessel AVEL VOR, IMO 8908038, GT 1383, built 1989, flag France, owner French Oceanic Tuna Company.
[Hey, I was trying to leave you one!]
Well, then. Good work! Soldier on!
I’m gonna have a sandwich untoasted! (or maybe grilled)
Woohoo!
(actually had one - FROM A GAS STATION - the girl there always takes care of me - BLT with leaf lettuce and some turkey - grilled - with CHEESE! - woohoo! - I got the tomato on the side - the dog likes it for a snack - he got some today)
It was on toasted sourdough - oh yeah, it was yummy.
To make Bloomberg sad, I got the 44 oz Mountain Dew Code Red with cubed ice. You can never have too much ice. /Newman
I’ve tuned a bass though.
It varies from year to year but there are 500 to 700+ shipping containers lost per year from non catastrophic events (ship sinking). A sinking could add thousands. What percentage don’t sink and are hazardous is unknown.
A miraculous day if youre a tuna.
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