Posted on 03/17/2022 2:35:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An Emirati-flagged cargo ship, longer than a soccer field, sank in stormy seas off Iran's southern coast in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, authorities said. Rescuers were trying to account for all of the vessel's 30 crew members.
Capt. Nizar Qaddoura, operations manager of the company that owns the ship, told The Associated Press the Al Salmy 6 encountered treacherous weather. The choppy waters forced the vessel to list at a precarious angle and, within hours, fully submerged the ship.
Emergency workers dispatched from Iran successfully saved 16 crew members, Qaddoura said, and civilian ships had been asked to help with the rescue efforts. Another 11 survivors made it into life rafts, while one person was plucked and saved from the water by a nearby tanker. Two crew members were still bobbing in the sea, he said.
Severe weather began to pound the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, the state-run Iran Meteorological Organization reported, bringing wind gusts in excess of 40 mph and high waves to Iran's Bushehr province. The agency issued a "red alert" this week, warning of disruption to maritime activities in the gulf and damage to offshore facilities through Saturday.
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What is it carrying?
What is the will of Allah?
“What is it carrying? What is the will of Allah?”
Would be an interesting if Israel could strike ships and make it look like an accident.
“The Wreck of the Ahmad Fitzgerald”?
Probably poor seamanship or maintenance, but being UAE flagged, Iran or their Houthi rebels in Yemen would be the prime suspect if there were foul play.
The real issue is we’re they all vaccinated
Oops.
Who left the valves open?
5.56mm
doesn’t look like choppy waters. looks like load shifted.
Post of the day! LOL!!!!!
Looks like a car carrier.
Car carriers in particular tend to be pretty unstable if not ballasted properly for the cargo loading. This size ship would likely be in coastal trade and not cross ocean. A safe bet is that the captain by error or intentionally to save a bit on fuel use was sailing light and the weather won out.
BTW, what the ballast water is for is to keep the ship's center of gravity at a designed point and to correct trim for an excessive list via cargo loading variance. It's the captain's responsibility to calculate and implement ballast requirements before leaving port.
gcaptan has good details.
Looks like a soccer field.
I think somebody “didn’t” open the valves. Doesn’t look ballasted.
I think car carriers are being disposed of via insurance. They used to get rid of surplus tankers that way.
Dynachrome, That was good.
LOL,
A tip o' the hull to ya!
>>>AL SALMY 6 (IMO: 7728596) is a Ro-Ro Cargo Ship registered and sailing under...<<<
https://www.vesseltracking.net/ship/al-salmy-6-7728596
Yeah, a Ro-Ro ship. Very useful for military logistics.
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