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Jacksonville Cargo Ship Missing in Hurricane
News4Jax ^ | 10/02/2015 | Kumasi Aaron

Posted on 10/02/2015 9:50:14 AM PDT by cll

Coast Guard search and rescue crews are searching for a container ship with 33 crew members that sailed out of Jacksonville and was reported to be caught in Hurricane Joaquin, near Crooked Island, Bahamas.

The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship, sailed out of Jacksonville Tuesday en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tim Nolan, president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, said that when the ship sailed, the crew was monitoring what was then Tropical Storm Joaquin. He said TOTE lost all communication with the El Faro as of 7:20 a.m. Thursday.

"There are a number of possible reasons for the loss of communications, among them the increasing severity of Hurricane Joaquin," Nolan said in a statement.

About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an Inmarsat satellite notification stating the El Faro was beset by Hurricane Joaquin, had lost propulsion and had a 15-degree list. The crew reported the ship had previously taken on water, but that all flooding had been contained.

"The concern was they became disabled right in the vicinity of the eye of Joaquin," Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said. "So they were in a very dangerous situation."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: elfaro; hurricane; jacksonville; joaquin; puertorico; tote; totemaritime
Hope they're okay!
1 posted on 10/02/2015 9:50:14 AM PDT by cll
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To: rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


2 posted on 10/02/2015 9:52:21 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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3 posted on 10/02/2015 9:53:17 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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I cannot imagine how scary that would be on the ship. Praying for good news.


4 posted on 10/02/2015 9:54:32 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: cll

on no... another Bermuda triangle mystery


5 posted on 10/02/2015 9:57:38 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: cll
The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship

Ro-ro?

It's a ro boat?

6 posted on 10/02/2015 9:58:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Fresh Wind

Roll on - roll off


7 posted on 10/02/2015 9:58:55 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Pictionary at the Rorschach's tonight!)
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To: cll

Ongoing thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3343833/posts


8 posted on 10/02/2015 10:01:05 AM PDT by halo66
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Waiting for the “but it’s aliens” guy...


9 posted on 10/02/2015 10:01:47 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: halo66

Woops. I searched for “joaquin” and some other keywords before posting. Thanks.


10 posted on 10/02/2015 10:02:59 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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My fault...I forgot to put keywords in my post! :)


11 posted on 10/02/2015 10:05:34 AM PDT by halo66
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30 hours and no communication or sightings of ship or
debris doesn’t bode well, imo.


12 posted on 10/02/2015 10:05:56 AM PDT by deport
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The perfect storm? What caused the propulsion loss.


13 posted on 10/02/2015 10:11:35 AM PDT by umgud
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14 posted on 10/02/2015 10:12:02 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (Economy says: White House worse than expected.)
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To: cll

Almost identical size as the Edmund Fitzgerald.


15 posted on 10/02/2015 10:13:41 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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