Container ship listing badly in Port of Seattle

NWCN Northwest Cable News ^

[Ramius]

A Container ship is listing badly while at the dock in the Port of Seattle. Coast Guard and ship owners investigating to figure out how to right it.

[Ramius]

Holy cow... have you seen the pictures of this?

[MinuteGal]

No, do you have a link?

Leni

[blam]

[Ramius]

So far it doesn't look like the ship is going to roll.

It is resting against one of the large cranes, but still floating on its own. There is a concern that it began taking on water, which caused the imbalance.

[Ramius]

Link above to NWCN is the only thing I've got so far.

[HairOfTheDog]

I have now!

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Pearl Harbour?

[Senator Pardek]

Speaking of container ships, what happened to the one off Fla. that was to be searched for explosives?

[HairOfTheDog]

Thats a big problem for somebody on a Saturday!

Is it sinking?

NWCN is possessed. You have to register to read the story? - crazy. I will look on some of the other local news sources...

[Carry_Okie]

Hmmmm, couldn't be anything to do with how the longshoremen picked it, could it?

Time to decertify the ILWU.

[Ramius]

Container ship listing in Seattle's Elliot Bay

10/26/2002

From Associated Press and KING5.com Staff Reports

SEATTLE - A container ship docked at Pier Five in Seattle's Elliot Bay began listing early this morning. The Coast Guard says a Seattle fire boat is on the scene and tugs are on the way.

Coast Guard Chief Rod Rooen says workers were loading the ship when it was found to be taking on water. The ship, the Westwood Rainier, is listing toward the pier.

NWCN

A cargo ship, in danger of capsizing, lists badly at Seattle's Pier 5 on Eliott Bay. KING5 News reports the ship is touching the cranes that were being used to load the cargo. The ship is beginning to list badly as the tide comes in. High tide is expected at about 10:00 a.m.

Rooen says no one is injured and all the crew members have left the ship.

Authorities say there is no hazardous material onboad the ship and there is no sign of any fuel leak.

Investigators with the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office are responding.

[HairOfTheDog]

It didn't really have explosives on it. False alarm.

[Senator Pardek]

Thank you.

[homeschool mama]

Is Hitlery on board?

[homeschool mama]

**Hmmmm, couldn't be anything to do with how the longshoremen picked it, could it? **

hmmm ... didn't think about that one, Carry.

[Dan(9698)]

Santa is to blame.

He's making a list, checking it twice.

[Ramius]

couldn't be anything to do with how the longshoremen picked it, could it?

Good question. From the look of the pictures, it doesn't look like it is floating low in the water. It couldn't have taken on much water. I'm tempted to think that a loading imbalance is part of it.

Note that this ship came in yesterday for *unloading*. It wasn't loaded in Seattle, but was presumably in the process of unloading. Still has containers stacked high on deck.

[ecomcon]

Reno steps on board...

[savedbygrace]

Oh great. All the stuff I ordered is on that ship, I'm sure of it.