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SHIP HITS TRICOLOR AGAIN
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| Last Updated: 21:27 UK, Wednesday January 01, 2003
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Posted on 01/01/2003 1:36:53 PM PST by colette_g
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To: colette_g
Hubby used to be in the business... His comment: "How could a 3,000 ton ship hold 70,000 tons of fuel??? And gas oil is NOT highly flammable - it's more like home heating oil."
To: colette_g
You see.....if only Dubya signed onto Kyoto none of this would be happening.
To: colette_g
The legal fees for all the claims and counter-claims will be in the millions. Too bad I can't have a piece of the action.
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:17:34 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: syriacus
What nationality are the ships' pilots? What difference does it make? Indulge us.
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:18:52 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Humidston
It was the nicola not the vicky that was a 3000 ton vessel.
To: colette_g
Shouldn't this be a "hold muh beer" alert?
To: eastforker
I stand corrected - Read it wrong.
To: colette_g
Wonder what a BMW 7 series and a Volvo S60 will bring on Ebay after this? ... (with a little bit of saltwater corrosion ...) ... aye carumba ... what a mess ... might could salvage the drive train and chassis ... of some of them ... with the ship on it's side I think it might take more than Dr. Dent to fix the sheetmetal ...
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:34:43 PM PST
by
Bobby777
To: eastforker
Thanks.
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:39:47 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: 1rudeboy
Too bad I can't have a piece of the action Call John Edwards. He can set you up.
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:50:09 PM PST
by
Vinnie
To: Dark Seraph
blame on the United States If they used GPS navigation they could sue us since we designed, built, launched, and paid for all the satellites up there. We also tweak their signals on purpose to weaken their accuracy and can do this to varying degrees for specific sections of the globe. When war breaks out in Iraq civilian GPS units will be unusable over there. Some blood sucking Gore voting lawyer will find a way to sue us.
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:52:44 PM PST
by
Reeses
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Even in heavy fog ships shouldn't collide in the first place if they have a radar watch. The way the wreck is laying, radar would not "see" it. It's like running at night out of NY Harbor, radar picks up boats, bouys, bridges, but not telephone poles or railroad ties floating in the water (just one of them at over 10 knots could ruin your whole night ;-). Even fish and lobster pot bouys have little radar reflectors on them to keep them from getting hit and ripped up.
To: 1rudeboy
syriacus:
What nationality are the ships' pilots? 1rudeboy: What difference does it make? Indulge us.
Maybe local pilots should be in charge at this time. With the bad weather and disabled ship, and all.
Bay's pilots are a guiding force Chesapeake captains help ships navigate; 59 of the elite mariners
Originally published December 30, 2002
The 717-foot oil tanker Kite glows golden at the anchorage just south of the Bay Bridge off Annapolis. It had arrived laden with heavy fuel oil from St. Croix heading to Hess Oil's dock in Curtis Bay. Like every ship coming from international waters, the Kite, by law, will be piloted not by its Greek captain but by a Chesapeake Bay pilot, in this case Davidsonville resident Capt. Duke Adams, who knows the bay like the back of his hand.
The Association of Maryland Pilots, based in Baltimore, has been taking ships up the shoaly waters of the bay for 150 years, making it the oldest such group in the country, according to the association. It has 59 members. [excerpt]
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:55:10 PM PST
by
syriacus
To: syriacus
How close to the Chunnel was the collision?
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posted on
01/01/2003 2:57:24 PM PST
by
syriacus
To: Willie Green
ROTFLMAO :-)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
You would have thought they might have been a bit more careful after the first incident :-)
To: Veggie Todd
I couldn't think of a funny enough "Hold muh...." title. Any takers ?
To: syriacus
Not sure, it was sailing from Belgium but that doesn't give much help on the nationality of the pilot :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2620641.stm
"The 243 metre-long, 43,000 tonne tanker was sailing from Antwerp in Belgium to New York when it struck the Tricolor. "
To: Reeses
GPS was the first thing that came to my mind as to what they could blame us for.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Is this the worst series of navigations cock-ups in recent memory or what? The French don't know how to mark the site of a wreck? Even in heavy fog ships shouldn't collide in the first place if they have a radar watch. Not to mention GPS.
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posted on
01/01/2003 3:16:15 PM PST
by
my right
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