For anyone who complained about the costs of the decision to run Tugs thru with the traffic transiting? well... this is why it was an EXCELLENT decision. That fast work saved shipping from being delayed by weeks again. Well done to the Suez Authority for the fast salvage work.
Running light - so neither tanker is going boom or spill anything from empty inerted tanks. LNG tankers are very very hard to sink as well (even when fully loaded).
Certainly going off the tug movement it seems they had an issue and called out immediately, the tug in front reverses basically as soon as the ship starts losing control, way before they hit the bank the first time.
Hat’s off to the tug boat crews, in what could have been global front page news - now just a very educational 20 minute explanation by Sal. Wow, exciting day for the canal.
When Sal mentioned what type of shop it was, I looked up and said "whoa, LNG." Without missing a beat, my wife asked, "who is she?" Bonus points to whichever company first names an LNG carrier the Ellen Gee.
When power is lost the ship does get quiet but the Engineering group goes BearSac. I only remember one time in the mid-Pacific and thank God the ocean was calm
I have always been impressed with pilots and tugboat crews. In Portland OR., I had to do 2 down bound and 2 up bound rides, on merchant ships, to and from Astoria OR. My second down bound was an Alaskan Slope crude tanker. It was leaving after yard service. It was 225' wide and 1200 long. The BN rr swing bridge had a 230' opening. There were 2 pilots one on each bridge wing and a senior pilot providing orders to 5 tugs. The large tug was connected to the bow and was pulling forward to port. the four other tugs were pushing on the starboard. The tugs had to drop off and move around a bridge column and reconnect to the side. there was a starboard set due to wind. The clearance was just 6"as the starboard stern pasted the bridge. This was incredible to see, like a core-graphed ballet.
That was fascinating Sal, thanks. Was like watching F1 replays, with the tugs playing the part of track safety cars… You could see the tugs reacting real fast there - like as soon as control problems reported, BOOM that lead tug had changed direction and was heading there. Great to see the “playbook” was written and rehearsed, and they didn’t all rush to one.
That was a great, speedy, coordinated effort by all those tug boat captains working in unison to avert what would have been an actual sustained blockage again. Nice work skippers.
Been a subscriber for years but never commented. I have to say that this video was an excellent piece of footage of how to describe a "close-call" . Nice work.
I always loved the tugboats! I remember (U.S. Navy) being amazed at the thrust these little ships can create in water to push much bigger ships around with precision.
Great commentary, Sal, as usual. Very clear. The graphics were good, too. Which all made it very interesting. Even for a landlubber like me. I travelled down the Suez three times, twice heading South from the UK to Australia and once going North back to the UK. These were in 1951, '61 and '65, on SS Ranchi, then Fairsky and lastly Fair Star. It was the first time that the ship was almost grounded when turning (in the Bitter Lakes?) for some reason, and really churned the sand. Exciting for a 14-year-old lad. Was brilliant work getting it sorted so quickly.
The best meme ever was the one when the first boat went through Suez after Evergreen was floated and said "imagine being the captain of the first boat to go through and having the opportunity to do the funniest thing anyone has ever done" implying intentionally grounding. Makes me giggle. 😂
cant believe it, i spoke with a friend today about the importance of an open Suez Kanal! a blocked channel would create huge costs and hit us all and now i see your video:DD great informative video as always! 👍
It's interesting - you'd think the first tug on scene would have been able to get the Lemes stabilised with a stern tug against the current if that is all they had to deal with. I don't know if the canal would have been wide enough for the other ships to have passed them but she was later moved to the bank so it seems likely. I wonder if winds were a factor again as they were with Evergiven in pushng the ships around.
SHODDY TUG SEAMANSHIP: Having worked tugs, I am underwhelmed by the lousy performance by the tug "SvITzer Suez 1" in stabilizing the BW Lesmes upon initial contact. Getting a tow line to the stern of the Lesmes would be pretty straightforward affair. Then taking the ship under her own power and headed upstream, the tug, Suez 1 could have stabilized the ship in the canal current long enough for other ships to pass safely and additional tugs to come into play.
It took about an hour from the time BW Lesmes hit the east bank of the Suez, until it was across the canal. Then, about four hours to clear the ship from across the canal.
I'm seeing in not too far. In my lifetime ( I'm 55). An enlargement, widening or another parallel canal . The volume and safety will make it better for everyone. I've been through the Suez canal twice in 1987. Fun and easy except for meeting USS Stark (Iraq hit it with exocets) going north as my ship was southbound. With USS Stark's escorts.
Interesting! Things went bad very fast but the tugs on duty did a great job. I didn't fully appreciate how unhandy these big ships are! While equipment can fail any time without warning, it seemed like the Lesmes lost directional control in a big way. From a speed of 11 knots I would expect her to go on coasting for a while after losing engine power, keeping some degree of directional control. That's not what happened. The AIS outputs were very helpful, almost like seeing the accident develop in real time. I'm convinced escorting tugs are a great investment. While it could be boring duty for the crews for weeks at a time, when they're needed, they're needed right away.
Hi Sal, just watched a Dutch video of the Fremantle Highway being unloaded. Very interesting to see the side ramp down and Mercedes SUVs being driven off. Not sure what type they were! I guess they are from the lower decks?
I saw the same images. The stern ramp is shot and jammed, but they were able to free the sideport. They are coming from the lower decks. They have be careful in offloading as they do not have full air ventilation due to fire damage.
I have no interest in shipping and don't even know how I got here but this was interesting. Watched the whole thing. Think I've found myself a new pastime. Thanks Sal.
Very interesting! It seems that for the amount of comparable traffic the 7 seas and inland waterways are actually much safer than the airways and our city streets.
The SCA handled the situation quickly and good. but the worst decision was to take 1st vessel from the east bank and try to rotate it to south in the middle of the convoy passing. Also, they left the 2nd vessel alone without any help without any tag hepling her against the current and wind. The decision maker is supposed to hold 1st vessel on the east bank with 1 tag to clear the way for the convoy to pass peacefully. And then he solve the porblem with the 1st vessel
What a mess! In my twenty seven years of piloting towboats with large tows from St.Louis to NOLA and point south of NOLA if I had a nickel for every ship I heard say they’d lost steerage or power I could have retired a few years earlier. I always like how the pilots would be gotten off a ship just as soon as these vessels were involved in a collision or grounding. I would assume that all these newer ships would all have bow thrusters and if so why couldn’t these be used in conjunction with keeping the ships in a better position?
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So The Suez Canal is 120ish miles long. I am assuming all of the boats/ships behind the BWLesmus had to stop. Is that safe? If they are not under power do they risk running aground? Do they have to drop anchor? When Evergiven blocked the canal did all the ships behind it have to back out? It seems like there are a lot of other dominos that could fall?
Yep into the (not-so)Strategic Oil Reserves that have been heavily depleted if the rumors I heard pan out. Funny how if this were ANY other nation doing it the UK, EU, Canada, Japan, and AUKUS+(Philippines) would be losing their damned minds. Making statements about "This unprecedented and blatantly illegal act of Piracy" being committed in this day and age. But all ya hear from any of our "leaders" is. . . *crickets* and *J.B's snoring* really makes one think doesn't it? Especially when one realizes that the USN basically just quietly declared that "The Good Ole Days" of the 1800-1940's Naval Commerce Raiding is back on the menu.
Sal, As I recall AIS gets its information from the ship's instruments. In general, the ship instruments are each single point and are located aft. So, you have; heading, speed, rate of turn, draft, etc. How are the projections of the ship's locations determined? To project ship positions for bridge simulators it takes considerable mathematical modeling. We used a considerable amount of model testing and sea trial data to develop a realistic simulation model. How much real-time data is AIS providing? How accurate are the projections that are being shown? Bob
In the software of tehe AIS you have to tell it the postion on the ship, i.e. distance from bow/starboard side. and you give the maximum dimensions. so then it knows how much ship is in front/behind the antena. Accuracy is not great. about +/-10m I'd say.
@Jacob-W-5570 Around 2010 our Operations people started fitting GLONASS receivers fore and aft. It was being sold by someone for use in docking and unlocking. This was done without engineering input for "evaluation". I retired before I heard the results of the "evaluation".
Sal, Am listening to the BBC Documentary on the EverGiven 's Stucky incident in the Suez Canal. Your input parts are real good. Wasn't it handy that the following vessel had a pretty good lookin. female engineer available for consult? Folks should look at this Documentary and realize how much worse it couldh've been. Thanks for what you're doing. BTW, I could hardly recognize you without a Sal's Ship's Shirt on. Glenn/Garner
Very interesting video it really shows just how vulnerable these ships are when out of control for what ever reason, i really think in my opinion its time they had tugs either side of every ship when they pass the narrow part of the canal to prevent any further dramas in the future. But properly a major accident will have to occur for people to act.
Thanks again Sal for great coverage on this Suez canal crisis of August 2023 . I recalled stuck in the Philippines during Covid19 lockdown when the other ship got stuck in the Suez Canal.. still didn't see any clear explanation about that incident. 😅😂
You give props to Evergreen for staying out of it, but you have to remember, they missed their annual screwup tradition that they have been doing! :D Besides, can you imagine the press if Evergreen had done it again?
Great job Sal, they're going to just hook all the ships onto a cable and do a San Francisco cable car style just back and relax and get towed through the ca
This is what gives harbor pilots nightmares and why they earn the big $. Pilots define terror as a loaded oil tanker headed at the dock at 3 knots. Maybe now that becomes: A loaded oil tanker headed at a loaded LNG Tanker, aground and blocking the channel, with no where to turn and no way to stop.
Another vessel which is supposed to be escorted by two tug boats whilst transiting the Suez Canal Zone. The Suez Canal Authority has some serious questions to answer.
Here are undamaged cars being driven off the Fremantle Highway. The exiting starts about 4:15. I imagine the insurance companies are happy seeing some survived. I do wonder if they have smoke damage. ua-cam.com/video/R2-XrZOGV5s/v-deo.html
There's a Julius Fučík joke here somewhere, but at the risk of seeming to be making it at the expense of the tug operators rather than the pilots, I'll refrain.
@@BurchellAtTheWharf The nautical mile is NM not KM, there is no K in nautical, what are you on about? KM and Km are the same thing, abbreviations for kilometre and have no marine application whatsoeverI'm a qualified commercial vessel watchkeeper, I know.
For anyone who complained about the costs of the decision to run Tugs thru with the traffic transiting? well... this is why it was an EXCELLENT decision. That fast work saved shipping from being delayed by weeks again. Well done to the Suez Authority for the fast salvage work.
Imagine you're driving your oil tanker down the canal and there's this huge LNG tanker blocking your path!! The pucker factor must have been epic!!
lmao
Running light - so neither tanker is going boom or spill anything from empty inerted tanks.
LNG tankers are very very hard to sink as well (even when fully loaded).
The very thought of all that tonnage potentially merging together.. kinda like a super-collider .. plus of course the flammable stuff
You drive a car.....a ship you sail...
@@gerhardusvanderpoll When you start “driving” a ship you have the same problem as “sailing” a car…
Sal giving the play by play of a ship wreck with a hint of Kentucky derby! Awesome 😂
Certainly going off the tug movement it seems they had an issue and called out immediately, the tug in front reverses basically as soon as the ship starts losing control, way before they hit the bank the first time.
Hat’s off to the tug boat crews, in what could have been global front page news - now just a very educational 20 minute explanation by Sal. Wow, exciting day for the canal.
And the cabal....
Thanks again Sal, for keeping us consistently up-to-date & informed. When I get your video notifications, I think, "now what?" Lol. Supply Chain Pain!
When Sal mentioned what type of shop it was, I looked up and said "whoa, LNG."
Without missing a beat, my wife asked, "who is she?"
Bonus points to whichever company first names an LNG carrier the Ellen Gee.
That's priceless.
I love bumper boats. They need to do this more often.
When power is lost the ship does get quiet but the Engineering group goes BearSac. I only remember one time in the mid-Pacific and thank God the ocean was calm
Thanks Sal! The tugs made a huge difference!
That was amazing to watch. Hat's off to a job well done. Thank you.
Nice and concise explanation of events as they happened. Great job Sal. Also, props to the tugs on the canal. They were able to avoid a huge disaster.
The tug boat choreography was a delight to behold.
I have always been impressed with pilots and tugboat crews. In Portland OR., I had to do 2 down bound and 2 up bound rides, on merchant ships, to and from Astoria OR. My second down bound was an Alaskan Slope crude tanker. It was leaving after yard service. It was 225' wide and 1200 long. The BN rr swing bridge had a 230' opening. There were 2 pilots one on each bridge wing and a senior pilot providing orders to 5 tugs. The large tug was connected to the bow and was pulling forward to port. the four other tugs were pushing on the starboard. The tugs had to drop off and move around a bridge column and reconnect to the side. there was a starboard set due to wind. The clearance was just 6"as the starboard stern pasted the bridge. This was incredible to see, like a core-graphed ballet.
Shades of the Ronald Reagan passing thru the Panama, she has about an inch on each side. Do they ever touch? yes.
That was fascinating Sal, thanks.
Was like watching F1 replays, with the tugs playing the part of track safety cars…
You could see the tugs reacting real fast there - like as soon as control problems reported, BOOM that lead tug had changed direction and was heading there.
Great to see the “playbook” was written and rehearsed, and they didn’t all rush to one.
That was a great, speedy, coordinated effort by all those tug boat captains working in unison to avert what would have been an actual sustained blockage again. Nice work skippers.
Been a subscriber for years but never commented. I have to say that this video was an excellent piece of footage of how to describe a "close-call" . Nice work.
Wow, thank you!
This was really an interesting "Play by Play" breakdown of the events related to this collision! Great Job Sir!
Being a tug boat captain in the Suez seems like an action packed job. It's bumper ships day!!
Great video. And what a huge difference from the last time in the promptness and professionalism of the recovery effort.
I always loved the tugboats! I remember (U.S. Navy) being amazed at the thrust these little ships can create in water to push much bigger ships around with precision.
basically just a spare engine/propellers packed into as small a package as possible.
@@SoloRenegade Yea Just a 58 year old squid reminiscing here.
@@nbrown5907 nothing wrong with that. tugs are awesome.
Great commentary, Sal, as usual. Very clear. The graphics were good, too. Which all made it very interesting. Even for a landlubber like me. I travelled down the Suez three times, twice heading South from the UK to Australia and once going North back to the UK. These were in 1951, '61 and '65, on SS Ranchi, then Fairsky and lastly Fair Star. It was the first time that the ship was almost grounded when turning (in the Bitter Lakes?) for some reason, and really churned the sand. Exciting for a 14-year-old lad.
Was brilliant work getting it sorted so quickly.
Appreciate your hard work on these video's Sal.
The best meme ever was the one when the first boat went through Suez after Evergreen was floated and said "imagine being the captain of the first boat to go through and having the opportunity to do the funniest thing anyone has ever done" implying intentionally grounding. Makes me giggle. 😂
Awesome presentation. I would be interested in hearing more about the current.
cant believe it, i spoke with a friend today about the importance of an open Suez Kanal! a blocked channel would create huge costs and hit us all and now i see your video:DD great informative video as always! 👍
Nice to see such good work.
When I heard about this my first thought was "Oh I can't wait for Sal's video on this." :P
I wonder who the Suez Canal Authority is going to blame this time. 🙄
Anyone but the Suez pilot
Just another eleven months till we know.
i think they did a very good job here, they intervened very fast before it got worse
@@Ezekiel903 The tug operators certainly did. However the report writers are perhaps not always as efficient.
Check the weather pattern in the vicinity of the Suez Canal region.
Great job Sal.
It's interesting - you'd think the first tug on scene would have been able to get the Lemes stabilised with a stern tug against the current if that is all they had to deal with. I don't know if the canal would have been wide enough for the other ships to have passed them but she was later moved to the bank so it seems likely. I wonder if winds were a factor again as they were with Evergiven in pushng the ships around.
SHODDY TUG SEAMANSHIP: Having worked tugs, I am underwhelmed by the lousy performance by the tug "SvITzer Suez 1" in stabilizing the BW Lesmes upon initial contact. Getting a tow line to the stern of the Lesmes would be pretty straightforward affair. Then taking the ship under her own power and headed upstream, the tug, Suez 1 could have stabilized the ship in the canal current long enough for other ships to pass safely and additional tugs to come into play.
Seems like the communication between all was excellent!
Very enjoyable report!
Glad you enjoyed it!
How long did this accident take in real time? This channel is one of my all time favourites 💕💕💕
It took about an hour from the time BW Lesmes hit the east bank of the Suez, until it was across the canal. Then, about four hours to clear the ship from across the canal.
@@wgowshipping thanks
I never knew you could do motorsport-style commentary on shipping!
I'm seeing in not too far. In my lifetime ( I'm 55). An enlargement, widening or another parallel canal . The volume and safety will make it better for everyone.
I've been through the Suez canal twice in 1987. Fun and easy except for meeting USS Stark (Iraq hit it with exocets) going north as my ship was southbound. With USS Stark's escorts.
Oh Boy! Good Timing! 🤠
Maybe we can have a wreck in Hampton Roads. 😮
Interesting! Things went bad very fast but the tugs on duty did a great job. I didn't fully appreciate how unhandy these big ships are! While equipment can fail any time without warning, it seemed like the Lesmes lost directional control in a big way. From a speed of 11 knots I would expect her to go on coasting for a while after losing engine power, keeping some degree of directional control. That's not what happened. The AIS outputs were very helpful, almost like seeing the accident develop in real time. I'm convinced escorting tugs are a great investment. While it could be boring duty for the crews for weeks at a time, when they're needed, they're needed right away.
Makes me think it was steering.
Hi Sal, just watched a Dutch video of the Fremantle Highway being unloaded. Very interesting to see the side ramp down and Mercedes SUVs being driven off. Not sure what type they were! I guess they are from the lower decks?
I saw the same images. The stern ramp is shot and jammed, but they were able to free the sideport. They are coming from the lower decks. They have be careful in offloading as they do not have full air ventilation due to fire damage.
Yeah, the CO buildup would be impressive after the first 100 or so. I wonder if they'll scrap those or have a literal fire sale. @@wgowshipping
This is a good time to demand to see the CarFox before buying. (Avoiding a plug)
I have no interest in shipping and don't even know how I got here but this was interesting. Watched the whole thing. Think I've found myself a new pastime. Thanks Sal.
Thanks for watching!
@@wgowshippingSal surely you should say welcome aboard to new viewers lol
A couple more videos and you'll be hooked.
Never good, but could be a lot worse. At this point, we'll take that as a win.
Glad to see SOMEONE is learning from bitter experience.
Facinating play by play!
Very interesting! It seems that for the amount of comparable traffic the 7 seas and inland waterways are actually much safer than the airways and our city streets.
exciting play-by-play..Just like the old days with Sal
Very interesting. Thank you!
The SCA handled the situation quickly and good.
but the worst decision was to take 1st vessel from the east bank and try to rotate it to south in the middle of the convoy passing. Also, they left the 2nd vessel alone without any help without any tag hepling her against the current and wind.
The decision maker is supposed to hold 1st vessel on the east bank with 1 tag to clear the way for the convoy to pass peacefully. And then he solve the porblem with the 1st vessel
What a mess! In my twenty seven years of piloting towboats with large tows from St.Louis to NOLA and point south of NOLA if I had a nickel for every ship I heard say they’d lost steerage or power I could have retired a few years earlier. I always like how the pilots would be gotten off a ship just as soon as these vessels were involved in a collision or grounding. I would assume that all these newer ships would all have bow thrusters and if so why couldn’t these be used in conjunction with keeping the ships in a better position?
Thanks Sal! We always appreciate your content, even if some (a lot) of it is over our heads!
Soon you will all be experts in maritime logistics and shipping.
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Like following a blood vessel to the heart ❤, interjection of Xarelto to the vein can unclog any artery. Including the Suez Canal.😮😅.
Always consult your shipping Doctor before adding to Canal Water 💧.
As Rodney Dangerfeild said "DROP ANCHOR "!!!😂
So The Suez Canal is 120ish miles long. I am assuming all of the boats/ships behind the BWLesmus had to stop. Is that safe? If they are not under power do they risk running aground? Do they have to drop anchor? When Evergiven blocked the canal did all the ships behind it have to back out? It seems like there are a lot of other dominos that could fall?
Great video as always Sal
That is a very interesting video. Thank you.😊
I remember Disney's boats being kept on course by following rails under water. Maybe they should try old school.
Evergreen is in the clear?
Go Sal! 😀
they've rebranded to Everclear
@@piperpa4272😵💫 That's powerful stuff! (So I've heard....! 😉✌️😎)
On the rewatch ❤🇺🇲
I see the controversial oil on the Iranian ship in the gulf is being off loaded.
Yep into the (not-so)Strategic Oil Reserves that have been heavily depleted if the rumors I heard pan out. Funny how if this were ANY other nation doing it the UK, EU, Canada, Japan, and AUKUS+(Philippines) would be losing their damned minds. Making statements about "This unprecedented and blatantly illegal act of Piracy" being committed in this day and age. But all ya hear from any of our "leaders" is. . . *crickets* and *J.B's snoring* really makes one think doesn't it? Especially when one realizes that the USN basically just quietly declared that "The Good Ole Days" of the 1800-1940's Naval Commerce Raiding is back on the menu.
what is going on with canal operations these days?!? Did a bunch of old timers retire at once?
More than likely. No one does succession planning anymore.
The Suez Canal is turning into the nautical equivalent of a Walmart parking lot
I love this channel
What a cool dude
Funny thing about the snipes dropping the load ..... you can hear it coming!
Sal,
As I recall AIS gets its information from the ship's instruments. In general, the ship instruments are each single point and are located aft. So, you have; heading, speed, rate of turn, draft, etc. How are the projections of the ship's locations determined?
To project ship positions for bridge simulators it takes considerable mathematical modeling. We used a considerable amount of model testing and sea trial data to develop a realistic simulation model. How much real-time data is AIS providing? How accurate are the projections that are being shown?
Bob
In the software of tehe AIS you have to tell it the postion on the ship, i.e. distance from bow/starboard side. and you give the maximum dimensions. so then it knows how much ship is in front/behind the antena.
Accuracy is not great. about +/-10m I'd say.
@Jacob-W-5570 Around 2010 our Operations people started fitting GLONASS receivers fore and aft. It was being sold by someone for use in docking and unlocking. This was done without engineering input for "evaluation". I retired before I heard the results of the "evaluation".
Never a dull moment :-) Happy with my subscription!
Thanks for the sub!
Sal, Am listening to the BBC Documentary on the EverGiven 's Stucky incident in the Suez Canal. Your input parts are real good. Wasn't it handy that the following vessel had a pretty good lookin. female engineer available for consult? Folks should look at this Documentary and realize how much worse it couldh've been. Thanks for what you're doing. BTW, I could hardly recognize you without a Sal's Ship's Shirt on. Glenn/Garner
HAHA! That was fun to film I think we did like five hours to get a few minutes.
That's television all over.
@@wgowshipping
If it doesn't rain ☔ it pours
I wonder what the radio traffic was like.
Probably some good sailor talk.
Guaranteed salty!
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Very interesting video it really shows just how vulnerable these ships are when out of control for what ever reason, i really think in my opinion its time they had tugs either side of every ship when they pass the narrow part of the canal to prevent any further dramas in the future. But properly a major accident will have to occur for people to act.
Thanks again Sal for great coverage on this Suez canal crisis of August 2023 . I recalled stuck in the Philippines during Covid19 lockdown when the other ship got stuck in the Suez Canal.. still didn't see any clear explanation about that incident. 😅😂
thanks
What a thriller! 😰 Thanks
That is a cool 😎 shipper map
Damn, i lost a good toaster oven to Evergreen, wonder what I'll lose this time? 😢
Smartphone cameras have changed the instant communication that has passed the telegraph.
Playing bumpers with an LNG tanker, makes me nervous 😧
Isnt the Panama Canal having problems as well?
Yes...video coming.
"bumper boats" love it
Yo 🛳️Prof ! Saw yous on that Nova Suez pbs broadcast ! Reckon that was in the can Before the car shipper fires !
You give props to Evergreen for staying out of it, but you have to remember, they missed their annual screwup tradition that they have been doing! :D
Besides, can you imagine the press if Evergreen had done it again?
That is caring
Very interresting !
Awh, had hoped it was a car carrier again but it got stuck in the canal. These EVs remind me of the old Pinto's just anything to start them on fire.
Great job Sal, they're going to just hook all the ships onto a cable and do a San Francisco cable car style just back and relax and get towed through the ca
Tankyo so much
This is what gives harbor pilots nightmares and why they earn the big $. Pilots define terror as a loaded oil tanker headed at the dock at 3 knots. Maybe now that becomes: A loaded oil tanker headed at a loaded LNG Tanker, aground and blocking the channel, with no where to turn and no way to stop.
Subtle seismic activity is constructing the canal.
Comerence flowing again!
better question is whats going on with the pilots, who have caused so many accidents over the years
Another vessel which is supposed to be escorted by two tug boats whilst transiting the Suez Canal Zone. The Suez Canal Authority has some serious questions to answer.
They are the authority, they don't have to answer any questions.
Here are undamaged cars being driven off the Fremantle Highway. The exiting starts about 4:15. I imagine the insurance companies are happy seeing some survived. I do wonder if they have smoke damage. ua-cam.com/video/R2-XrZOGV5s/v-deo.html
I doubt they will be sold as new if at all.
I just heard it was blocked again!
Holy smokes Sal, Can we get 3 days in a row w/out a issue?? I'm saying NO..
Have insurance rates for these Supermax+ tankers gone through the rough since all of these incidences?
Liquid natural gas tankers bumping into each other... Sounds exciting!
There's a Julius Fučík joke here somewhere, but at the risk of seeming to be making it at the expense of the tug operators rather than the pilots, I'll refrain.
Any day there is a collision involving a LNG Tanker that doesn’t end up in a fireball.. Is a very good day indeed
Tug boat escort must be mandatory not optional
12:30 - Svitzer 1 had the ship under tow, then lost control of it again. Not impressed. SCA needs to do more simulator training.
Is it just me or does an LNG carrier in a collision really sound dangerous? Natural gas is pretty flammable.
So who would be in command when this happens? Is this a rehearsed manoeuvre by the tugs?
8:54 KM vs Km are two different distances
1KM is 1800 metres oer a mile and a halfish were a Km is a 1000 metres er .6 miles
Ah, no. Please provide a citation for this.
@@marvindebot3264 KM NM Nautical Mile
Km kilometer?
Is that what you mean?
1800m is 1.1 statute miles and there is no such thing as a "nautical kilometre. KM = Km @@BurchellAtTheWharf
@@marvindebot3264 nautical mile bud, knot a nautical km who the f said Nautical kilometre? I use KM and NM for knotical/nautical miles dude
@@BurchellAtTheWharf The nautical mile is NM not KM, there is no K in nautical, what are you on about? KM and Km are the same thing, abbreviations for kilometre and have no marine application whatsoeverI'm a qualified commercial vessel watchkeeper, I know.
Apparently they never finished their lane separation