Maritime News Thread

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Tabnabs

The nautical equivalent of the car jack, to see what that knocking noise coming from underneath is.

Dohvolle

We used to do similar to paint the boot topping. Much cheaper than going to a drydock. Had her so high out of the water I could see the anodes and the bilge keel.

Atlantic Dawn

Well that didn't take long...

A Scottish patrol boat has blocked a Donegal fishing vessel from entering the waters around Rockall in the North Atlantic.

The Northern Celt was boarded and its skipper instructed that he can no longer fish within 12 nautical miles of the disputed rocky outcrop as a result of Brexit.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is aware of the incident and is in contact with the UK and Scottish authorities.

The Greencastle-based Northern Celt has been at sea since last week, but not in its normal fishing grounds around Rockall.

A Scottish fisheries patrol vessel, the Jura, arrived in the area on 1 January, the day after the UK's Brexit transition period ended.

https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2021/0105/1187865-rockall-fishing/

neris

Fishing trawler ended up on the rocks off the east pier in howth

https://afloat.ie/safety/lifeboats/item/48943-howth-rnli-rescue-fishing-trawler-crew-after-running-aground

Tabnabs

The stowaways that "hijacked" the tanker off the south coast of England there last year have had the charges dropped against them because it "could not show that the ship or crew were threatened”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55586418

Gas craic...

Tabnabs

All at sea: half a million seafarers stranded by the pandemic – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/jan/11/all-at-sea-half-a-million-seafarers-stranded-by-the-pandemic-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

roundymac

Tabnabs wrote: »

The stowaways that "hijacked" the tanker off the south coast of England there last year have had the charges dropped against them because it "could not show that the ship or crew were threatened”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55586418

Gas craic...

Jayus, The British legal system is as bad as ours.:mad:

Odelay

Tabnabs wrote: »

All at sea: half a million seafarers stranded by the pandemic – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/jan/11/all-at-sea-half-a-million-seafarers-stranded-by-the-pandemic-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

17 months at sea. That’s got to be difficult.

Tabnabs

Odelay wrote: »

17 months at sea. That’s got to be difficult.

At that stage even clothing becomes an issue as the working environment aboard ships is tough and sweaty. Your very clothes have reached the end of their use and you still have to carry on.

AndyBoBandy

Odelay wrote: »

17 months at sea. That’s got to be difficult.

you could have went aboard as a 48 year old, and be 50 now!!

Dohvolle

Tabnabs wrote: »

At that stage even clothing becomes an issue as the working environment aboard ships is tough and sweaty. Your very clothes have reached the end of their use and you still have to carry on.

After 3 months working on a Tramp bulker, my boots disintegrated, and my previously only worn for decoration blue overalls were now a nice light grey, with holes in the pockets and inside leg, from being washed with RO water. (Combination of carrying Coal, Fertilizer, and chalk clay in short succession)All my denims (non workwear) had a greasy patch on the knees, because no matter how hard you try to avoid it, you'll always get caught for a dirty short job when not wearing overalls.
You better hope the agent was able to find somewhere that stocked workwear in the meantime. My company was only obliged to provide safety boots, and I got it in the ear for ordering the expensive ones. The gloves we had were the poor quality gardening gloves Lidl wouldn't even sell (theirs are fantastic in comparison).

Atlantic Dawn

Bit of a surprise Brexit impact for this UK trawler...

An MP has called on the prime minister to secure fishing rights for a UK super trawler which has been unable to operate since December.

The Kirkella freezer trawler, based in Hull, catches cod and haddock in sub-Arctic waters, but Brexit has left it without a fishing agreement.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-55621259

Widdensushi

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Bit of a surprise Brexit impact for this UK trawler...



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-55621259

Dutch /Icelandic owned

neris

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Bit of a surprise Brexit impact for this UK trawler...



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-55621259

Probably not a bad thing to have a few of these boats taken out of action for a while. See the Chilean's are having problems with Chinese fishing boats off the Galapagos Islands

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55316326#:~:text=A%20Chinese%20fishing%20fleet%20has,according%20to%20the%20Chile's%20navy.

AndyBoBandy

neris wrote: »

See the Chilean's are having problems with Chinese fishing boats off the Galapagos Islands

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55316326#:~:text=A%20Chinese%20fishing%20fleet%20has,according%20to%20the%20Chile's%20navy.

Are they the ones with the super bright lights on them (that can be seen from space), that draw their catch towards the surface thinking its daytime/feeding time....

Also, that Hull based Kirkella, catching 2.3m fish in a week, yeah, it'll do no harm whatsoever to have her tied up for a few weeks/months...

neris

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Also, that Hull based Kirkella, catching 2.3m fish in a week, yeah, it'll do no harm whatsoever to have her tied up for a few weeks/months...

Was listening to a pro brexiter on Pat Kenny back in early December when fish was the sticking point in negotiations and they were talking about the uk fishing fleet been too small to fish all the uk waters with no EU boats fishing there either and he probably said the only smart thing a brexiters ever said "might not be a bad thing and will allow fish stocks in british waters to recover and rebuild"

neris

Looks like the fun & games of not using the landbridge has started

Ferry capacity issues are building up on direct Ireland-mainland Europe routes as lorries avoiding Brexit checks through Britain are “bumped” to make way for vital imports of medicines and medical equipment.

As The Irish Times writes, hauliers booked onto the new Rosslare to Dunkirk service operated by shipping line DFDS have complained that bookings are not being honoured where the ferries are overbooked.

This has caused problems for hauliers seeking certainty to transport fresh food to and from mainland Europe as they avoid delays at post-Brexit border controls on Irish-British routes.

https://afloat.ie/port-news/ferry-news/item/49017-demand-from-post-brexit-on-direct-ferries-causes-capacity-problems

AndyBoBandy

Saw in another thread that Irish Ferries are putting WB Yeats onto the Dublin Cherbourg route (instead of Dublin - Holyhead) for a few weeks (usually only does the route in summer months).

embraer170 wrote: »

Plenty of interesting news in recent days.

WB Yeats switching with Epsilon and taking over the Cherbourg route for three weeks.

And a few Epsilon UK services this weekend cancelled and replaced with an additional Cherbourg departure on Friday.

I guess ultimately the shipping will go where the demand is... and Holyhead-Dublin is where it is not...

BeardySi

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Saw in another thread that Irish Ferries are putting WB Yeats onto the Dublin Cherbourg route (instead of Dublin - Holyhead) for a few weeks (usually only does the route in summer months).

Stena Embla has been switched from Belfast - Liverpool to Rosslare - Cherbourg.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55655631

neris

P&O and Seatruck must be running well under capacity and don't have the option of switching to a French run

Dohvolle

I hear today drivers not happy as ferries are overbooked.

Tabnabs

neris wrote: »

P&O and Seatruck must be running well under capacity and don't have the option of switching to a French run

Weirdly, Seatuck are putting on an extra sailing on Sunday between Warrenpoint and Haysham. Not sure if one-off or a more regular feature.

https://www.facebook.com/derrybros/posts/3015893338643503

AndyBoBandy

Stena Estrid doing Dublin - Cherbourg now from next week for the foreseeable....

That’s 2 big ships on the route now and if they continue into summer (summer 2022 at this stage), it can only be good for the holiday business...

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0116/1190163-stena-adds-dublin-cherbourg-route-to-meet-brexit-demand/

odyssey06

From Dublin Port twitter:

today welcomed
@Samskip's first direct container sailing between #Amsterdam & #Ireland, with RMS Veritas arriving at lunchtime, marking the start of a new weekly shortsea container freight service between Dublin & North Continental Europe: http://bit.ly/3r0IFrO

Tabnabs

Ukrainian ship breaks up while at anchor in a heavy swell. An old ship designed and built for inland use only. Six sailors died in this incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDMHuyoZMY

Dohvolle

Tabnabs wrote: »

Ukrainian ship breaks up while at anchor in a heavy swell. An old ship designed and built for inland use only. Six sailors died in this incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDMHuyoZMY

I'm curious as to how they died?
Seeing earlier footage, the ship does not appear to be in good condition, and the radio operator does not appear to be able to manage the distress call. I think the ship was built in the 70s.
The Turkish rescue effort also seems to be a bit haphazard based on initial reports.
She looks badly hogged in this photo to me.

AndyBoBandy

That's horrendous!

I always remember watching one of those seconds from disaster type shows about a British (I believe) cargo ship that broke in 2 at the stern in a storm, and the entire stern section (with bridge/accommodation block) filled up and went down in seconds such was the nature of the hull fracture.

They didn't have a chance, and it must have been horrifying.

neris

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

That's horrendous!

I always remember watching one of those seconds from disaster type shows about a British (I believe) cargo ship that broke in 2 at the stern in a storm, and the entire stern section (with bridge/accommodation block) filled up and went down in seconds such was the nature of the hull fracture.

They didn't have a chance, and it must have been horrifying.

Look up on youtube videos on The Derbyshire & the El Faro

AndyBoBandy

the Derbyshire, that was her.