Understatement of the month

josip

"A number of cars seriously damaged"

Try "now look like squished coke cans" instead

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0211/767303-irish-ferries/

Imagine going below decks to find your pride and joy now looking like that.
And having to repack all your stuff...

REXER

josip wrote: »

"A number of cars seriously damaged"

Try "now look like squished coke cans" instead

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0211/767303-irish-ferries/

Imagine going below decks to find your pride and joy now looking like that.
And having to repack all your stuff...

Did anyone get a fare reduction for boarding as a car + driver and coming ashore as a foot passenger?

the_pen_turner

that's shocking.
I was expecting a few dents where cars slid sideways.
are you sure there wasn't a monster truck or a tank in there

the_pen_turner

that's shocking.
I was expecting a few dents where cars slid sideways.
are you sure there wasn't a monster truck or a tank in there

LawlessBoy

Are trailers and lorries not usually bolted or strapped down on ferries?

Atlantic Dawn

The CCTV footage of it all unfolding would be fun.

testicle

At least one truck turned over. More pics here: http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-ferry-damage-storm-imogen-2596991-Feb2016/

Markcheese

josip wrote:

Imagine going below decks to find your pride and joy now looking like that. And having to repack all your stuff...

After a voyage like that you'd probably be glad just to be back on terra ferma..

goochy

If the passengers weren't already sick they were after seeing the pride and not destroyed !

Del2005

LawlessBoy wrote: »

Are trailers and lorries not usually bolted or strapped down on ferries?

From the picture in the OP it looks like the cars, which aren't shackled, smashed into the HGV as the HGV is sitting in the middle of the lines with its trailer still straight. If the HGV got loose it could have been much worse.

JohnBoy26

the_pen_turner wrote: »

that's shocking.
I was expecting a few dents where cars slid sideways.
are you sure there wasn't a monster truck or a tank in there

Yes there's an arctic there.

LawlessBoy

Del2005 wrote: »

From the picture in the OP it looks like the cars, which aren't shackled, smashed into the HGV as the HGV is sitting in the middle of the lines with its trailer still straight. If the HGV got loose it could have been much worse.

Doesn't show it in the OPs pictures. If you click the journal link there's an overturned trailer looks to be from an artic truck

canhefixit

Mate of mine was coming over from holyhead on Tuesday night and they hit a storm and he said the boat was being thrown around like a rag doll, people getting sick everywhere said he was genuinely ****ting it

Del2005

LawlessBoy wrote: »

Doesn't show it in the OPs pictures. If you click the journal link there's an overturned trailer looks to be from an artic truck

Looks like one HGV flipped alright, but the majority of the damage looks like cars hitting other vehicles and some loads falling. If a few HGVs got loose the ship would have been in much more trouble.

Armchair Andy

Is that a van load of tomatoes in that picture? ?

YFlyer

testicle wrote: »

At least one truck turned over. More pics here: http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-ferry-damage-storm-imogen-2596991-Feb2016/

Got to laugh at Paul O'Riordan's comment that it was safer for the ferry to leave port.

OldMrBrennan83

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bear1

How would the insurance pay out work with this?
Doubt there is a "ferry pummeling the living **** of vehicle" clause.

bear1

How would the insurance pay out work with this?
Doubt there is a "ferry pummeling the living **** of vehicle" clause.

josip

I think it's fairly straightforward under maritime law that the ship owner is liable for damages to cargo.
Storm damage to a ship would never be considered an act of god or an uninsurable risk.

ectoraige

YFlyer wrote: »

Got to laugh at Paul O'Riordan's comment that it was safer for the ferry to leave port.

Ports aren't always the safest place, depending on the nature of the storm and the layout of the port. Sometimes natural headlands and other features would provide greater protection, there's been plenty of ships damaged in port during storms. It's not unheard of for ships to leave port to weather out a storm in an area that offers greater protection from.

That doesn't mean it was the right call by the captain in this instance, and if he thought port wasn't safe for the ship, then maybe he should have left the passengers behind in the first place when he chose to leave.