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Tabnabs · 11-01-2021 12:03PM

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 · 12-01-2021 10:43AM

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 · 12-01-2021 11:21AM

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 · 12-01-2021 11:52AM

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 · 12-01-2021 01:55PM

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 · 12-01-2021 02:43PM

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!!

Atlantic Dawn · 13-01-2021 06:08PM

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 · 13-01-2021 10:08PM

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 · 14-01-2021 11:26AM

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 · 14-01-2021 11:37AM

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 · 14-01-2021 04:17PM

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 · 14-01-2021 04:19PM

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 · 14-01-2021 04:37PM

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 · 14-01-2021 08:33PM

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 · 14-01-2021 08:38PM

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

Tabnabs · 15-01-2021 09:39AM

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 · 16-01-2021 12:14PM

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 · 28-01-2021 06:59PM

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 · 01-02-2021 11:58AM

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

AndyBoBandy · 01-02-2021 12:20PM

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 · 01-02-2021 03:34PM

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 · 01-02-2021 03:40PM

the Derbyshire, that was her.

AndyBoBandy · 01-02-2021 04:58PM

maybe it was another then, but she went down very quick

ohnonotgmail · 01-02-2021 05:14PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

maybe it was another then, but she went down very quick

you might be thinking of the Algoport. it broke in half in rough seas in the east china sea. another ship designed for inland use. it was under tow to china for conversion.

AndyBoBandy · 01-02-2021 05:24PM

This is the Derbyshire I was thinking about!!

Took her 2 minutes from first hold hatch rupture to her being completely submerged..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tN4xROtMjI

AndyBoBandy · 01-02-2021 06:11PM

Dohvolle wrote: »

That doesn't appear to have happened to this Ukranian ship. You can see in many photos of her she is badly hogged. It was only a matter of time before she snapped in two.

Oh I know that, and I wasn’t saying it was similar.

Just when I saw the ship breaking (slowly), I was reminded of the Derbyshire (I know they broke in different ways, but I’d imagine just as horrifying if you were on bird).

HeidiHeidi · 01-02-2021 10:29PM

RTE news : New research vessel named after explorer Tom Crean

http://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0201/1194408-tom-crean/

Great news!

AndyBoBandy · 01-02-2021 10:38PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

RTE news : New research vessel named after explorer Tom Crean

http://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0201/1194408-tom-crean/

Great news!

I’m still awaiting the movie of his life to be made... I think it would be incredible...
Michael Fassbender to play Crean.

Atlantic Dawn · 09-02-2021 09:50PM

Someone asleep at the wheel...

A Japanese submarine has collided with a commercial ship as it attempted to surface off the country's Pacific coast.

Three of the submarine's crew sustained minor injuries in the crash which occurred on Monday, government officials said.

The Soryu submarine suffered damage to its antenna mast along with its communication equipment forcing the crew to use a mobile phone to report the incident.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56000531

ohnonotgmail · 09-02-2021 11:08PM

It bent the dive plane on the conning tower as well. A desk job at best for the captain after this.

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