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Car carrier runs aground in Solent
bb1 Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:07 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1401706/salvage-mission-after-car-carrier-runs-aground
Salvage Mission After Car Carrier Runs Aground
Experts are working out how to free the 51,000 ton cargo ship that is stuck on a sandbank in the Solent and listing at 45 degrees.
Salvage experts are assessing how to refloat a car carrier after it ran aground in one of the country's busiest shipping lanes.
Overnight 25 crew members were rescued by a helicopter and lifeboats from the cargo ship which was heading towards Germany and became grounded on a sandbank near the Isle of Wight.
The ship, the Hoegh Osaka, is listing at 45 degrees and there are fears that changes in tide level might destabilise it further.
It was hoped that this morning's high tide would right the ship, but that did not happen and the 180-metre vessel remains stranded on Bramble Bank, in the Solent between Southampton and Cowes.
The stricken carrier has become a tourist attraction with Hampshire Police reporting that car parks along the coast were filling up with people wishing to view it. More at link
Salvage Mission After Car Carrier Runs Aground
Experts are working out how to free the 51,000 ton cargo ship that is stuck on a sandbank in the Solent and listing at 45 degrees.
Salvage experts are assessing how to refloat a car carrier after it ran aground in one of the country's busiest shipping lanes.
Overnight 25 crew members were rescued by a helicopter and lifeboats from the cargo ship which was heading towards Germany and became grounded on a sandbank near the Isle of Wight.
The ship, the Hoegh Osaka, is listing at 45 degrees and there are fears that changes in tide level might destabilise it further.
It was hoped that this morning's high tide would right the ship, but that did not happen and the 180-metre vessel remains stranded on Bramble Bank, in the Solent between Southampton and Cowes.
The stricken carrier has become a tourist attraction with Hampshire Police reporting that car parks along the coast were filling up with people wishing to view it. More at link
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Re: Car carrier runs aground in Solent
bb1 Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:09 pm
It's unlikely there will be any good news here:
http://news.sky.com/story/1401606/fears-for-eight-as-vessel-overturns-off-scotland
A major search for the missing crew of an overturned cargo ship has been suspended for a second day.
Two helicopters, four lifeboats and five coastguard rescue teams have been looking for the eight people who were on the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord.
A spokeswoman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said "every effort" was being made to find them.
The Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) has also deployed a team to investigate.
The search was sparked on Saturday after the crew of a passenger ferry raised the alarm when they spotted the upturned hull of the vessel in the Pentland Firth, off the north coast of Scotland.
After darkness fell it was called off in the evening and resumed on Sunday morning, although passing vessels were asked to scan the area, between Orkney and John O'Groats, overnight.
German shipping company Brise of Hamburg confirmed that there were eight people on the ship, seven Poles and one Filipino.
A spokesman for the company said: "No distress call was received from the vessel. Bad weather prevailed in the area at the time and conditions remain difficult at the scene, with storm force winds."
Shetland Coastguard was alerted by the NorthLink ferry Hrossey which spotted the vessel around 10 miles east of the Pentland Skerries, about 15 miles from Wick.
The 83-metre bulk cement carrier had been bound for Runcorn, Cheshire, on the west coast of the UK. She was carrying 2,000 tons of cement.
The RNLI tweeted: "Our thoughts are with the crew of the upturned cargo ship, their family, friends and all those involved in today's search operation."
http://news.sky.com/story/1401606/fears-for-eight-as-vessel-overturns-off-scotland
A major search for the missing crew of an overturned cargo ship has been suspended for a second day.
Two helicopters, four lifeboats and five coastguard rescue teams have been looking for the eight people who were on the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord.
A spokeswoman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said "every effort" was being made to find them.
The Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) has also deployed a team to investigate.
The search was sparked on Saturday after the crew of a passenger ferry raised the alarm when they spotted the upturned hull of the vessel in the Pentland Firth, off the north coast of Scotland.
After darkness fell it was called off in the evening and resumed on Sunday morning, although passing vessels were asked to scan the area, between Orkney and John O'Groats, overnight.
German shipping company Brise of Hamburg confirmed that there were eight people on the ship, seven Poles and one Filipino.
A spokesman for the company said: "No distress call was received from the vessel. Bad weather prevailed in the area at the time and conditions remain difficult at the scene, with storm force winds."
Shetland Coastguard was alerted by the NorthLink ferry Hrossey which spotted the vessel around 10 miles east of the Pentland Skerries, about 15 miles from Wick.
The 83-metre bulk cement carrier had been bound for Runcorn, Cheshire, on the west coast of the UK. She was carrying 2,000 tons of cement.
The RNLI tweeted: "Our thoughts are with the crew of the upturned cargo ship, their family, friends and all those involved in today's search operation."
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