A 1,200-foot container ship tried to dock in Evyap, Turkey, over the weekend. It wasn't a success.
The ship was under a pilot's control at the time, so the captain and crew won't be legally responsible for the damage. However, I suspect the pilot's pension just took a terminal knock, because he'll be held accountable for whatever went wrong. Container cranes cost well into the seven figures each, and he knocked down three of them; then there's the damage to the ship to consider, as well as the dockside itself. That was an expensive "Oopsie!"
Peter
Sort of the same subject is watching a "Med Moor".
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing a "Med Moor" in Naples for the first time when I was stationed on the Forrestal.
The arriving ship heads for the pier bow first, then drops the hook and pivots on the anchor so as to end up with the stern to the pier.
I was pretty sure I was watching my first ever ship collision, but it went well and I'm sure it takes a huge amount of well practiced and highly skilled seamanship.
I've seen a few similar ship/dock collisions on u-tube, and it usually turns out to be a control system failure. I suspect that with the customary minimal shipboard manning numbers, there is a huge time loss involved in getting actual hands on direct controls to shut things off, and some systems don't have actual manual backups due to size factors, IIRC. It's close quarters maneuvering that is when these systems are most likely to fail, since they don't get exercised out on an ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe cranes fall over like AT-AT's
ReplyDeletePer Sal Mercogliano, the ship's Master/Captain STILL owns the crash and the fallen AT-AT's.....
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My former employer makes a laser ship docking system that measures the ship's distance and speed from the dock. Of course, someone still has to use the information and drive the boat.
ReplyDeleteYup, as Night Driver noted, the captain is going to be delivering Uber Eats here shortly.
ReplyDeleteThe only place where the Captain is 100% absent of liability in the event of a collision is in the Panama Canal Zone. The pointy heads are going to fight it out and assign blame to both the pilot and the captain, for not stepping in and getting in a pissing match with the pilot (and for end-running the pilot, being denied from ever entering Turkey again, whether the allision is avoided or not). so there's a nice lose-lose there).
I don't know when that became the standard, it certainly wasn't always, but I suspect that it was the result of a pissing match between two class societies and their respective insurers.
I see several tug boats nearby (both videos). [participating (possibly tugging, pulling, etc.)] I am surprised no one mentioned them.
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