Category Archives: accident

No blame

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Tim

YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{}; Giovanna with large port list due to overboard valve perhaps not working? No blame culture; a concept. 17 crew on the ship, and one of them pulls the handle off the overboard valve so that it can’t be used. … Continue reading →

Posted in From the ship, accident | 8 Comments

Front Fell Off

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Tim

Thanks to Mark from Cork for the inspiration for this one, a spoof interview about a tanker accident in the 90′s, the accident really happened. It was a Greek tanker called the Kirki. Here is a link to the actual … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodgy ships, Tankers, accident, environment, pinch of salt required | 4 Comments

Icing

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Tim

I’m the one in the lovely orange suit, the deck cadet is in blue, he is the computer expert and it’d his fault I got into wordpress, however he was not the one complaining about the wireless internet. Anyway, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Cork, Engineers, From Sweden, From the ship, Ice, Scotland, accident, as gaeilge | 2 Comments

Southampton Container Crane Crash

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Tim

[youtube HAq-uhXmEi8] A container crane crashing down onto the deck of a containership at Southampton dock the other day, I don’t know exactly which day but the pilot on the way out from Southampton told me it was on Youtube … Continue reading →

Posted in Container, England, UK, Youtube, accident | 3 Comments

Repubblica di Genova

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Tim

Distant shot of the ship that was lying on it’s side in Antwerp taken through a lens of a binoculars. She is in dock in Antwerp being repaired after her capsizing IMC has a detailed report. http://www.imcbrokers.com/blog/2007/11/19/repubblica-di-genova-towed-to-drydock/ I was tempted … Continue reading →

Posted in Antwerp, Belgium, Shipping, Sinking, accident, capsize, ship spotting | 3 Comments