Cargo ship flips over on side off St Simon

[tprice]

WOW did not know this could happen to these in calm water

Still 4 missing out of 20

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/l...says/984034515

[Tugted312]

Car ships have stability issues. That ship had issues at the dock per someone I know. They got underway & passed an inbound ship & the stability went to hell. Pilot made the decision to ground the ship, a fire broke out. They can hear tapping on the hull still from the people trapped. Donjon Marine out of NJ won the salvage contract.

[Jethro92]

Wow.

[Southernduck]

Ted the roros rely on a series of pumps to transfer ballast quickly to keep them stable correct?

Glad it happened in the channel and not 100 mi offshore or in the middle of the Atlantic

[Birddawg]

This link was posted on THT and is sort of relative to the ship in question posted above. It's about marine salvage. It is sort of long, but its a good read.

https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-seacowboys/

[Birddawg]

This link was posted on THT and is sort of relative to the ship in question posted above. It's about marine salvage. It is sort of long, but its a good read.

https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ff-seacowboys/

[cleancutredneck]

drone footage

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qm8xt08wel..._0024.MP4?dl=0

[rrconductor]

Wonder if the cars were Mercedes or BMW's, doesn't matter the shipping line just bought all 4000 of them.

[Salt Marsh]

I am amazed how clean the bottom of the freighter hull appears to be. I would have thought there would have some evidence of fouling by marine growth.

I wonder if it is the anti-fouling paint or the fact now a days the ships are almost always under way? If it is the paint, I want to know what they are using and where to get it.

[Mergie Master]

Wonder if the cars were Mercedes or BMW's, doesn't matter the shipping line just bought all 4000 of them.

Even at just $40k each it would come out to $160,000,000

[tprice]

Any updates on the remaining 4 crew members ??

[formerly bohica]

Got them out this morning I heard

[DRDUCK]

Yea they drilled the hull and got them out okay

[Tugted312]

4200 Kia & Hyundai’s. They can hear the cars falling from their tie downs

[kquinn]

100 mil in cars, a salvage team and ship repair- betcha Farmers ain’t seen that one.

[wob]

I'm sure Lloyd's has that one.

[Woodiewacker82]

100 mil in cars, a salvage team and ship repair- betcha Farmers ain’t seen that one.

Ha they should make it there next commercial.

[Maggie Glover]

There are conflicting reports, was the pilot onboard? There is an unusually low amount of info coming out about causation. I would say if the center of gravity was that high, they are lucky they capsized in shallow water near shore. MG

[Featherduster]

I heard a report that the captain grounded the ship intentionally because it was unstable. Also the news said 3 of the 4 crew have been rescued, one still trapped and they cannot get food or water to him.

[Birddawg]

The fourth crew member has been rescued from what I read on another forum. No clue if its true.