ICE PRINCE at Oskarshamn 2002

William Penney has sent in this picture he took at Oskarshamniin Sweden in 2002 following a shift of the ship's timber deck cargo upon leaving that port. Fortunately she did not sink.

Zhen Hua 23 at Fellixstowe 01MAR08

We are indebted to David Cheslin of PR experts Dunelm for the following pictures which have been doing the rounds of the internet:-

Amidst reports of high winds forecast for the North Sea area, the Zhen Hua 23 was berthed on a lay-by berth at Felixstowe's Southern terminal (presumably not wishing a repeat of the Zhen Hua 10 grounding off Rotterdam a few weeks ago?)

However by sunrise, high winds had caused the Zhen Hua 23 to part her lines, with the vessel blown on the beach, her cargo damaged and two the terminals three operational cranes, lying in a pile of scrap metal! At least one of the cranes onboard would also appear to be a write off!

Maybe it would have been better to have left her at anchor after all!

The fact that the ship went aground appeared to spare a further land crane and a nearby yacht from damage.

Felixstowe Damage 02MAR08

George Todd, whose father Julian works for brokers Marsh took the attached pictures with his mobile phone:-

Felixstowe Damage 02MAR08

John Davitt of Tindall Riley sent in the local press reaction, which includes a clip of film

www.eadt.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&itemid=IPED02%20Mar%202008%2016:14:17:773&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=search

Felixstowe Damage 02MAR08

Chrys Rampley, who is the Security Manager of the Road Haulage Association writes:-

The attached photograph was sent to me by one of our members (Tony Allen) taken last Sunday of the incident at Felixstowe.

Zhen Hua 23 at Felixstowe 01MAR08

Neil Davidson the Ports Director of Drewry Shipping Consultants writes:-=

Your readers might like to use the following link which shows some photos of the collapsed cranes at Landguard Terminal Felixstowe. Two cranes on the shore have been completely destroyed and one crane on the ship badly damaged. There is also an interesting AIS Live plot which shows that the vessel reached a speed of 2.8 knots in the space of 5 minutes!

www.harwichhavenshipsandyachts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324

Zhen Hua 23 at Felixstowe 01MAR08

Underwriter Ian Edwards at the Allianz has made us aware of this series of 14 pictures documenting the recent damage in Felixstowe:-

www.flickr.com/photos/omegaman33/2305195046/in/set-72157604028308409/

Overloaded Forklift

Thanks to Mike Zelman in Canada for this classic "over and under" picture:-

Upended Truck in Luanda Jan 08

Mark Assaf of UNCTAD in Geneva writes:-

Please find attached photos (January 2008) relating to transport aspects in the centre of Luanda, Angola. Safety is a serious issue! It's just at the exit of the port on a main roundabout, in front of an hotel I was staying in.

Wreckers in the South China Seas

Thanks to Ravi Ravindran of the Nexlaw Consultancy in Istanbul for this posting, which illustrates the aftermath of a looting party on a stranded ship. He writes:-

This vessel loaded a part cargo of pipes from Vietnam destined for Kuwait. She then called at Hong Kong and loaded a cargo of fluorspar destined for India. About six hours out of HKG she developed a severe list. Master ordered crew to abandon vessel. Master and Chief Office remained onboard until it became clear to them she could capsize. They were rescued by the HKG Search and Rescue helicopters after just over two days at sea in their life jackets. Remaining crew were also rescued by passing vessels.

Owners engaged professional salvors and they were give information about location of vessel based on EPIRB signals. But despite this, salvors ordered their tugs to proceed in the opposite direction. Owners protests to salvors fell on deaf ears. Vessel was found washed up along the shores of Southern China. Pirates or locals had raided her and stripped her of whatever they could carry away.

Salvors, when notified of this, hurriedly sent a team to site by which time local salvors had moved in and claimed monopoly rights. It was the first time in more than 60 casualties (at that relevant time) that we had to terminate the services of professional salvors who made a graceful exit.

Vessel was salved and pipe cargo transshipped to destination in tact. It was found that the Fluorspa cargo had liquidized and caused the severe list. Vessel continues to trade in same ownership.

Yacht Superstructure Adrift off Bahamas Feb06

Many thanks to Michelle Otero Valdés of Miami-based Houck Anderson P.A. for this set of images;-

The pictures below reflect a 124 foot US built fiberglass yacht which foundered then overturned offshore in eastern Bahamas, February 2006 under moderate weather conditions. Crew were rescued without incident prior to the vessel overturning. The superstructure came adrift of the hull and Overseas Salvage of Sampson Cay Bahamas took both the overturned hull and floating superstructure in tow. The superstructure was hauled ashore at San Salvador Island for disposal and the hull towed for an additional two days to access the protected waters behind Cat Island. Righting manouvers were undertaken with equipment mobilized from Jacksonville Florida. Upon righting, the remaining portion of the hull was de-watered and found to float without the use of pumps. Initial accident investigation work was conducted on site by insurers surveyors and appointed experts. Subsequent efforts to hoist the intact hull onto a barge were abandoned for safety reasons after several attempts and the hull was instead cut into two parts using a steel cable to saw through the fiberglass at an amidships location in order to preserve the entire engine room for evidentiary purposes. The two sections of the hull were then lifted safely and transported to a Bahamian shipyard for further investigation and storage. All salvage work was done with oversight by the Bahamas government in respect of environmental issues and the salvage site was 100% cleaned of all debris from the cutting and salvage operations before the salvors were released from the job.

Meanwhile Somewhere in Australasia...

In his first post to this blog, Sydney lawyer Frazer Hunt of Piper Alderman writes:-

I do not know the origins of these shots, but I am sure that they are every H&M/yacht underwriter's nightmare!

Ready for launching: a 65 foot custom-built motor yacht complete
with staterooms, gourmet galley, G.P.S. system and radar for
navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines and more.
Cost so far? : $4,500,000.00
***********************************************************
Add Champagne, chocolate covered strawberries with cream
and music dockside for the excited 'soon to be owners'
and a small group of friends.. Cost: $500.00

Two corporate representatives, crane, and rigging (complete with faulty turnbuckle).
Cost @ $2,500/hour



(Note the guy in the stern!)

Watching your dreamboat nose dive into the harbor, accompanied by two corporate representatives just prior to 'inking' the final paperwork..


PRICELESS!
(or not, depending on whether you are the buyer or the seller!)

Unbalanced box

Neil Abbott of NZ surveyors Manu Marine writes:-
Another surveyor's photo from NZ for Gallery. We do have some 'action' here!

The moral of the story:

"Please don't load all your heavy cans at one end and toilet paper at the other..."

The driver, thankfully, was not badly injured but somewhat shaken.

For contact details go to:--
www.afterofficehours.com/d_page.php?id=2

Shujaa 3-aground off Porbander 28JUN07

Ravi Ravindran of the NexLaw Consultancy Ltd in Istanbul writes:-

The attached photographs are in respect of the SHUJAA 3 which went aground off Porbandar – NW India on 28 June, 2007 during the height of the SW Monsoon. She had a part cargo of carbon coated steel pipes destined for Kuwait. The shoreline is now about 2000m away and she will be broken up within the coming days. This case was a good lesson for all in our team in respect of Indian bureaucracy!

Mighty Servant 3

Shipping IT guru Peter Rygaard Andersen of Trigonal writes:-

I just ran across this Danish gallery with some interesting pictures of the Mighty Servant among many others .

http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?News=Billedserier&Id=77.

Motor Car Before and After

These photographs, supplied by Paul Vidler of Crown Salvage show a rather fine motor car before and after salvage from the last voyage of the MSC Napoli.

Yacht Blaze in Barcelona 04FEB08

Roger J Holt of Knightsmart Limited writes:-

See the report and picture series relating to the fire of three big yachts in Barcelona on 04FEB08

www.synfo.com/news/allnews.asp?id=11714

Prolific Fungae-Surveyor's Notebook

Neil Abbott IIMS, Principal Surveyor for Manu Marine (NZ) Ltd
writes:-
Sadly, no high drama collisions, sinkings or near misses in this neck of
the woods...Just once in while though I come across something which raises an
eyebrow or two to a long-time cargo surveyor.
The crates in this consignment were the worst I have ever seen; we had
tests done and the moisture levels in the crate timbers were up to 78%.
The biologists doing the tests were ecstatic... they hadn't see so many
different types of fungae in one place - ever.

Neil's Contact Details on AOH are:-

www.afterofficehours.com/d_page.php?id=2

Cantainer Shipping Casualty Gallery

Peter Rygaard Anderson has referred us to the site maintained by Michael van der Meer, an industry enthusiast and photographer who works for his family's haulage business, who has put together a fine collection of photos (garnered in from a variety of sources) in a casualty gallery. The collection is pretty up to date and the most recent pictures show the January 08 incident in Southampton where a crane collapsed into the hold of the Kyoto Express

The gallery can be seen in entirety at:

www.containershipping.nl

More Riverdance Stranded at Blackpool

A small slideshow of images relating to the ro ro Riverdance can be seen at the link below

www.flickr.com/photos/portlandbill/tags/riverdance/show/

Lightening Strikes Yacht at Antigua JAN08

Marine Surveyor Paul Squire of Simex International writes:-

The link below shows a fairly new German Frer's 95 footer looking much the worse for wear after a brief encounter with a reported lightening strike. The Picture was reportedly taken in Jan'08 in Antigua

http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=185339&posts=3

Trans Pacific Refloated off Samso Island 06FEB08

Chris Hewer writes:-

LEADING salvage and towage company Multraship has successfully refloated the 74, 403 dwt bulk carrier Trans Pacific east of the island of Samso in the Danish Great Belt. The 2004-built vessel was carrying a cargo of 68,978 tons of potash when it grounded on sand and gravel on January 27.

On January 28, Multraship mobilised a salvage team and equipment, including a number of salvage tugs, divers, anti-pollution equipment, a bunker barge, and the Spliethoff vessel Alexandergracht. About 1,000 tons of bunkers were transferred to the bunker barges, while roughly 10,000 tons of the potash cargo was offloaded into the Alexandergracht.

Working in appalling weather conditions, in driving rain and up to Force 11 winds, and with full co-operation from the Danish authorities, the salvage team refloated the vessel at high water late on the evening of February 6. The Trans Pacific was then towed to Kalundborg Roads, where a diving inspection is planned prior to reloading.

Crane failure at Hodeidah 15 JAN 08

This series of images comes from Adam Greaves who works for Galadari and Associates, one of the biggest firms of advocates and legal consultants in the UAE, with an active marine department. The firm also does commercial P&I correspondent work for a number of IG and non IG Clubs.

The facts:-

On 15th January 2008 a gantry crane was being tested, following temporary repairs, at Hodeidah port in the Yemen.

During testing using a 40' unit weighing some 32 MT, the structure of the crane failed, for reasons yet to be determined. The boom collapsed, falling into the water, taking the container, and the control cabin and crane operators, into the water.

The crane operators were rescued and fortunately the most serious injury was only a dislocated hip. It could have been much more serious. The container and cargo were a write off.

The Crane is Tested

The Moment of Impact

The Crane Operator Emerges

More Survivors Emerge

A Close Shave for the Ship (and the Crane Personel)