Friday, 29 February 2008

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.

Friday, 15 February 2008

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

Sunday, 10 February 2008

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/

Friday, 8 February 2008

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

Thursday, 7 February 2008

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)

ro ro ship UND ADRIYATIK on fire 06FEB08

Ravi Ravindran of Nexlaw in Istanbul writes:


Your Readers may have heard of the plight of the ror-ro UND ADRIYATIK. Some photos have appeared in the Turkish media and you can access them in the link below.

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2008/02/06/son/sondun19.asp?prm=0,424507191919

Wednesday, 6 February 2008

MSC Napoli Box Salvage


After all the excitement in the world's press about the flotsam from the MSC Napoli washed up on Devon beaches, this image sent in by Paul Vidler of Crown Salvage Limited shows the mundane consequences of the casualty upon the cargo. Each container brought ashore has been subjected to a government inspection and the report of this exercise is awaited with some expectation. Of course, once seawater has entered a container it is customarily scrapped from trade

Saturday, 2 February 2008

Riverdance Aground at Blackpool 30JAN08

Before and After pictures of the 1977 built ro ro ferry Riverdance, which went aground off Blackpool on Thursday 30JAN08. The ship was on regular service across the Irish Sea when she was allegedly hit by one or more big waves during rough weather sweeping the region.


Friday, 1 February 2008

Imploded Tank Container


This is an ISO tank container which has drawn such a good vacuum that it has imploded. The image was presented, along with many others, by Graham Wood, the Technical Secretary of the International Tank Container Organisation at the recent Learning from Annabella Conference in London. You can access his presentation to the Conference by clicking on the link below:-

www.dunelmpr.co.uk/Annabella%2011.ITCO-%20Graham%20Wood.pdf