The headline on the article reads "Container ship runs aground at Newcastle", but not a container in sight, don't they know the difference between a container and coal? Accurate journalism there!
Hope you're not to drenched there Cal...
GQ
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The headline on the article reads "Container ship runs aground at Newcastle", but not a container in sight, don't they know the difference between a container and coal? Accurate journalism there!
Hope you're not to drenched there Cal...
GQ
bit late mick tusker beat us to it
yep there is one just about to go up on stockton, near the sygna!! why is my disco out of action!! i would be up there with my camera! :(
And a few hudred kays south it is nice and sunny in VIc. Little to no wind. And a lovely beach going 16deg.
My brother who is there said two more ships are on their way to run aground - one in Stockton Bight and one a little further south.
Two of his pics attached
These things mustn't have a lot of real power... I heard it was leaving port and very quickly got hammered, towards the beach, then again, the windage would be huge....
When's the next one gonna hit Stockton?
Apparently its named the 'Sea Confidence'
how appropriate...:D:D:D
GQ
I know were I'm going for a drive tomorrow. Pat
Reminds me of a night in 1987? when I sat on a cliff in the Royal National Park with the Sydney harbourmaster watching rockets go back and forth between the tug 'Manly Cove' and either an ore or coal carrier (can't remember) that had dragged its anchor from south of Stanwell Park in a storm. I bet the reason for this one is the same, they refused to take on ballast water because they were due in port the next morning, hence the screws were continually coming out of the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quiggers
Manly Cove eventually got a line across, by hooking it with a boat hook (very spectacular given the sea conditions). Would have paid nicely from salvage I would imagine. We were there to bring the (mostly) Philipino crew out if they were airlifted off.
Martyn
Hey, Bushie, the news reports are saying the one that is aground was leaving port (if you can believe the news reports, given one report called it a container ship, not a coal ship), but the other 3 in trouble?
Well, they all couldn't have been leaving port at the same time, so.......
Why do they anchor so close to the coast when they know a huge storm is on the way - surely, you'd think they'd weigh anchor and head out to sea...
GQ
well i have just been over snaping some pics from the beach, the ship in the bight seems to be out of trouble for now...