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| 1. Author: buffy Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 16:49 Two tankers have collided in the south east of Yorkshire. The US-flagged Stena Immaculate appears to have been hit while at anchor by the Portuguese-flagged container Solong. 37 mariners have been rescued and are accounted for. Environmental groups are worried about the spill and the natural habitat for nearby bird species. Jet fuel is spilling into the North Sea ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 2. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 17:00 Solong apparently on route to Rotterdam from Grangemouth. Reply |
| 3. Author: buffy Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 17:53 I’ve just seen a photo of the ship which left Grangemouth, and it was docked in the Forth this morning at the loading platform? Widtink could tell us what that’s called. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 4. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 20:39 It’s difficult to understand how two tankers could collide.  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Reply |
| 5. Author: MikeyLeonard Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 21:58 buffy, Mon 10 Mar 17:53 Is that no Braefoot Brae Buffy ? Reply |
| 6. Author: buffy Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 22:20 No, that’s the one further up the Forth on the Fife side. I didn’t think I’d be interested in marine engineering and loading bays yet here we are 😂 I’ve just had a wee Google and the one ye can see clearly from the rail bridge is Hound Point (off South Queensferry). That’s where I’ve seen the cruise ships sitting in the summer. I’m presuming they’re being loaded with something. Raymie, the American tanker was anchored and it was the Portuguese ship which appears to have run into it but you’re right in that radar should have steered it away from danger. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 7. Author: veteraneastender Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 22:21 Speculating on the cause is coming to conclusions without evidence - however with all the modern navigational aids etc. you have to wonder. Reply |
| 8. Author: buffy Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 22:24 From Wikipedia “The terminal is made up of two sea-island berths that can load vessels of up to 350,000 DWT and a vapour recovery platform. Crude oil from the Forties pipeline undergoes stabilisation and gas processing and treatment at the Kinneil Terminal at Grangemouth before being pumped to a tank farm at Dalmeny on the southern shore of the Firth. The oil is then pumped to the Hound Point terminal where it is loaded onto tankers. The name `Hound Point` derives from a local legend concerning the lord of nearby Barnbougle Castle, currently Lord Rosebery. The legend states that one of the first lords set off to fight in the Crusades, leaving his beloved hunting-hound behind. At the moment the man was killed, the hound began howling uncontrollably, eventually dying of its grief. Ever since, the howling ghost of the hound is said to appear on the Point whenever the present lord is about to die.” That second paragraph has me hooked! I’m in the wrong job lol ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 9. Author: widtink Date: Mon 10th Mar 2025. 22:55 The MAIB will be all over this already. Quite how a vessel has managed to plough into another vessel that was anchored in a designated anchorage at (reportedly) 16 knots is anyones guess. Something somewhere has gone spectacularly wrong . Admin  Reply |
| 10. Author: ipswichpar Date: Tue 11th Mar 2025. 07:14 Unfortunately it looks like one of the crew may have lost their life. These sorts of events always makes realise just how much we take for granted on a daily basis when nothing goes wrong, and the amount of engineering that goes into all of this stuff. Even reading about the massive size of the ships these ports can deal with is very impressive. Post Edited (Tue 11 Mar 07:56) Reply |
| 11. Author: widtink Date: Tue 11th Mar 2025. 15:58 A 59-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the collision between two ships in the North Sea yesterday. The Humberside Police say that a criminal investigation into the cause of the collision is now under way, and they are working in collaboration with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. “Extensive work has already been carried out, and we are working closely with our partners to understand what happened, and to provide support to all of those affected," Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson says in the statement. The 59-year-old man was arrested “following enquiries undertaken by my team" Nicholson says. He is not identified, but the statement says he has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision. The arrest comes after the conclusion of search operations by HM Coastguard for the missing crew member of the Solong, it adds. “The man arrested remains in custody at this time whilst enquiries are under way, and we continue speaking with all those involved to establish the full circumstances of the incident.” Admin Reply |
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