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Container Ship Capsizes in Belgian Port
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Photo Credit: International Marine Consultancy
According to the Herald Tribune, a large container ship capsized during loading Thursday in Belgian port city Antwerp, officials said. No injuries were reported. The cause of the capsizing of the Republica di Genova, a roll on/roll off vessel of the London-based Grimaldi Lines, was not immediately clear, authorities said. Grimaldi Group vessels carry containers and Fiat cars from Italy to Antwerp. Port of Antwerp Captain Jan Persi said the 215-meter-long (705-foot-long) vessel slowly rolled onto its starboard side in a dead end dock early in the morning. He said the ship began taking on water and that the captain ordered the crew to evacuate. The white-and-yellow vessel lay resting on its side, part of its hull above the waterline in the dock.
Shipping in and out of the Verrebroekdock was halted, but not on the Scheldt River that links Antwerp to the North Sea. Source: Herald Tribune
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Photo Credit: International Marine Consultancy
According to the Herald Tribune, a large container ship capsized during loading Thursday in Belgian port city Antwerp, officials said. No injuries were reported. The cause of the capsizing of the Republica di Genova, a roll on/roll off vessel of the London-based Grimaldi Lines, was not immediately clear, authorities said. Grimaldi Group vessels carry containers and Fiat cars from Italy to Antwerp. Port of Antwerp Captain Jan Persi said the 215-meter-long (705-foot-long) vessel slowly rolled onto its starboard side in a dead end dock early in the morning. He said the ship began taking on water and that the captain ordered the crew to evacuate. The white-and-yellow vessel lay resting on its side, part of its hull above the waterline in the dock.
Shipping in and out of the Verrebroekdock was halted, but not on the Scheldt River that links Antwerp to the North Sea. Source: Herald Tribune
Must be the perspective , but that thing looks like it's(was) as tall as it was long. (Red=bottom paint, yellow= sides, white=superstructure). Phew. The captain & loading officer(?) must be practicing "Fries with that?" now.
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Let's see now. Was it one container to starboard and one port, or was it two to port and one to starboard? I always get this mixed up.
Once you figure out what the picture is, it is quite an incredible picture. Too bad those boats are in the view on the left side.
ps. Look at http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/369873.jpg for a different view.
ps. Look at http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/369873.jpg for a different view.
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so, is she laying on her starboard side?
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Hello... yeah, about that new unloading method you wanted us to try out...yeah..uhm...its does unload a lot quicker, but you forgot to mention how to right the boat.