US-flagged oil tanker collides with Portuguese-flagged container ship in North Sea

[Guenther]

A US-flagged oil tanker, Stena Immaculate, and a Portuguese-flagged container ship, Solong, collided in the North Sea off the coast of the United Kingdom!

The British coast guard confirmed to that it received reports of the collision at 9:48 a.m. on Monday. Authorities are assessing the situation as response efforts continue.

The collision has potential environmental consequences, depending if and how much the tanker could spill into the sea.

Container ship collides with anchored US-flagged oil tanker in North Sea

A Portuguese container ship has collided with a U.S.-flagged oil tanker while the tanker was anchored in the North Sea, with both ships catching on fire, officials said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Humungus]

It’s because big res ships are so hard to see.

 

[Jenny]

"Solong" and C'est La Vie cargo.

 

[45cal1911]

@Dirl

The fuck did you do bro? You can’t steer a boat for shit.

 

[Dirl]

@Dirl

The fuck did you do bro? You can’t steer a boat for shit.

In short: I was trying to do the same shit of cutting internet cables with the anchor, but it turns out the anchor got stuck on a rock and we were left there, neither moving forward nor backward. The Americans were distracted watching another Trump speech and didn't see us.

It's all good, no one was hurt. The company has already contacted me and I just had to say it was Putin's fault, they believed and even gave me a raise.

In the end, this is what happens when you follow the theories of someone who has never seen water in their life like @Bad Hippo .

 

[GuanoLoco]

9/11 with boats! Gotta Love the creativity of these bastards!

 

[Harumph]

The North Sea is clearly another Fat Man Squeeze!

 

[trooncel]

the thinq that horrifys me is the ones rescued went to qrimsby.... id rather stay on the boat thanks !

 

[Jenny]

the thinq that horrifys me is the ones rescued went to qrimsby.... id rather stay on the boat thanks !

Doubtful, even with a respirator unless the drift also went to this Grimsby place.

 

[wiggins]

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A US-flagged oil tanker, Stena Immaculate, and a Portuguese-flagged container ship, Solong, collided in the North Sea off the coast of the United Kingdom!

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The British coast guard confirmed to that it received reports of the collision at 9:48 a.m. on Monday. Authorities are assessing the situation as response efforts continue.

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The collision has potential environmental consequences, depending if and how much the tanker could spill into the sea.

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Container ship collides with anchored US-flagged oil tanker in North Sea

A Portuguese container ship has collided with a U.S.-flagged oil tanker while the tanker was anchored in the North Sea, with both ships catching on fire, officials said.

abcnews.go.com

Well, I guess it's So Long Stenna Immaculate...

 

[wiggins]

The words keep adding up:

• Hull
• So Long
• Port of Killingholme

It was all doomed from the start...

 

[dwdays]

Has Trump blown up the Portuguese ship yet?

 

[Jenny]

Well, I guess it's So Long Stenna Immaculate...

They charged the Captain with manslaughter I read & also there's plastic nurdles everywhere & that's really bad news for the ecosystem near that estuary. 😕 Even if they conclude this was done on purpose they won't necessarily say.

 

[wiggins]

They charged the Captain with manslaughter I read & also there's plastic nurdles everywhere & that's really bad news for the ecosystem near that estuary. 😕 Even if they conclude this was done on purpose they won't necessarily say.

Plastic Nurdles are the worst aren't they?

 

[Solomon Kane]

Chinese captains,

 

[hedgerow]

i hate plastic nurdles and chinese captains equally

 

[Unethical Gynecologist]

All that water, all that space and you still managed to hit another boat.

 

[Jenny]

Plastic Nurdles are the worst aren't they?

Unfortunately... they go completely up the food chain through & to humans. All the dead birds & fish are gross to see & smell (happened a few times when we lived on the waterfront of the Long Island Sound actually) but, then the other animals that subsist off the fish & creatures near that estuary will starve slowly. It's not a quick death for any of the living creatures dependent on that eco system either. It's not as bad looking to the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill but, that was crude, those animals actually died quicker than nurdles choke out an ecosystem. That tanker was carrying much more expensive petrol product that was all ready refined, jet fuel. Some military airplanes might not be able to fly for a bit I guess but, enjoy the microplastics since they didn't burn up somehow. Yum. Mmm. Microplastics. 😩