Car carrier stuck on the bank in Southampton tonight
 

Slightly dented new car anyone?

Oh bugger! Where is that will we see it tomorrow?

Maybe free to join us on the Nacho run..?

I'd guess Bramble.?

I've got high water at 22:30, but looking on the ship finder App...there's a few tugs around there at the moment.!!

3 tugs and a patrol vessel on hand.
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Thats the skippers ticket gone!Regards Jim

That's quite a list on her, wonder how much of the cargo will have shifted - will possibly make re-floating a substantial challenge.

Interesting AIS track, she appeared to do a U turn

-Alex

SAR helo on station now.

All crew safe, one suffered broken leg. Apparently the ship has listed more in the early hours, I reckon its going to tip if all those cars have shifted when tide comes in, what a mess, ferry delays and no large ships can enter or exit at the moment.

One newspaper quoteing navigation system failure and another quoting mechanical failure, maybe autopilot went wrong, very strange type of failure, I would have thought in this area the large ships woulnt be on autopilot and would be manually manovered with a pilot on board. Will be interesting to hear what happenned, at least crew ok.

My money's on a ballast system failure and a rapid heeling moment as she rounded the bank. Check out the Cougar Ace ballast system malfunction five years ago off Alaska...

hampshire police marine unit tweeted that the is 100m exclusion zone, that's not a lot

That's well on the bank and I don't reckon it will be afloat anytime soon, we are coming into spring tides and that will be the best time, but not for a few days,, how do you rock something that big, my thought is that they will try slew it round but the tides up now and it's nowhere near floating, best of luck to them


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The crew didn't all get off by helicopter either....

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater

I know one case where rudder jammed at a steep angel due to broken relay, not possible to override on the bridge. It takes plenty of time before manual override can be done from engine rom. Thats one possible cause.

There isn't much change in the level of high tide this week!

https://www.ukho.gov.uk/easytide/easy...%2fLFpYDKrsEJk

And not being heeded either :)

The Hoegh Osaka (previously Maersk Wind) in better days.

Just the sort of incident you'd see reported here:
The Law Offices of Countryman & McDaniel
Sadly, it's no longer updated.😞

I popped out to it from Poole earlier today, damn cold out today, saw a lot of ribs heading for yarmouth and the nacho run. Took some pics of the vessel aground, very dramatic up close.