Oil tanker v Cargo ship.

[blup]

Indeed, they may well have had a hand in the Nordstream sabotage.

Bernards post #19 shows a strange change of direction in tne period before it hit the tanker.

 

[Odds]

Indeed, they may well have had a hand in the Nordstream sabotage.

I thought that was a ukranian caper?

 

[fillyboy]

I thought that was a ukranian caper?

So did I.

 

[fillyboy]

I thought that was a ukranian caper?

I was replying to

but we've yet to hear the zellenski conspiracy theory.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Bernards post #19 shows a strange change of direction in tne period before it hit the tanker.

No, that was the track after collision - compare it to @motorbikings post #34...

 

[denso13]

Bernards post #19 shows a strange change of direction in tne period before it hit the tanker.

Not really, as above, the first change of direction is where the collision took place.

 

[RandomGrinch]

From what I can see, there really isn't any need to incite conspiracy theories (at least not yet!).
Albeit based on some older reports, about 45% of marine casualties involved collision and of those...

Reading through MAIB reports can be fascinating if you're interested in human factors engineering. Poor bridge management, use of technology and watch keeping is common in these incidents.

Besides, antagonising the US would probably be the last thing that Putin would want at this point.

 

[denso13]

From what I can see, there really isn't any need to incite conspiracy theories (at least not yet!).

Like most conspiracy theories, there would be better ways of doing it, if it was intended.

 

[Brigadier]

Surely modern ships have sysems in place to set and maintain paths automatically? And the ship struck was not moving, so no adjustments required.

For some reason, this put me in mind of the (supposedly true, and definitely funny) stuff that some people put on their insurance claims.

"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him."

 

[Lower]

Captain of the Solong is a Russian national. Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day.

 

[RandomGrinch]

For some reason, this put me in mind of the (supposedly true, and definitely funny) stuff that some people put on their insurance claims.

"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him."

 

[Doug99]

A Russian sea captain rams an American tanker loaded with US Air Force jet fuel.
It will make for an interesting chat between Trump and Putin during the Ukrainian peace talks.

 

[Brigadier]

It will make for an interesting chat between Trump and Putin during the Ukrainian peace talks.

"Pillow talk", more like

 

[motorbiking]

So, the tide was a factor in the accident or not?

A factor? What do you mean? did it cause them to go off course and hit an anchored ship? That would be beyond incompetence.

 

[motorbiking]

Bernards post #19 shows a strange change of direction in tne period before it hit the tanker.

Not when you overlay the original location of the immaculate. Bernard's post shows a move of 0.3NM. 500M. it's highly possible that the anchor dragged that much.