This doesn't look good - capsized HMA carrier

[canucklehead604]

if you were waiting for your G70 to arrive from Korea, this is likely not the news you wanted to see:

Coast Guard Finds Four Trapped Crew Members in Capsized Cargo Ship


i'm curious to hear what the heck happened to capsize a piloted vessel like this!

 

[Bourbonncigars]

From the article:

"The most common cause of a ship capsizing is cargo instability"

Must have had all the 3.3's on one side and the 2.0's on the other.

 

[EdP]

if you were waiting for your G70 to arrive from Korea, this is likely not the news you wanted to see:

Coast Guard Finds Four Trapped Crew Members in Capsized Cargo Ship


i'm curious to hear what the heck happened to capsize a piloted vessel like this!

Glad they got the crew out. I have to wonder if the Cargo officer will still have a job after cause is determined.

 

[ninjastar687]

I guess no additional 2020 models anytime soon for those waiting...

 

[tarhoosier]

This happened to a Mazda ship in 2008. All the vehicles were crushed/shredded because the company could not take the chance that even some parts of the cars might reach retail market and lead to problems.

Mazda begins destroying 4,703 vehicles from Cougar Ace accident - LeftLaneNews

 

[Tonester]

Sure hope everyone is safe aboard this ship, still 4 left to rescue! Can't imagine what that would feel like being trapped in this vessel upside down! It says a fire started and was unable to be controlled; eerily similar to the dive boat off the California coast that caught fire last week.

And 4200 cars on board, wow! I wonder if this is a total loss or some cars recoverable...?? Thanks @canucklehead604 for posting this. Let us know if you hear anything else.

 

[EdP]

Sure hope everyone is safe aboard this ship, still 4 left to rescue! Can't imagine what that would feel like being trapped in this vessel upside down! It says a fire started and was unable to be controlled; eerily similar to the dive boat off the California coast that caught fire last week.

And 4200 cars on board, wow! I wonder if this is a total loss or some cars recoverable...?? Thanks @canucklehead604 for posting this. Let us know if you hear anything else.

Cars that went in the water will be scrapped. Meantime, Todd is on his way. wrenches in hand, to get a new turbo for cheap.

I'd think they would salvage a lot of parts from them if the body was totaled.

 

[NLJ]

This happened to a Mazda ship in 2008. All the vehicles were crushed/shredded because the company could not take the chance that even some parts of the cars might reach retail market and lead to problems.

Mazda begins destroying 4,703 vehicles from Cougar Ace accident - LeftLaneNews

I remember that very clearly cause we were planning on buying a CX-3 and they told us that the wait was a few months. So we passed on it!

 

[ctrcbob]

Some cars were offloaded in Brunswick. Only cars going to Baltimore were on the ship.

Would not be surprised if ship offloaded some cars on the West Coast first.

 

[pulsar]

My wife told me this morning my 2020 was probably on that ship. Supposedly this ship had Hyundai vehicles from the US made factory that after the next stop in Baltimore were ultimately destined to the Middle East area. Have not heard any actual Korean made cars were on the ship?

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[sethsquire]

Cars that went in the water will be scrapped. Meantime, Todd is on his way. wrenches in hand, to get a new turbo for cheap.

I'd think they would salvage a lot of parts from them if the body was totaled.

LOL, Todd's donning a scuba suit as we speak.

 

[clark1566]

I went down to Jekyll Island last weekend and saw the ship. Pictures don't do it justice. That ship is huge and looks like it is lying in about 6 inches of water!

 

[Rmsanger]

I'm less worried about the cars and more about the pollutants entering the water. I hope they are able to mitigate that mostly.

 

[tarhoosier]

Cutting begins on Golden Ray's engine section

Salvage crews began cutting before dawn Wednesday on the engine section of the Golden Ray, a thick anchor chain shearing its way up through thick layers of solid steel under

thebrunswicknews.com

Chain cutting through the capsized ship near Brunswick Georgia harbor. Slow business.

 

[pulsar]

Would be cool to see a documentary on this process. Too bad drone operators can’t get good aerial video of this process. Not sure of the logic prohibiting them since this is not a fire or first responder emergency issue? The damn boat has been capsized more than a year so obviously no emergency here.

 

[canucklehead604]

a Discovery Channel docu on this would be epic. 'engineering marvels', or whatever you want to call it. doubt that will happen due to the underwriters nixing the idea. but the construction engineering involved is probably both novel and highly specialized. just look at that framework truss to support the suspended cranes...wild stuff. pricey, too

i watched the remediation docu for the Costa Concordia. cool stuff. as an Engineer by training i geek out on that stuff