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Bill Turner

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Re: Stricken Car Transport Vessell

taztastic wrote:
I don't know which models or manufacturers are involved but I imagine that a ship at that angle, its cargo wont be individually lashed in place and it will be a mess inside.

Hi Taz,

Those of us who can watch daytime TV will have seen a series of 10 programmes about the English Channel called "Channel Patrol"dealing with the RN, RNLI, Coastguard fishing etc.
Also an episode about the container port and vehicle shipping docks showing one of these big vessels and every car, truck digger etc. was fastened down.
All the vehicles had a pre planned position and were at a max of 300 mm spacing,
Have just checked BBC I Player and these programmes have expired but the IT experts among the forum may be able to access them somehow.

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5th Jan 2015 3:02 pm

taztastic

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hi Bill
Yes, I have read somewhere since that all the vehicles are 'tethered' usually by straps attached to the towing eyes, we know the Land Rover products towing eyes are very robust, I wonder how the others fair

Sounds like a longer salvage operation than expected and lets hope it all comes good in the end

5th Jan 2015 4:50 pm

ad210358

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I often see these heading down to Southampton, usually a few on the Dock at Southampton awaiting shipment.

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5th Jan 2015 5:05 pm

dilwyn

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Bill's programme Channel Patrol still avail on You-tube - Episode 9 - about 19mins in.

5th Jan 2015 5:14 pm

Maxxed_Ross

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Craddocks just posted that there are 1,200 Jaguar Land Rover vehicles on it

5th Jan 2015 6:58 pm

taztastic

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Daily Fail article with some detail here

5th Jan 2015 7:32 pm

LR NUT

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5th Jan 2015 7:32 pm

npinks

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Hopefully they be repairable abit of spit and polish, few kilos of silica gel instead of seat foam and a few Smelly pine trees to mask to dead cod in the boot Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

5th Jan 2015 8:35 pm

Dartman the one

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Interesting, Svitzer is owned by Maersk the original owner of the ship, and maybe still the actual owner, ref Taz post[/url] my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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5th Jan 2015 10:25 pm

Spoke

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Many years ago I worked for a Japanese car importer and a transporter ship went down near Gibraltar. They were only interested in salvaging the ship & so pushed all the vehicles out and left them at the bottom of the sea.

6th Jan 2015 8:14 am

Maxxed_Ross

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wasn't there a car transported that sank in the channel a few years ago that was salvaged by cutting it into chunks with a huge cheese wire?

I remember seeing pictures of the cars still strapped to the decks - but now cut in half

6th Jan 2015 8:58 am

Dartman the one

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That one had a collision, either surface or wreck. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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6th Jan 2015 9:11 am

taztastic

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Reports are saying most of the vehicles on board will be scrapped

22nd Jan 2015 6:56 pm

dunkley201

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We will soon find out - she is now back in port at Southampton. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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22nd Jan 2015 11:39 pm

dorsetfreelander

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I read somewhere that a JCB digger bucket swung loose and punched a hole in the hull but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere since.

24th Jan 2015 9:34 am

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