A Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in a northern Japan harbour, then split in two and was leaking oil, but there were no injuries among the 21 crew and the oil leak was being controlled with no signs it had reached shore, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The 39,910-tonne vessel, the "Crimson Polaris," was carrying wood chips when it ran aground on Wednesday morning in Hachinohe harbour. It managed to free itself, but due to poor weather was unable to move far and ended up anchoring about 4 km (2.4 miles) out from the port.
The vessel, which was at the end of a voyage from Thailand, split in two early on Thursday, the Coast Guard said. An oil slick 5.1 km long by about 1 km wide was visible later in the day, but containment measures were being taken by patrol boats.
The vessel's two parts have not moved and are being closely monitored by patrol boats, and by late afternoon there had been no apparent major change in its situation, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
Well that’s not good. That’ll be a salvage operation at this point, correct? There’s no real way to put the two parts back together with a bunch of cables and winches, right?
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It never ceases to amaze me what these ships carry as cargo. The fact that it’s more economically sound to transport wood chips rather than just produce them yourself is equally amazing to me.
Wood chips…no shit. Wood chips
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Originally posted by trapper189: Well that’s not good. That’ll be a salvage operation at this point, correct? There’s no real way to put the two parts back together with a bunch of cables and winches, right?
Between the oil and the wood chips, they could have a helluva funeral pyre for it though.
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: That ship is nothing but scrap metal now.
How many Toyota trucks can they make from that ship?
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