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MV Mol Comfort sinking
MV Mol Comfort sinking
Anybody following this story ?
http://gcaptain.com/mol-box-ship-suffer ... -off-yeme/
http://www.vesselfinder.com/news/1277-M ... re-onboard
She left Singapore in June fully loaded and broke her back off Yemen. Stern sank after a few days and the bow has now gone after a serious fire despite salvage attempts. Sobering thought if you are shipping your worldly possessions home. Hope nobody on here has suffered. Guess it's why insurance is pretty important !
http://gcaptain.com/mol-box-ship-suffer ... -off-yeme/
http://www.vesselfinder.com/news/1277-M ... re-onboard
She left Singapore in June fully loaded and broke her back off Yemen. Stern sank after a few days and the bow has now gone after a serious fire despite salvage attempts. Sobering thought if you are shipping your worldly possessions home. Hope nobody on here has suffered. Guess it's why insurance is pretty important !
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That's going to have every shipping company on edge. A ship barely five years old, and a mega container ship at that... 8000 containers (TEU's). Thanks for posting.
Edit: It's "only" 4500 containers.
Edit: It's "only" 4500 containers.
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I was following it for a while ..
So far, conclusion: improper loading.
GCaptain site has updated information .. well, once the fore sank, I don't know what else is there to update ..
Good job on the Indian Coast Guard though, for tailing the ship all the way until it went down ..
They got some wonderful gear I guess ..
From GCaptain ..

PS: there is rampant rumors that the ship was freighting weapons for Syria Rebels, or Syrian Govt - depending upon whose version you see, and for former, it was sunk by Russian Sub, and for latter, God's Grace sunk it .. etc. etc.
So far, conclusion: improper loading.
GCaptain site has updated information .. well, once the fore sank, I don't know what else is there to update ..
Good job on the Indian Coast Guard though, for tailing the ship all the way until it went down ..
They got some wonderful gear I guess ..
From GCaptain ..

PS: there is rampant rumors that the ship was freighting weapons for Syria Rebels, or Syrian Govt - depending upon whose version you see, and for former, it was sunk by Russian Sub, and for latter, God's Grace sunk it .. etc. etc.

Nice idea but unlikely as that would have meant the weapons were loaded here and would be very difficult for the PAP boys to explain. The damage also looks like fatigue caused by the prevailing sea conditions rather than torpedoes !ecureilx wrote:
PS: there is rampant rumors that the ship was freighting weapons for Syria Rebels, or Syrian Govt - depending upon whose version you see, and for former, it was sunk by Russian Sub, and for latter, God's Grace sunk it .. etc. etc.
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone gets to dance with the grim reaper.
Then again, another source pointed out that the German's perfected a way of delivering a sly shot to just break the back of the shipTravailes wrote:Nice idea but unlikely as that would have meant the weapons were loaded here and would be very difficult for the PAP boys to explain. The damage also looks like fatigue caused by the prevailing sea conditions rather than torpedoes !ecureilx wrote:
PS: there is rampant rumors that the ship was freighting weapons for Syria Rebels, or Syrian Govt - depending upon whose version you see, and for former, it was sunk by Russian Sub, and for latter, God's Grace sunk it .. etc. etc.

Well, I am not a mariner, but have read enough and been on cargo ships and stood around, to agree to Improper loading....
BTW, sad to see sailors reaching dry land, with just about only this much .. tough life as sailors ..
Pic from GCaptain ..

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Tough life but well paid. I know many. Spent a lot of time offshore. Also have local uncle here who did 20 in the merchant marines has fully paid up 7 bedroom jumbo in Marsiling, put five children through university, etc. and his wife never worked.
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Actually life is pretty good in the merchant marines. Especially since the advent of good communications, etc. Not like when I worked offshore from the mid-70's through the mid-90's. And the only reason men go to sea IS because the money is good.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
But, still ships go down in minutes, and leave no time for you to gather your stuff ..sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually life is pretty good in the merchant marines. Especially since the advent of good communications, etc. Not like when I worked offshore from the mid-70's through the mid-90's. And the only reason men go to sea IS because the money is good.
Life on the fast lane, eh ?
And you still have your "DITCH BAG" ??


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My daughter likes it. At least up till the time she got promoted last year. Now she's stuck on the beach in Angola for her hitch. Previous to that she was the rig admin on the big Maersk Drilling Double derrick semisubs the Deliverer & Discovery - she worked on both in KepFels when they were being built as a document controller (local service contractor) and after the 2nd one finished they ask her to ride the vessel out for seatrials and Maersk offered her a position with Maersk. She called me from offshore Thailand and asked me what to do. She's been with Maersk since 2009 now.
In fact she just went back to Angola on Tuesday.

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How I remember that, except I worked for a Service Company so we got it once a month only!Hannieroo wrote:Poor buggers. I wonder if it's any different for sailors now? I know offshore have Internet and all sorts now. No once a fortnight sat phone home.


SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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