Guess??? Baltimore Maritime Disaster: How Did This Catastrophe Happen?

[laksaboy]

No mainstream news outlet has mentioned that the master of the ship is Ukrainian?

 

[orh mee suah]

The ship had a crew of 22 members, all of whom were Indian - NDTV

Singapore must be proud. They are her favourite people.

 

[Rabbit7]

Normally ships of this size would be equipped with a variable pitch propeller that can reverse without stopping the main engines.
But the fact that black smoke just belches from the funnels, indicates a restart of the main engines.
For the engines to stop mid operations, indicates either incompetence for forgetting to maintain restart air vessel pressure, or they're doing some special operations in the engine room that tripped the main engines.
Pilot appears not at fault because ship is not responsive.
The CECAkroaches effects strikes again.

Edit:
Now that I've gotten to watch the video of the incident, it is now clearer that the generators tripped out. Why did that happen?
Probably they were putting another generator online and during synchronization and that's where it may have gone wrong. Normally ships synchronize automatically and has no issues. But if itchy fingers want to do it manually, it's very difficult and may fail.
When the generators tripped, the main engines driving the ship also trips.
The black smoke that you see are them restarting the generators.
The ship didn't stand a chance because restarting the main engines require at least 5 mins to set up, eg start all auxillary systems and start sequence.

..this same ship was also involved in a previous collision incident, yes ?
Was the cause of the collision similar ?

Ultimately, Who will Take the Full Responsibility ?

Will the Ship management Company, simply liquidate and managers walk away ?

How many years will such Legal Wranglings last ?

 

[Hightech88]

Ship was built in South Korea.

It's about operations and and maintenance by the crew.

These CECA farkers are known to be incompetent and will blame machinery and everything except themselves.

 

[Rabbit7]

No mainstream news outlet has mentioned that the master of the ship is Ukrainian?

To the Mariners here in the Forum,

How prevalent are the "Tua Pek Kong" Practice being adopted, still, in the Marine Industry ?

Certified Officers may lack the Practical SeamanShip Skills, so only provide the Papers to comply, but the Actual Handling of the Ship is done by lesser-paper-qualified-but more practical expericed Crew ?

How Difficult, is it to forensic-find the many Fake Certifications in the Marine Staffing Industry ?

How Easy is it to get Fake-Certified Officers ?

 

[Loofydralb]

..this same ship was also involved in a previous collision incident, yes ?
Was the cause of the collision similar ?

Ultimately, Who will Take the Full Responsibility ?

Will the Ship management Company, simply liquidate and managers walk away ?

How many years will such Legal Wranglings last ?

It's a different ship.

Anyways the insurance company is in deep shit.
It'll cost billions.
And for sure some of those officers on board will be going to jail.

 

[laksaboy]

It's a different ship.

Anyways the insurance company is in deep shit.
It'll cost billions.
And for sure some of those officers on board will be going to jail.

American waters, so American jail. Those ah nehs can kiss goodbye to their anal virginity, assuming it was intact in the first place.

 

[Loofydralb]

American waters, so American jail. Those ah nehs can kiss goodbye to their anal virginity, assuming it was intact in the first place.

If they're convicted under federal law, they'll be in federal prison which is a lot better.
Though the asshole will tear is a given.

 

[laksaboy]

If they're convicted under federal law, they'll be in federal prison which is a lot better.
Though the asshole will tear is a given.

 

[syed putra]

And guess who were in charge of the ship that grounded and closed off the Suez just a few years ago?

CECAkroaches. Again.

That ship was under pilot control.

 

[syed putra]

Sinkieland-registered ship, act of terrorism. Brace yourselves for interesting times.

It's a act of war

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

My friend who is a bunker seller told me that engine problem was mostly caused by clean fuel as ships must use clean fuel at the port vicinity.

 

[laksaboy]

You can see a time lapse video clip of the ship moving in then turning sharply and hitting the bridge.

 

[blackmondy]

Many seafarers are pinoys so draw your own conclusions.

 

[laksaboy]

My friend who is a bunker seller told me that engine problem was mostly caused by clean fuel as ships must use clean fuel at the port vicinity.

'Clean'... according to the anti-carbon cultists? The ones who fantasize about their 'green' and 'sustainable' utopia.

 

[Pinkieslut]

And guess who were in charge of the ship that grounded and closed off the Suez just a few years ago?

CECAkroaches. Again.

They are very talented, no wonder SQ hiring so many Ceca pilots !

 

[mahjongking]

Nothing to worry about the CCP can rebuild that bridge in a week. All the USA has to do is swallow its pride and ask for help.

thats a pretty good idea....world peace will be guaranteed

 

[Rogue Trader]

When you let them operate expensive machinery

 

[rushifa666]

Read my post to see why

 

[Willamshakespear]

My friend who is a bunker seller told me that engine problem was mostly caused by clean fuel as ships must use clean fuel at the port vicinity.

Thanks for sharing. That is a VERY CRITICAL point & the insignificant nobody me am sure that the safety investigative officials - both local Americans & foreign, will look into as a consideration.

For Singaporeans simple understanding on type of fuels, eg -

Singapore has 3 grades of fuel for combustion engine cars - 92, 95, 98 octane fuel. Imagine if you drive a high performance car such as a Lamborghini, which petrol would you prefer? That car would need the highest OCTANE levels to maximize its performance. However, if 92 octane petrol is used, that car will not only under perform, it may cause some of the high performance functions to fail.,,


It's like the Human body. If one continues to eat fatty foods daily, the fats will clog the veins & arteries & prevent blood flow. As Human organs need the nutrients supplied by blood, such lack will cause those organs to fail, & eventually life itself.


To return to the Thread, most ships uses petrol rather than diesel, & often it is the lowest grade of petrol, cheapest & known as dirty fuel. With environment concerns, thus ships in port vicinity will need to be bunkered ( pump) with clean fuel.

However, the Dali, or sadly translated into Mandarin ( 大理 ) big & strong & now proven. It was built in Korea in 2015, & for such a massive & strong ship, only the best petrol will work the rest of the machineries in the ship - turbines, generators, gears, pistons, propellers, etc. Any lesser fuel use may render the ship loss of power.

Ultimately, the fault still lays with the owners & engineers of the vessel, as they would had long been appraised by the manufacturers on fuel type to use & if certain foreign ports do not allow such fuels use, then they should not enter such ports, as the result is evident on 26/3/2024 in Baltimore......