[image] 20 Rescued After Cargo Ship 'MSC Baltic III' Runs Aground Off Newfoundland Coast A cargo vessel lost power and ran aground off Newfoundland’s coast today, prompting an emergency evacuation of all crew members. The MSC Baltic III issued a MAYDAY call on Saturday... Est. r…

[image] Jughead: I would have thought the windlass specifications would be to lift the combined weight of anchor and all the cable. Is that not so? Not even close. Some even struggle with more than three shackles (shots) of dead weight. The only solution to that (besides slipping the whole t…

Update: [image] Canadian Coast Guard Monitoring 'MSC Baltic III' Grounding in Newfoundland The Canadian Coast Guard continues to monitor the grounded cargo vessel MSC Baltic III off Newfoundland’s coast, with the CCGS Ann Harvey arriving on scene Monday to conduct initial assessments...…

The explanation is in the link above [image] It explains well but I see only one person opened the link to find out what it contains.

Feb. 17, the American salvage crew hired by MSC did manage to get aboard the MSC Baltic III, but Bruce English, the senior response officer with the Canadian Coast Guard’s Marine Environmental and Hazards, said more assessment of the ship needs to be done before a plan can be formulated. Feb. 19, a…

I missed the link and that is new requirement of class since I retired. Might have saved some repairs if the weak link had been around in the early 70’s. Initially we anchored VLCC’s by walking the anchor out then disconnecting the clutch and letting the chain run controlled by the brake as per norm…

ICE NAVIGATION IN CANADIAN WATERS 4.3.1 Superstructure Icing : ʺIt is important to maintain the anchor windlass free of ice so that the anchor may be dropped in case of emergency. Constant spray entering the hawse pipes may freeze solid inside the pipe, also anchors stowed in recessed pockets may …

[image] By-C: It is a good practice in freezing spray «to leave anchors slightly lowered in the hawse pipe in order to free them from ice accretion when needed». Observations from one Aleutian operation: The problem with that is that freezing spray=rough seas, and rough seas mean that anchor…

[image] Doubting Thomas: I see only one person opened the link to f Those link counts are not reliable. The way I ordinarily open links does not register.

Thanks. Wonder why ? Have observed any time I click on the link and it opens the register is increaisng by “1”

20 Rescued After Cargo Ship 'MSC Baltic III' Runs Aground Off Newfoundland Coast

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20 Rescued After Cargo Ship 'MSC Baltic III' Runs Aground Off Newfoundland Coast

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