Manslaughter Trial Begins for Captain of Solong Involved in Fiery Collision

[spowiednick]

@Binbag_the_Saylore

Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson.. summed it up: “I don’t believe Vladimir Motin’s ever given a truthful account about the events.”

@Binbag_the_Saylore

“He couldn’t explain or wouldn’t explain what he was doing,”
“His account has changed throughout the course of the investigation and throughout the course of the criminal trial.”

@spowiednick

Well, well dear Capt. What is above and what is below and the net result clearly indicate that either U tell us bullshit or some miracle happened , for example U had miracously fallen asleep due to for example exhaustion , what seems to be more plausible or may be U only immagined U were so highly trained and this particular scenario have rigorously tested your skills proving it was not the case. Cut the BS and tell me the truth otherwise the last residue of my sympathy and patience will be gone.

I am glad to agree with Chief Superintendent although he makes a statement having access to evidence while myself I am driven rather by my gut feeling.

The book I have mentioned previously is here and downloadable :

Legal aspects of Autonomous ships

The title of this thread seems obvious and yet I see a discussion drifting into some technical details and media accounts/announcements of what has been already achieved in this area. Of course i highly appreciate alias Ombugge great enthusiasm being myself huge believer that , there will be a day, such phenomenon like autonomous cargo ships ( not fancy multimilion dollar toys ) will colonise all seas and bring some profit to their owners. Alias Ombugge being an ace in research wil…

And this clip may be good reason for a whole new thread.

Master of MV Solong Convicted | Crew of Stena Immaculate Recount Their Experiences Onboard

The laudatory speech of Dr.Sal about Stena crew made my jaw dropped with a loud bang probably heard in North Carolina .

Alision v/s collisiion comes back and should make @Kennebec_Captain
extatic or at least bring Him in NIrvana state of mind.

His( Dr.Sal) “competent” explanation describing the condition of anchored vessel as fixed object has made my jaw drop with even lauder bang. From my experience the only thing that is fixed( excluding dragging) is the anchor and the rest is moving to the tune of currents and winds . That is why the OOW at the begining of anchor watch establieshes on the chart ( ecdis or paper ) the RADIUS according to industry standards and practice.

Watching and listening to it i got the impression I see a new improved version of maritime goebbels propaganda show- and it is a compliment not an attempt to trash his excellency the Author.

Stena crew have missed a GREAT chance of getting another medal and laudation for saving the life of " soon to be father" by keeping an anchor watch according to industry standards .
Imagine : repeated 5 short blast could draw the victim from the forcastle on to main deck to check wtf is going on and what this noise is all about . Suspect that a quick glance around wolud cause him hightail in the oposite dirrection away from danger with warp speed .

Some appear to treat colregs in the same way as USA is treating UNCLOS.
When it is convinient we follow the rules , when it is not we have our own theory and our own moral compass.

Anchor watch and watch keeping: pls examine STCW( minimum standards)

Colregs: pls examine regs pertaining to ships at anchor( sounds , shapes, lights)

Sounds( mcy signals )

Comms: gmdss and use of VHSs for ship to ship ,ship to shore , comms in the areas under shore supervision both radar and comms.

The one comment I loved most :" we almost put the fire out but this " sonofabitch - my remark, seperated the vessels by kicking astern.

I see a myth is already growing . But a good tip, as having the engine in good order able to separate it means Motin( sounds like putin) could have used the same good working engine to execute a crash manouvere what he did not of course .

Captain of Solong Gets Six Years as Court Cites “Complacency and Arrogance"