That little tug looks like a swordfish on the line.
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That ship is SCREAMING into that berth! 8 knots? Maybe more? Bowthruster would be useless at that speed. Tugs were just along for the ride
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Wow! I guess you had to look fast. Pity.
ETA Never mind, it was just my copy that broke.
The chadburn got stuck or what?
The newest video shows how much she torqued in the end, right before contact.
If those cages are 25 feet long I make it around 200 ft/s or somewhere in the range of eleven knots.
looks speed up. take a look at the truck in the bottom left at 39 seconds.
The crane in the first video took 14 seconds to collapse from first contact. In the longer cut the crane only takes 4 seconds to collapse. So its just about 3.5 times faster. The 0.25 playback speed is the closest.
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I was thinking the same thing when you see how fast the gantry drops versus the other video
Crap. Well that explains why so little wake.
I can’t find it now, but there was an AIS replay on Facebook today and it looked like the ship was doing around 6 knots when it was right alongside the pier.
The seven visible yellow track-points are the incoming route, with their speed,
from the port entry:
9.4 knots — 6.4 — 5.1 — 5.7 — 6.2 — 5.8 — 5.3
The red track is after the crash.
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From another news source, she was coming out of drydock, having been repaired for an earlier accident.
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Typical error, much speed for approach, as the result, the stern hit the berth. On the picture we can see that everything was done to push the stern off-hard port +best kick, too late.
Rudder to starboard and full astern. With a right handed prop it is wheeling itself efficiently towards the berth. As can be seen on the picture the ship is in a position to go ahead and make a go-around so to speak, like an aircraft.
Nobody on the bridge, including the harbour pilot, haven’t got a clue what to do…
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Low-speed diesel and two tugs, take a while to stop the engine and restart ahead. Might need to run a simulator to see if it could be done.
Another option might be stop pulling the bow out and make a flat landing. It was partly bad luck they landed that far aft of the parallel body where the stern has enough over-hang to reach the crane.
Be a tough call in real time I’d think.
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A flat landing is a serious possibility providing that the ship could be stopped in time to avoid a collision with the ship berthed ahead. It is getting a bit tight for that and you need a crew with maneuvering savvy. Those tugs don’t seem to be of big help either.
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The vsl is just from dry dock! What a mess!!! And moreover it happened day time😞
Right about the tube of impact, a huge plume of black smoke is seen. Maybe due to them starting ahead then putting the stick right to full ahead?
I’ve been to Busan several times, in my experience the pilots there are good.
One thing about the tugs, I’ve had pilots in other ports tell me that having the tugs on such long leads makes it more difficult because the the orders to the tugs have long delays in the response time.
As the ship closes with the pier with the prop turning counterclockwise, the rudder in hard right position is helping the stern swing to port.