# MSC Opera coming alongside nice and easy **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [June 2, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710 "2019-06-02T20:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/1 "2019-06-02T20:55:57Z")
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**Author:** ![NH\_Domer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/nh_domer/32/8494_2.png) [@NH\_Domer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/NH_Domer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/2 "2019-06-02T21:06:13Z")
Sounds like the cruise industry has been under scrutiny in Venice: > **[Cruise ship rams into tourist boat, dock in Venice leaving several injured](https://www.foxnews.com/world/cruise-ship-plows-into-tourist-boat-in-venice)** > > Several people were injured after a towering, out-of-control cruise ship crashed into a tourist river boat and dock Sunday morning in Venice as tourists ran in panic as a ship's horn blared. ---
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/3 "2019-06-02T21:22:26Z")
![45306487_1918017371579843_815691916749307904_o](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/8/82d6a0d69e87fd2f2313d492a724984054e9e4fb.jpeg) Wonder why ? šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![NH\_Domer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/nh_domer/32/8494_2.png) [@NH\_Domer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/NH_Domer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/4 "2019-06-02T22:00:20Z")
Canā€™t blame them I guess. Wonder how much tourism would suffer though. ---
**Author:** ![Bayrunner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bayrunner/32/966_2.png) [@Bayrunner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bayrunner)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/5 "2019-06-03T00:48:19Z")
ā€œThe engine was lockedā€ What could that mean? Locked out by the computer? ---
**Author:** ![Tugboater203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/tugboater203/32/14108_2.png) [@Tugboater203](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugboater203)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/6 "2019-06-03T00:57:07Z")
Hereā€™s a different angle. Thereā€™s an over head shot on reddit for a passenger. > > > \#matteo ravagnan > **[r/CatastrophicFailure - Cruise ship crashes against a pier in Venice, Italy](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/bvvhhk/cruise_ship_crashes_against_a_pier_in_venice_italy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb&_branch_match_id=663896133689157209)** > > 2,589 votes and 342 comments so far on Reddit > **[r/CatastrophicFailure - Another view of Venice cruise ship fail from above](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/bvyw44/another_view_of_venice_cruise_ship_fail_from_above/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb&_branch_match_id=663896244016494960)** > > 304 votes and 43 comments so far on Reddit ---
**Author:** ![Kraken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kraken](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kraken)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/7 "2019-06-03T01:14:43Z")
Footage from the bridge ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Seadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/8 "2019-06-03T03:35:29Z")
> [@Bayrunner](#): > > ā€œThe engine was lockedā€ If I am not mistaken those ships utilize those propulsion pods. ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/9 "2019-06-03T03:58:22Z")
Is this becoming a habit? This one was a year ago. Both MSC Opera and MSC Armonia are Lirica class ---
**Author:** ![Heiwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/heiwa/32/1054_2.png) [@Heiwa](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Heiwa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/10 "2019-06-03T08:45:50Z")
I wonder if the Venice port authorities arrested the **Master** of MSC Operaā€¦ Because in Italy any **Master** of a ship is responsible for everything ā€¦ and if an Italian **Master** is involved in a mysterious incident the only solution, to improve safety at sea, is to put him in jail. [http://heiwaco.com/news8.htm#master](http://heiwaco.com/news8.htm#master) Of course the ship had an Italian pilot aboard but Italian pilots are not responsible for anything. I wonder how long this Italian comedy will last? ---
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/11 "2019-06-03T14:20:17Z")
I would say; The Pods controls frozed! Mechanic is mechanic ā€¦ I have had on approach or berthing; blackouts, engines that would not start or stop or would not reverse, CPP going from 0 to 10 without warning that snapped a 4ā€ mooring line that almost killed a linesman, thrusters froze at full away from the berth, anchors that would not drop, windlass brake that would not hold, piston rings or heavy scale going through the funnel in flames and falling off on our heads, tugs parting her cable or cable brake failure, mooring lines dropped right on the propeller, gangway falling off while climbing, gangway handrail falling off on the sea side while climbing, while underway a rudder indicator going in the opposite side of the wheel that finally froze hard over to end aground and rudder turn on the wrong side hundreds of times ā€¦ that I can remember ! šŸ˜€ ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/12 "2019-06-03T14:36:32Z")
Is your nickname Lucky? ---
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/13 "2019-06-03T14:59:07Z")
![Tugs-400pxl](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/2/2848793a4fafa846c13c1c12f3c1363723737d35.jpeg) What actually happened and what I wouldā€™ve Ā«tryĀ» to do while pushing down full the Emergency Stop Red Button ! The tugs were conventional twin screw 80 tons bollard pull ā€¦ touchy and not too good for harbor ship handling as compare to Z-Drive Tugs ! ---
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/14 "2019-06-03T15:26:02Z")
Business As Usual ! šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![NJcap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NJcap](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/NJcap)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/15 "2019-06-04T04:12:40Z")
A genuine hero prevented a near-certain fatality. In the first, bow on, video, several people are seen fleeing the tour boat as the bow of the cruise ship looms ever closer. The pier end of the gangway drops to the water at 0:17 with at least one person, possibly two, hanging on it as the cruise ship bow pushes the tour boat away from the pier. Someone leans out and pulls the person or persons (video is not clear) hanging on the gangway safely into the tour boat just before the cruise ship hull crushes the gangway. ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/16 "2019-06-04T04:57:02Z")
More footage here. That bow wire took the top of River Countessā€™s pilothouse right off before it broke. ---
**Author:** ![tomahawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@tomahawk](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tomahawk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/17 "2019-06-04T05:49:56Z")
As there have been no fatalitiesā€¦ One can safely askā€¦ Which is the more expensive production, My Song or the Opera? I am guessing My Song? ---
**Author:** ![Pilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pilot](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Pilot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/18 "2019-06-04T09:48:28Z")
Sounds like a long time Pilot. Seen everything also ---
**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/19 "2019-06-05T13:09:19Z")
Here is an interesting bit of background: [http://multicontrol.se/latest-newsongoing-projectshappenings-mcs/](http://multicontrol.se/latest-newsongoing-projectshappenings-mcs/) # Latest news,ongoing projects,happenings MCS _ **MCS commissionings of new generation Kongsberg/KaMeWa control systems** _ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/d/d0dbc04efeda4b11f756b99aabe19f9edbf5b6c8.jpeg) **MSC Opera. Mermaid Azipod control system upgraded.Canman system replaces Newman system.Systems installed,commissioned and seatrial. April.2019** ---
**Author:** ![By-C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/by-c/32/5504_2.png) [@By-C](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/By-C)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710/20 "2019-06-05T14:33:51Z")
Quite an Ā«upgradeĀ» !!! šŸ¤” [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/msc-opera-coming-alongside-nice-and-easy/51710.md?page=2)