Stena Immaculate Crew Honored with Gallant Ship Award Following Deadly Tanker Collision

Maritime News Marine Incidents
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What can I say.
I had no other option and despite warning banners , there are other similar threads i had no choice but to open a new thread, what I was very reluctant to do as it is like opening a can of worms.

The reasons of my reluctance and anxiety are below:

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All threads on the issue closed with 5x supersonic speed in contrast with some other accident threads that are still in accessible condition. Weird.
Such a great topic .

" The 23-member crew was awarded the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Gallant Ship Award during National Maritime Day observances in Washington, D.C., recognizing what MARAD described as extraordinary professionalism, courage and seamanship during the March 10, 2025 incident. "

I am not sure .No it can not be . I need to pinch myself real hard.

But what I am interested in is all that happened prior all this gallant and heroic action .
On that issue the article is silent with one only exception here:

:" Prosecutors said the anchored Stena Immaculate had been visible on radar for 36 minutes before impact, yet Motin failed to take action to avoid the collision ."

36 minutes only??? with speed ca 15 kts and Solong 1 radar at 12 miles range off center and another one at 6 Nm may be off center or not she could have been seen for 60 minutes easily.

But Solong was invisible and as per all early , multiple articles and witness press statement appeared out of the blue, out of fog like a ghost, poltergeist or even philippino MUMU .

The preliminary report mentioned , that on both ships there was no dedicated lookout, most complained that Solong did not warn Stena about the impending collision.

Sure thing.

That means to me, we have another case where "expectation bias " is to blame .
The Stena watchkeeping officer on the bridge ( if he was there ) was expecting to be warned by the other vessel aiming at him deliberately or not for abut 1 hr and he could see nothing on the radars ( ARPA/AIS) and through fog patches and many other things he could do not.

Expectation bias may turn out to be , an all encompassing explanation .Fits perfectly to Ever Forward too.

This is a joke.

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The first post in the “on fire off UK” was 10 March, that thread was closed on 3 April when the Interim report came out. If you wish to continue some discussion from a closed thread, start a new one with a link to the old thread.

Starting a new thread (assuming there’s something new to say) is more likely to revive the discussion then tacking onto an old, long inactive thread.

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Noted. But your advise /info here

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resulted in this , upon clicking the link: you have created Herr K.C.

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How do i know mine will not lead to the
UUUUPS page. Many uuupses here .
So what heppened to my post answered by another moderaror Herr @jbtam99 . Can not find it in search options. It is confusing.

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Hey dude.

From my chair it looks your thread has already been derailed intentionally or not.

From experience it may be flagged as off topic or other reasons by:

community - single or multiple users not liking your post or filling offended. You will never know who did it.

system

Ai bot/assistant

Moderator/Staff

or be deleted in " one second "

You may be informed or not about such action via PM, that your post has been hidden but you will see the content, or removed and you will not be able to see the content any more. Depends.

You may be given a chance to reedit - watch for " pencil " button. You have little time to do it.

You will be advised to see the " community guidelines" or rules.

By studying the content of this site longer instead of participating at once, what I would advise, you will discover more then one rule.

The most important rule of all is not not piss off the government with your excentric thinking and obstinacy to hold your ground.

Have read your starter in other closed already thread and strongly advise to check if your " DELETE ACCOUNT " button is still active atherwise your only option is to be:

suspended untill, with your avatar smeared with outrageous accusations that you will not be able to appeal due to SIGN IN block.

or banned.

Do not use the site edditor to write your bs or novels. Use your private edditor then copy paste.

Whish you good luck and if your " delete account " option is gone, then you have been shanghaied like in good old times .

If you are kicked out, your content - bs or not, otherwise called :slight_smile: intellectual property will be impounded and will remain site property.

Always save entire controversial topics in pdf or other formats in case you need to appeal sth.

Make sure who reads your PMs. Suggest using emails.

Solong :slight_smile: