Collision: HANJIN ITALY & AL GHARRAFA

[cesarloque]

Collision in the Malacca Strait liberian-Flagged 349 m. container vessel "Hanjin Italy"  collided with 314 m. LNG tanker " Al Gharrafa"

PLAY: http://www.localizatodo.com/mapa/?zoom=14&latitud=1.2&longitud=103.9&pais=es&tipo=3&presenta=0&zlat=1.2&zlng=103.9&zcalc=1&ztalc=180&zplay=0&year=2013&mes=12&dia=28&zhora=12&zminu=0&UTC=1&mmsi=636015019&mmsi2=538002920

http://www.seanews.com.tr/article/ACCIDENTS/118028/Hanjin-Italy-Al-gharrafa-Malacca-Strait-collision/

[Mats]

A weird collission. Why would the "Hanjin Italy" turn starboard in front of the "Al Gharrafa" like that?

Pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/haryadi_be/11623139233/

[Federico]

This was a sort of "minor damage" respect to what could be happened in case of more devastating collision and in front of Singapore...like in some movies...!

[Captain Ted]

The hard stb turn can be as easy explained as rudder failure. Even the low training standard in the world fleet can play a role, but one must be really "dumb" to do that fully aware of it.