ship sinking 100KM of Rotterdam

[michael-taal]

A carrier Baltic Ace is sinking on the North sea after an accident with the Coral J (probably the Coral J is the Corvus J). The accident happened 100KM away from Rotterdam.

the coastguard has setup an big rescue operation. It isnt sure if there are people in danger. (both ships dont have AIS anymore)

the sinking vessel is a car carrier that is sailing under the flag of the Bahama's. at around 19.15 hour (dutch time) a containervessel from Cyprus collided with the car carrier.

A helicopter and 7 rescue vessels are underway at this moment 4 ship are at the scene (Corvus J,Panagia,Caroline Essberger and the Kamarno) the 7 ships that are underway are the Friesland,Groningen (both dutch navy),koopmansdank,Zeemandhoop,Antoinette (both 3 KNRM),Menkar (pilot),Grande America.

http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=209883000

http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=309474000

[mattiboy94]

hello / goedenavond

sad news , on the sinking ship ( baltic ace ) 23 people are on board.

the corvus J is back on ais

the ferry Bride of Brugge is also setting course to the baltic ace , maybe he gonna help to

met vriendelijke groet / nice greetings
matthijs

Attached : the resque scene 20.50 local time

[Tuomas Romu]

How deep is the water around there? Any chance we're getting a new Tricolor?

edit: Those car carriers are pretty bad when it comes to damage stability - high COG and large car decks are a bad combination. In our ship project, many allnighters were wasted on intact and damage stability issues. Also, a number of recent ships have no double sides of any kind, making the ships susceptible to dangerous flooding even in minor "fender benders". I wonder if Baltic Ace was one of those?

[michael-taal]

the car carrier has sunk there werew 24 people onboard, helicopters has hoised some people out of there rafts

[mattiboy94]

hallo ,

the water depth is between 20 en 27 meter's in his position.

the swell is around 2.70 meters ( goeree platform ) , lifeboats zeemanshoop and koopmansbank do only around 12 knots. antoinette sar is al ready at scene

mvg,
matthijs

[Tuomas Romu]

the water depth is between 20 en 27 meter's in his position

So, we're getting another Tricolor.

http://antipodeanmariner.blogspot.fi/2012/01/wreck-removal.html

[michael-taal]

I hope not but it look like that will happen.

the first helicopter has arrived at Rotterdam-The Haque airport a lot of ambulances from Rotterdam and The Haque are heading to the airport.

[mattiboy94]

hello,

the baltic is as good as sunken, that reported the dutch new paper (www.telegraaf.nl and news site nu.nl)a few minutes ago

mvg,
matthijs

[michael-taal]

a dornier 228 from the dutch coast guard has left Schiphol heading to the scene

[mattiboy94]

helle ,

is heard and say also a resque helicopter flying above my house , probely heading back from rotterdam airport ( where it brings survivors) to the scene.

i live near the new waterway , maassluis

mvg,
matthijs

[michael-taal]

The staffehendrik (Belgium lifeguard) is now also underway to the scene the Dornier has an expected arrival at 22:08 hour

[michael-taal]

I live in Scheveningen so I probably hear the Dornier coming over

at this moment 10 of 24 people are rescued

[mattiboy94]

hello

nu.nl reported

13 of 24 persons are saved

mvg,
matthijs

[Captain Ted]

Lets hope the rescue them all,, but I am afraid we will have some sad news on that !!!
gets me always as Captain myself.

[smithy166]

Her cargo was (apparently) rather expensive:

8 Bentley's, 6 Rolls Roys Dropheads, 4 Lamborghini Aventadors and 12 Ferrari's...

Lets hope they rescue all 24 crew members!

Also, you can listen to the KNRM "live" radio stream here : http://knrmterheijde.nl/index.php/scanner-2