ship sinking 100KM of Rotterdam

[michael-taal]

I saw it very expensive cares especially the lamborghinis but still 11 crew members are lost

[smithy166]

According to AIS, the following vessels are in attendance:

• PANAGIA
• KOMARNO
• GRANDE AMERICA
• KOOPMANSDANK
• MENKAR
• GRONINGEN
• OD-6
• CAROLINE ESSBERGER
• ANTOINETTE SAR
• FRIESLAND

The ZEEMANSHOOP (S&R) and WIELINGEN (PILOT) are closing on the scene with the tug ZEEHOND inbound with an ETA of roughly 1-5 minutes

[Tuomas Romu]

I wonder if there's already someone dialing the Smit hotline...

[Derell Licht]

Heh... and the incident already has a Wikipedia page dedicated to it!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Ace

[Niall Magner]

Corvus J is reported to be badly damaged.

[michael-taal]

Corvus J is reported to be badly damaged.

the coast guard said it hasnt got any bad damage, there is a 4th heli coming from Leeuwarden.

3 sailors past away 6 still missing 7 did go to Belgium 4 to Rotterdam

[Niall Magner]

Ah that's some good news at least. Terrible about the loss of life. Corvus J should make it to Antwerp.

[Piotrowski Remigiusz]

any info about reason of collision ? looks like container vsl had car carrier on her stb side.

[Ramon A. Santos II]

any information on the nationalities of those onboard the baltic ace?

[Leon de Hoop]

Corvus J presently en route, approaching NE Akkaert bouy, AIS gives Antwerp as destination but maybe she's going to Zeebrugge.

Still searching; Multratug 4, Marc-Andre, Happy Harrier, maybe Monsoon also.

At present 13 crewmembers were saved, 4 members found but deceased and 7 still missing.
Searching was stopped because of the weather conditions and visibility.
This morning it is decided wether the search goes on.

Very sad, my thoughts are with the relatives of the crew that passed away or are still missing.

Leon

[Tuomas Romu]

Heh... and the incident already has a Wikipedia page dedicated to it!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Ace

Why wouldn't it have? It took me ten or so minutes to fill in the infobox from DNV Exchange and write a short description of the accident based on Reuters and BBC news articles. After I went to bed, other editors continued the work and by morning there were articles of the accident also in German, Dutch and Russian.

Remigiusz, if that's true, then it's quite a surprising accident. It's obvious that if a car carrier is the one being hit, it has very poor changes of surviving since the side structures cannot absorb enough energy to stop the colliding vessel before it penetrates the double side (if the ship had any!), but the collision bulkhead etc. in the bow should prevent the ship from sinking if it hits something.

[Piotrowski Remigiusz]

None of accidents is surprising. It's almost always human error. You couldn't believe what some of "educated and experienced" seamen do at sea... Some people don't know the COLREG or don't care about them and then it happens.
I don't know what was the reason here and I think that for official info we need to wait for final report. Off course if container vsl struck car carrier in side then it was easy to sink. Vessels are strong in fwd part, not in side.

[Popeye_the_Sailor]

VIDEO from the collision of Baltic Ace and Corvus J
AIS Historical Data

http://www.vesselfinder.com/news/742-EXCLUSIVE-VIDEO-The-collision-between-BALTIC-ACE-and-CORVUS-J-AIS-Historical-Data

[Tore Hettervik]

I see lots of people are lokking for info about reason of collision,i yust hope they find all the missing crew members,before pointing fingers on somone.

[michael-taal]

5th body found 6 still missing (probably all dead by now, because the cold water and weather).

the KNRM lifeboats from Hook of Holland and Scheveningen are now also on the scene, just like the coast guard vessel Arca (also from Scheveningen)