Maersk Stepnica storm damage at Felixstowe

[Michael]

Maersk Stepnica is currently alongside at Felixstowe berth 6 with a storm damaged stack aft of the bridge, best shots will probably be had from Shotley when the sun gets round this afternoon.

[Alan Green]

It looks as if Maersk are allowing 3 days to rectify the situation as Maersk Stepnica is showing a departure date/time of 10.01.14.  1900 hrs.

I assume the Stepnica is the vessel referred to under the MSC Rita posts yesterday evening.

[Michael]

There's still another 2700 moves to go and we're showing a finish time late tomorrow night, but I suspect the vessel may be a little longer to tidy the mess up, all boxes aft of the bridge are now done so engineers can get in there and begin the salvage.

Yes this is the vessel refered to in the MSC Rita thread.

[Michael]

Not sure if we're allowed to post images in these boards, Derek, can you make the necessary changes if I've over stepped the mark


Maersk Stepnica by Mickoo737, on Flickr

[holedrille]

Looks to me as if there are about 20 missing!
Holedriller

[Michael]

Derek, it's not technically that good with all those light sprites, and I wasn't sure which category to place it under, so have uploaded a shot to the same section as yours under casualties.

[chrisg46]

There's also a video showing the details on the site's video page, which I assume I'm allowed mention!

[Timsen]

Hey Michael, don't be too critical with yourself, it is a brillant picture!

[Alan Green]

Don't beat yourself up Michael, I think its a very good photo.

What the hell size flash did you use ?.................

And thanks to Chris for the video - work commitments prevent me from getting to the coast as often as I would like and I am grateful to those such as Chris and Fred for providing the coverage that they do.

[Michael]

Y'all very kind, but also mistaken LOL, it is not technically good for a whole host of reasons I won't bore y'all with

Chris, no flash, just hand held out of a car window, had to push the ASA up which results in a more grainy photo, didn't dare get the tripod out as the place was crowded with people who would probably take a dim view of such proceedings LOL

I've been informed that the boxes were loaded but not heavies (I.E. in the region of 5-15t) and she lost 32-33 in the Bay of Biscay.