MSC Napoli Sinking

[2nd-mate]

Hi Ralf,

SMIT already start the salvage, their is a picture on a dutch news siter, see the link!

http://www.rtl.nl/(/financien/rtlz/nieuws/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2007/01_januari/29/buitenland/0129_0545_Smit_berging_Napoli_containers.xml

regards

2nd-mate

[luna]

has general average been declared? Will it? I just want a simple yes or no, haha. There's been so much discussion, I just want to know if it has or hasn't.

[compass]

Here are a few photos from the Zodiac website:

http://www.zodiac-maritime.com/zodiac/jsp/public/MSC%20Napoli%201.jpg

http://www.zodiac-maritime.com/zodiac/jsp/public/MSC%20Napoli%202.jpg

http://www.zodiac-maritime.com/zodiac/jsp/public/MSC%20Napoli%203.jpg

[albert van emden]

Another update on situation today at the Sky News link:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-ship_290107_1330,00.html

[albert van emden]

Fishing vessel SEA SEEKER colliding with barge PONT MENAI
See BBC news link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/6312293.stm

[Peterwiles]

The SEA SEEKER is now moored in Lyme Regis harbour. The visible damage is to its bow.

There are two pictures at: http://photos.yahoo.com/lymescapes

plus a photo of the MSC Napoli taken 29/01/07

[normanbanks]

if you want some great photos of the msc Napoli, go to
2007nightmare:m/vmscnapoli
bestregards my friend!!

[maz_atenza]

normanbank wrote:
if you want some great photos of the msc Napoli, go to
2007nightmare:m/vmscnapoli
bestregards my friend!!

can you give us the url address?
Thanks

[bhedi]

Please check the report at
http://www.cargolaw.com/2007nightmare_msc.napoli.html

[maz_atenza]

again another long but excellent article from Lloyds List

Containers

Sizing up container risk is a matter of perspective
By Michael Grey - Monday 29 January 2007

ONE of the problems of age is that one is constantly being confounded by the passage of time. I recall, at the time Associated Container Transportation was building its

[FWE]

Lloyds List article suggests that we are in an era when ships are designed, operated and maintained by accountants.

[Caille Pierre-Alfred]

Nice pictures here ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbryan_photography/

Pierre-Alfred Caille
www.ships.be

[Marek Gono]

Ehm... I don't want to be too offensive, but what is this article all about? I'm struggling to catch the point and mainly the informative value.
(is there any? somewhere they regard this kind of speech to as "talking about t!at").

[JMS]

The point is, IMO, that huge container ships present a huge insurance risk that needs to be hedged by having a tougher ship structure and redundant systems.

The point is made that huge ships have proven to be "safe" but that statistics are composed of the usual but also of the unexpected and that when accidents like this happen, it causes tremendous waves in the industry and the public at large.

[compass]

Today's update from Zodiac:

UPDATE
MSC NAPOLI

STATEMENT 11
12.00 hrs (UK)
Friday, February 2, 2007


Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd of London, managers of the container vessel MSC Napoli, report that a total of 128 containers have been discharged from the vessel so far. Containers discharged by the crane barge Bigfoot 1 continue to be landed at Portland by the shuttle vessel Boa Barge 21. The discharge of MSC Napoli