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Shipping News and information / Re: MSC Napoli Sinking

« on: January 23, 2007, 12:28:12 PM »

I know nothing about shipping but why wasn't it towed to Falmouth?

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Shipping News and information / Re: MSC Napoli Sinking

« on: January 21, 2007, 11:54:36 AM »

Apparently the vessel is currently listing to 35 degrees and at least two toxic containers have gone overboard - one with battery acid and one with perfume chemicals.  There is an oil slick 5 miles wide heading towards Lyme Regis and there are already reports of sea birds covered in oil.

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Shipping News and information / Re: MSC Napoli Sinking

« on: January 20, 2007, 04:24:25 PM »

Im not a shipping person at all but will add this as we live about 2 miles from Branscombe and saw the ship dancing around Lyme Bay this morning.  The tugs were obviously dealing with a problem (about 11 am) and the cargo was shifting.  We took a couple of photographs which have been sent to the BBC

Branscombe is about as tiny a village as you can get and the roads in and out of it are narrow and treacherous, Sidmouth is a seaside town with about 14,000 people - we have no facilities at all round here for dealing with such a large ship - that's why it was on its way to Portland.  The bay is on the World Heritage Jurassic Coast and is home to some rare corals - pink sea fans and is a fishing area (boats from the next village - Beer - work every day).

We are all really worried about possible pollution.