Christmas Island ship breaks in half

[peterredd]

Hi folks...

Update, 3.45pm: A stricken vessel has broken in half and is gushing heavy bunker oil into the pristine waters of Christmas Island.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-09/ship-breaking-up-at-christmas-island/3763852

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/12534246/christmas-island-ship-breaks-in-half/


cheers Peter

[Kyle Stubbs]

What a mess, it's always so sad to see things like this occur...

For those interested, the vessel is TYCOON (IMO: 8304220), 2,638 GT, built 1983 by Sanyo Shipbuilding, Onomichi, Japan, nr. 858.
Ex-EUROCOASTER, Ex-GALCREST, Ex-AKI ACE, Ex-KUMIKO L, Ex-SUN ROSE, Ex-SEIZAN

[Sailerman]

Another case of neglect, crew, inproper anchoring in face of the coming storm,
port authorities not on their toes. A comedy of errors!