Death whale on bow of schip "Maersk Norwich" - Maasvlakte Rotterdam

[sabastiaan]

http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/06-06-2012/containerschip-sleept-walvis-mee

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/3266823/2012/06/06/Schip-sleept-walvis-mee-Rotterdamse-haven-in.dhtml

You-Tube;

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFMUovgnEY&feature=player_embedded

- http://youtu.be/0VOm6XGcCEI

Rgds, Sabastiaan

[Christian]

Quite strange that it happend ...

[Ancient Mariner]

During my time working for Maersk this happened to 2 different containerships during 9 years.

[Captain Ted]

no so unusual
happened to me once,, all what one can do, check before entering port over the bow
and if so stop and get rid of the whale,,otehrwise the treehuggers going nuts
but one can not avoid something like that,, like it or not

[REG]

This is what bulbous bows are for