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Koh Samui passenger ferry half sinks in heavy seas at Donsak port - no deaths or injuries


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Siam Rath reported that one of the Raja ferry company's passenger ferries listed and half sank in heavy seas at the Donsak port on the mainland in Surat Thani, southern Thailand.

 

The incident happened after passengers and crew had disembarked so there were no deaths or injuries.

 

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The 2005 ton vessel is used to take passengers to and from Koh Samui.

 

It tilted in 5-6 meter deep water at the port.

 

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The media said it had apparently hit something solid under the water.

 

It was carrying a lot of fuel and lubricant oil but there were no reports of a spillage.

 

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Elsewhere in Thailand's print media an Interior Ministry spokesman admitted the accident saying that other ferry services continued unaffected.

 

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It looks pretty decrepit, a crack in the hull or similar I would imagine.  

The article in the BP said that strong waves kept pushing the ferry against the pier until it tilted and took in water. The ferry settled on the seabed

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

The incident happened after passengers and crew had disembarked so there were no deaths or injuries.

How fortuitous.

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That one strikes a nerve with me.

 

I was out on Phang An in 2005 it happened to be a full moon. ARRRRGHH!

 

I was 38 & my daughter was concieved there.

 

Hillside bungalow looking back towards Samui.

 

Boats HAULING ASS all night. Daytime too.

 

Six Swedish tourists died.

 

Dummy had three outboard engimes on the boat, probably doing 50 knots. the steering cable broke and it capsized....at 55 MPH.

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They are rust buckets worse car Ferries I’ve ever been  on and I’ve travelled the globe extensively I’m not even sure if they would pass a seaworthy test in Europe . Let’s not forget it’s not that long ago that another Raja ferry sank sadly with loss of life that to was on route to Donsak from Samui  thankfully no one was killed this time ????????

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Lucky they didn't have their oops in open waters.

 

Think I'll stick to the mainland.  Just another reason not to go to Samui, as IF I'd ever return for a visit.

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6 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

If you read the article it says Raja Farries.

Raja is the ferry company, not the name of the vessel. 
 

its ferries, not farries too. 

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1 minute ago, misterphil said:

Raja is the ferry company, not the name of the vessel. 
 

its ferries, not farries too. 

It's both a ferry company and the name of the vessel, i.e, "Raja 10"...????

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1 hour ago, crazykopite said:

They are rust buckets worse car Ferries I’ve ever been  on and I’ve travelled the globe extensively I’m not even sure if they would pass a seaworthy test in Europe . Let’s not forget it’s not that long ago that another Raja ferry sank sadly with loss of life that to was on route to Donsak from Samui  thankfully no one was killed this time ????????

While I agree with you on the unbelievable condition of the "ferries" of Raja in Samui, I think you never saw ferries in Africa? :D 

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31 minutes ago, misterphil said:

Raja is the ferry company, not the name of the vessel. 

Yes, and Seahorse is Seahorse, nothing to do with Raja.

 

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its ferries, not farries too. 

Brilliant, well done for pointing out a typo, very well done.

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Seatran is a competing company and seems to keep their ferries clean and well maintained. The same cannot be said about Raja. Many of their ferries are older. I used to take those ferries alot, and I never  trusted Raja. 

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This is the reason I wouldn't ride the Seahorse with family. Regardless the vessel it's the crew that worries me. Don't think an overnighter to Samui would be carefree.

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8 hours ago, steven100 said:

It looks pretty decrepit, a crack in the hull or similar I would imagine.   

"Decrepit", just like some of the old fogeys in the current ruling party. Hull cracking and sinking is inevitable. 

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