Two freighters collide off Rin island

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Two freighters collide off Rin island



BANGKOK: -- A patrol boat was dispatched by the Royal Thai Navy to the sea off Rin island in response to a SOS call after the collision of two freighters on Monday.

The Malta-registered freighter, named CN Jumbos, which is 165.5 metres long and 27.75 metres wide, collided with Liberia-registered freighter, Tinton Topic, which is 185 metres long and 30 metres in width at a spot about 1.5 nautical miles to the north of Rin island off Chon Buri.

The CN Jumbos which is empty sustained some damages causing water to leak into its hull but no leak was reported. The other vessel which is loaded with cement pellets also sustained some damages but there were no leakages.

Mr Pisut Amornyuth, chief of the maritime transport office based in Chon Buri, said that CN Jumbos would be towed into a shipyard to have the damages fixed.

Investigation is under way to determine the actual cause of the accident.

(photo : http://www.marinetraffic.com/)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/two-freighters-collide-rin-island/


-- Thai PBS 2014-04-01

[seabass69]

"...causing water to leak into its hull but no leak was reported'. That's a clever way to make it go away.

[thaipod]

How can this happen with today's technology and being so big the crew cannot see these monsters moving towards them .

Edited April 1, 2014 by thaipod

[Sayonarax]

Family guy moment at best.

[Thaiready]

How can this happen with today's technology and being so big the crew cannot see these monsters moving towards them .

asleep at the wheel

[Soutpeel]

How can this happen with today's technology and being so big the crew cannot see these monsters moving towards them .

asleep at the wheel

Or drunk

[klauskunkel]

the drivers fled the scene of the accident, one swam west, the other east

[hstamm]

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"...causing water to leak into its hull but no leak was reported'. That's a clever way to make it go away.

Double Hull.

[weegee]

How can this happen with today's technology and being so big the crew cannot see these monsters moving towards them .

Sure the technology is there...but the crew in the bridge haven't got a clue how to operate them.....

[mok199]

stop the insanity....

[Dellboy218]

How can this happen with today's technology and being so big the crew cannot see these monsters moving towards them .

Sure the technology is there...but the crew in the bridge haven't got a clue how to operate them.....

More likely too much technology. Too much time looking at electrical gadgets and not enough time looking out of the windows. An all too common failing these days, quite often the OOW does not have an AB or OS as look out and if they have just been busy in port it is possible the OOW was overdue for a rest period.

Edited April 1, 2014 by Dellboy218

[ratcatcher]

Let's all stop second guessing here, there was a major brake failure on the larger vessel. Quite simple really.

[seajae]

yes, but did anyone run/swim away

[dighambara]

No one on either ship knew how to pilot...???

The 'rules of the road' are the same worldwide and international law requires a trained pilot on board each vessel - but T.I.T....

[somchaismith]

Obviously whatever a Juergen Braker is, they didn't work this time

[pedro01]

Steep incline, blind bend. Could have happened to anyone.

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[joepattaya1961]

Damn.........so apart from the double-deck-buses being banned from Thai roads..........the freighters may be banned from Thai waters too..........what's next?