schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoOil tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Seawww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkOil tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Seawww.bbc.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoThis happened not far off the coast. Looks like the oil tanker was at anchor waiting, while the cargo ship ploughed into it. Oil tankers are not exactly the most nimble of ships, even if it tried to get out of the way.
minus-squareSomethingBlack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI completely understand that neither would be very nimble but I’d expect with how large I’m sure both ships are (an assumption, I know) they shouldn’t need to be nimble to be able to avoid a collision if they’re so visible
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoTheir size makes them very hard to turn too, so you can see them a while off, but that doesn’t help if it takes Kms to stop. It also only helps if there is someone actually looking out of the window…
This happened not far off the coast. Looks like the oil tanker was at anchor waiting, while the cargo ship ploughed into it.
Oil tankers are not exactly the most nimble of ships, even if it tried to get out of the way.
I completely understand that neither would be very nimble but I’d expect with how large I’m sure both ships are (an assumption, I know) they shouldn’t need to be nimble to be able to avoid a collision if they’re so visible
Their size makes them very hard to turn too, so you can see them a while off, but that doesn’t help if it takes Kms to stop.
It also only helps if there is someone actually looking out of the window…