Ships have collided east of the United Kingdom. Casualty reports are still coming in.
According to vessel tracking website MarineTraffic:
This morning, the oil tanker STENA IMMACULATE and the container ship SOLONG were involved in a collision in the North Sea.
MarineTraffic data shows that the incident occurred at approximately 09:48 UTC. more here
Oh well. Next.
They didn’t collide.the tanker was at anchor. The cargo ship ran into the tanker. The tanker was carrying US DOD jet fuel. Hmmm……
LOL, DEI Harbor master.
I wonder how the wind farm influenced the route taken by the Solong? Still, no excuse for sailing straight into an anchored vessel.
Was the captain former USN? Russian? Chinese? Was the navigation system hacked (one of the relatively plausible efforts to explain a number of USN collisions as something other than gross incompetence)?
Not much news coverage for something that would have dominated the news a few years ago.
“So long”
You’re kidding …
I’m sure the media and the left will find some way to blame this on Trump.
Exactly, Joe6pak. Reminiscent of the USS Eisenhower/Besiktas M collision. Maube be asymmetrical warfare? I think the carrier was also at anchor when it was struck. Could be wrong, though. Details are sketchy.
But we do know that the Eisenhower was diverted from its mission in the Red Sea and the captain was relived of command. Not bad work for an enemy operation. And I have read that jet fuel resupply is very difficult at sea for our carriers, as the ships which can do that are few and far between.
Where our ships are, and who is resupplying them, is no secret to anyone. The same ISR which is shaping the war in Ukraine is covering the seas as well, and most ship traffic info is easily available through simple observation and espionage. But this could just be an unfortunate “DEI” incident, right?
Here come the WE MUST BAN OIL! people.
They did NOT collide. If you park your car, go into a store, then come back to find a dump truck parked on top of your vehicle; then your car did NOT collide with the dump truck. Only the one that was moving collided. It’s like saying that all of those European cables have been colliding with Chinese anchors.