February 9, 2013 - "Ship Happens"

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[FONT="Arial"][SIZE="2"]The Typhoon Encounter of M/V Bai Chay Bridge[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Event Date: About 23 June 2012
On The Scene -- At Port of Hong Kong
A 2012 Countryman & McDaniel Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE="2"]Bai Chay Bridge is a container ship that sailed into Typhoon Guchol. At its worst, the typhoon registered as a category 4 super typhoon.

This is when "ship happens."[/SIZE]







[SIZE="2"]From The Cargo Letter - 4 July 2012 [/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]. . . sailing from the U.S. West Coast, M/V Bai Chay Bridge was scheduled eta HK 6/25. Due to typhoon in Japan with rough sea, some containers (include CKYH member lines Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming & Hanjin ) collapsed, likely due to poor lashing. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]Bai Chay Bridge as it once was.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Report by Countryman & McDaniel
The Air & Ocean Logistics- Customs Broker & Hull Attorneys
International Trade Consultants
"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"[/SIZE]

They were probably poorly, or at least insufficiently, lashed, because they're mostly empty going that way. So somebody figured they're not that heavy, just a few lines is enough.

Your ship of fail has arrived sir

Center parts are the latest fashion. All teh cool ships are doing it.


Srsly, it's amazing how well some of them have stayed on.

Two words for you.
Branscombe Beach (link to The Guardian newspaper).

We're not all bowler-hatted gents here.

Sundae;852127 wrote:

Two words for you.
Branscombe Beach (link to The Guardian newspaper).

We're not all bowler-hatted gents here.

Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, legitimate salvors can end up legally owning what they find. But usually this only happens after a period of 12 months has elapsed and the owners have not come forward to claim their wrecked items.

I wonder what the law allowed before that.

You ever seen Whisky Galore?
renamed in the States as Tight Little Island to get around censors...

I've always wondered if the containers piled up high on ships are joined to each other. Now I know the answer: vertically yes, horizontally no.

You all realize that approximately 10,000 containers are lost overboard each year?

It's appalling.

This one landed in our Marine Sanctuary.

http://singularityhub.com/2011/04/05/10000-shipping-containers-lost-at-sea-each-year-heres-a-look-at-one-2/

http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2011/04/19/deep-cargo-an-ocean-of-lost-shipping-containers/

Spuck, Thanks, that's new to me... interesting read.

I don't know if retrieving a container full of Doritos would be worthwhile,
but my first thought was - surely someone will form a salvage company
to get the insurance money or supply a chain of "sea surplus" stores.

There's no profit in salvaging one of those containers. Too expensive to find them and bring them up and the merchandise is probably all ruined.

If there's a container full of gold bullion, then maybe. But I don't think gold bullion is shipped much these days.

SPUCK;852493 wrote:

You all realize that approximately 10,000 containers are lost overboard each year?

It's appalling.

This one landed in our Marine Sanctuary.

http://singularityhub.com/2011/04/05/10000-shipping-containers-lost-at-sea-each-year-heres-a-look-at-one-2/

http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2011/04/19/deep-cargo-an-ocean-of-lost-shipping-containers/

That is a lot of drowned Chinese women.