Ship carrying 4,800 cars lists severely Now with PIC!

[Rubycon]

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TACOMA, Wash. -- A ship carrying 4,800 cars that is taking on water in the north Pacific had been scheduled to arrive Sunday, July 30 at the Port of Tacoma.

The ship Cougar Ace rolled nearly onto its side and was taking on water south of the Aleutian Islands. Its 22 crewmembers were preparing to abandon ship.

A Coast Guard plane had dropped three liferafts earlier Monday, but the rough seas ended up moving the rafts under the ship.

Port of Tacoma spokesman Mike Wasem said the ship was scheduled to unload nearly 1,376 Mazdas at the port's Blair Waterway dock.

Tacoma apparently was to be the second West Coast stop. The ship owner said the first was to be at Vancouver, British Columbia.

It's unclear what impact the apparent loss of thousands of cars will have on the market. Wasem says Tacoma expects to receive about 160,000 cars this year from Japan and Korea for train shipment to markets across the United States.

CNN

That's a lot of cars to lose! :shocked:

 

[Excelsior]

Dang...their insurance would feel that.

 

[Black88GTA]

This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

for the Audis... not the VWs

 

[Ayah]

Anyone up for some treasure hunting?

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Ayah
Anyone up for some treasure hunting?

Not like they would work and would cost a lot just to move. Not worth it.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

SHIP! SHIP! SHIP! GD it! It's SHIP not a damn boat!!!! GRRRRR!

How about if I called a computer the CPU or the HARD DRIVE? (talking about the entire case) Yeah it's that bad!!!

 

[ponyo]

Who cares about the cars...

I hope the crew make it out alive.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Who cares about the cars...

I hope the crew make it out alive.

:thumbsup:

Oh an it was mostly Mazdas?

 

[bctbct]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

I think I saw a show on that about the salvage operation. Pretty interesting.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

SHIP! SHIP! SHIP! GD it! It's SHIP not a damn boat!!!! GRRRRR!

How about if I called a computer the CPU or the HARD DRIVE? (talking about the entire case) Yeah it's that bad!!!

Hey now, the entire IT staff at a school district I am familiar with calls the whole tower a CPU.

 

[jagec]

I wonder how the cost of getting a helicopter to lift a container off the deck compares to the cost of actually buying the car...

 

[Rubycon]

That's a list!

Way past PONR. :shocked:

All 23 crewmembers safe.

 

[CraigRT]

I remember when this also happened to a boat load of what I thought was BMW's
that was years ago.
Damn shame!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
That's a list!

Way past PONR. :shocked:

All 23 crewmembers safe.

HOLY CRAP, no kidding that's a list!

 

[GrammatonJP]

What do they do with the stuff that sanked ?

Who pays for salvage ? the company or insurance ?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

SHIP! SHIP! SHIP! GD it! It's SHIP not a damn boat!!!! GRRRRR!

How about if I called a computer the CPU or the HARD DRIVE? (talking about the entire case) Yeah it's that bad!!!

That response is a fine example of why airdales in the Navy call ships boats. If the boat thing wasn't enough then you could ask the bosuns what was that thing on the floor/wall/ceiling or whether the bathroom was down this hallway or up the stairs.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: GrammatonJP
What do they do with the stuff that sanked ?

Who pays for salvage ? the company or insurance ?

depending on where it is, i bet they'd leave it. i imagine the recovery operation for something like that would be astronomical.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: GrammatonJP
What do they do with the stuff that sanked ?

Who pays for salvage ? the company or insurance ?

Insurance

5K vehicles will put a dent in someones wallet. However, most insurance companies are re-insured, spreading the risk.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Tricordia anyone?

 

[YoYoBabyYo]

All the new cars that i have seen all have electrical locks to unlock it you have to push a button that?s electrical on the door. So if you would go into water and everything shorts out you can't open your door manually you will have to brake the window now lets say for heavier people that can fit trough windows what to they do??

 

[j00fek]

wow :Q

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: YoYoBabyYo
All the new cars that i have seen all have electrical locks to unlock it you have to push a button that?s electrical on the door. So if you would go into water and everything shorts out you can't open your door manually you will have to brake the window now lets say for heavier people that can fit trough windows what to they do??

you can't open the door underwater anyways.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: Black88GTA
This happened a few years ago too...a boat loaded up with new VWs / Audis sank...

SHIP! SHIP! SHIP! GD it! It's SHIP not a damn boat!!!! GRRRRR!

How about if I called a computer the CPU or the HARD DRIVE? (talking about the entire case) Yeah it's that bad!!!

That response is a fine example of why airdales in the Navy call ships boats. If the boat thing wasn't enough then you could ask the bosuns what was that thing on the floor/wall/ceiling or whether the bathroom was down this hallway or up the stairs.

Sub crews just call boats/ships "targets".

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: YoYoBabyYo
All the new cars that i have seen all have electrical locks to unlock it you have to push a button that?s electrical on the door. So if you would go into water and everything shorts out you can't open your door manually you will have to brake the window now lets say for heavier people that can fit trough windows what to they do??

you can't open the door underwater anyways.

You can once the pressure is equalized. (ie: the car fills with water)