Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military - March 10th, 2025

[Good2Golf]

Some aerial footage of the mess. I still think Fatigue or just gross negligence.

Interesting that much of the fwd cargo was comprised of fuel-tank 40TEUs…SBIED anyone?

 

[KevinB]

Interesting that much of the fwd cargo was comprised of fuel-tank 40TEUs…SBIED anyone?

Nothing to see here, just a totally believable accident with a Russian Captain and key crew being Russian at the time of the collision...

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Plowing into a another ship carrying aviation fuel at 16knots, while you are carrying dangerous chemicals, I don't find it surprising.

 

[OldSolduer]

Nothing to see here tovarich

Move along.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Apparently quite foggy at the time, so only radar to go by, which means he was not looking and analyzing the radar picture.

 

[brihard]

What a mess. They’ll need to tow them completely outside of the environment.

 

[KevinB]

Apparently quite foggy at the time, so only radar to go by, which means he was not looking and analyzing the radar picture.

It made creeping up on the target easier…

 

[Good2Golf]

What a mess. They’ll need to tow them completely outside of the environment.

 

[Good2Golf]

It made creeping up on the target easier…

If by ‘creeping’ you mean steam at 12 kts directly aiming at the anchored ship, then yes…easier.

 

[KevinB]

If by ‘creeping’ you mean steam at 12 kts directly aiming at the anchored ship, then yes…easier.

I couldn’t bring myself to call 12 KTS Ramming Speed

 

[Good2Golf]

I couldn’t bring myself to call 12 KTS Ramming Speed

Anyone taking bets that the Ruskie skipper and most of the crew hopped into the lifeboats before contact? HM CG recovered them from the lifeboats, so….

 

[KevinB]

Anyone taking bets that the Ruskie skipper and most of the crew hopped into the lifeboats before contact? HM CG recovered them from the lifeboats, so….

I would not bet against…

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Anyone taking bets that the Ruskie skipper and most of the crew hopped into the lifeboats before contact? HM CG recovered them from the lifeboats, so….

Honestly, Occam’s Razor just says this was vodka and shambolic ship driving, to me…

 

[KevinB]

Honestly, Occam’s Razor just says this was vodka and shambolic ship driving, to me…

That’s what Putin wants you to think.

Most Russians can fly or drive a boat while heavily intoxicated…

 

[SeaKingTacco]

That’s what Putin wants you to think.

Most Russians can fly or drive a boat while heavily intoxicated…

I wouldn’t come up to ramming speed on a tanker loaded with Jet Fuel, if I carrying a cargo of sodium cyanide…

 

[KevinB]

I wouldn’t come up to ramming speed on a tanker loaded with Jet Fuel, if I carrying a cargo of sodium cyanide…

You’d probably have abandoned to the lifeboats, and let it carry on?

The Cyanide was confirmed to have been removed prior to the collision. The fuel on the BBIED was said to have been rearranged at the last port as well towards the bow.

 

[Good2Golf]

You’d probably have abandoned to the lifeboats, and let it carry on?

The Cyanide was confirmed to have been removed prior to the collision. The fuel on the BBIED was said to have been rearranged at the last port as well towards the bow.

I’m happy to wear a tin-foil hat on this one, until proven otherwise.

 

[KevinB]

I’m happy to wear a tin-foil hat on this one, until proven otherwise.

I don’t even see it as tinfoil, as there just seem to be way too many interesting coincidences to have occurred by chance or incompetence.

Based on other Russian attempts (failed and successful) to sabotage western countries this one isn’t even the most outrageous.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

But, Russia is the USA’s new bestie…your President even says so.