An interesting day at work!

Gregster · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:11

Well there I was at work ready to moor a ship up (Dana Sirena) and watching it come in at a rather fast pace had us a little concerned... As it got closer, it didn't ease off either and after making a quick scarper, the ship took out the walkways that we use for mooring and proceeded to demolish the ramp for which we use to unload ships with. It has also damaged another berth and thankfully, not one person was injured on the ship or ashore

No reason as to why it happened but my speculation is the ships engines were stuck on and wouldn't shut down. The river this ship comes up narrows after our quay and the potential of grounding and then toppling over must have been on the captains mind. I am guessing he made a quick decision to stop the ship by hitting the side of the quay... I am open to other suggestions?

Photo's are now uploading to photobucket and will be on soon

Azza · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:18

Probably a bomb on board.

TheVoice · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:21

Let's hope a former Navy SEALs chef was on-board to save the day.

FARGO · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:47

Willem DeFoe?

doofer · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:55

Worse things happen at sea.. Oh, wait.

isonomicjedi · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:00

Had a similar, but less dramatic, day at work once when a lorry ploughed through 2 portacabins.

Luckily there was only 1 person in them and she got out unscathed.

DanTheMan · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:02

Just saw this on the BBC website. Surprised it didn't do more damage from the size of the thing.

dbmzk1 · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:05

isonomicjedi said:
Had a similar, but less dramatic, day at work once when a lorry ploughed through 2 portacabins.

Luckily there was only 1 person in them and she got out unscathed.

Seen that happen to portaloos... not as pretty

FartInferno · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:07

Just read about this on BBC news. Seems odd given the weather was clear. I was on a Stenaline ferry at Holyhead last year & Captain announced that weather conditions were outside of the ships operating limits for docking, they'd give it a go anyway but, chances were we'd have to anchor and wait it out. Took about 45 mins to dock. Impressive ship control.

Nexus · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:08

It may be overused these days, but I think those pictures are worthy of the Fail Boat caption.

Samueltastic · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:13

Woman driver?

(c'mon were all thinking it

)

gillywibble · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:15

Surprised you didn't ship yourself.

esK` · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:20

gillywibble said:
Surprised you didn't ship yourself.

Id have ship myself for sure! All over the dock!

Gregster · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:28

gillywibble said:
Surprised you didn't ship yourself.

Haha wasn't too far from that... It was deffo the fastest I have ever moved at work

darael · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:28

Your shipment of fail has arrived. All aboard the fail boat.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23014901

C64 · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:41

The pilot must have played too much metal gear solid 4

areksnumbr1sxylady · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:45

Muslamics at it again...

G-MAN2004 · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:51

C64 said:
The pilot must have played too much metal gear solid 4

Pilot?

esK` · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:55

Pilot aka Driver

nutcase · 22 Jun 2013 at 16:00

It'll t-cut out