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[cormack12]

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

The tanker involved in the incident is believed to the US-flagged Stena Immaculate, based on MarineTraffic data.

On the tracking site, we can see the Immaculate at anchor and at 9:48 we can see the Solong - a Portuguese-flagged container - appear to be colliding with the tanker.

The Stena Immaculate had travelled from the Greek port of Agioi Theodoroi, and was anchored outside Hull.

The Solong, meanwhile, had been sailing from the Scottish port of Grangemouth to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

 

[AJUMP23]

It is a giant ocean....how do you hit each other.

 

[Hookshot]

Yay, thank you EU and America for polluting my seas.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Trump

Now let the very cynical Trump fix and clean up the sea. Let him be fined internationally for the damage caused to the marine ecosystem.

Trump does so much nonsense and still thinks he's smart.

 

[Saber]

Oil tanker, cheesuz christ...

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Trump

Now let the very cynical Trump fix and clean up the sea. Let him be fined internationally for the damage caused to the marine ecosystem.

Trump does so much nonsense and still thinks he's smart.

To be fair, the American ship was anchored. You might think most of the fault would lie with the Portuguese ship that was actually moving.

Either way, yet another great reason to move towards green energy.

 

[jason10mm]

A lotta ships seem to be hitting things they shouldn't, like moored or anchored ships or bridge posts.

 

[BlackTron]

2025 is just getting started with catastrophic disasters.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Jesus Christ.. Can we please stop planes from almost colliding and also stop apparently ships from almost colliding?

There is more ocean than land in this world, and you would think they could have “one way” lanes for ships each way they travel.

 

[Mikado]

Jesus Christ.. Can we please stop planes from almost colliding and also stop apparently ships from almost colliding?

The good news is they didn't "almost collide"

The bad news, however...

 

[cormack12]

Looks like it was quite busy

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

The good news is they didn't "almost collide"

The bad news, however...

You are right. I also apologize for cursing. Extremely frustrating state of the world at the moment.

 

[AJUMP23]

Trump

Now let the very cynical Trump fix and clean up the sea. Let him be fined internationally for the damage caused to the marine ecosystem.

Trump does so much nonsense and still thinks he's smart.

How did Trump cause a ship to hit another ship..... What a take.

 

[BlackTron]

How did Trump cause a ship to hit another ship..... What a take.

When I saw this thread the first thing I said was "this will automatically be U.S./Trump's fault no matter what" (returning biased take with biased take makes you no better/the same).

 

[YCoCg]

Oh cool, another incident companies can use as an excuse to increase prices.

 

[Wildebeest]

The cargo ship wasn't even in a shipping lane. It should not have been near those other anchored ships.

 

[ResilientBanana]

A real austin powers moment.

 

[SatansReverence]

Wake up babe, new Exxon Valdez just dropped.

Has the front fallen off?

 

[Complistic]

Keep recycling guys, we gotta save the planet.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Wouldn't surprise me if this "accident" was intentional by the US and Trump's administration is shitting out a cover story to facilitate the construction of a submersible, mobile fortress disguised as a decontamination plant housing some sort of cutting edge AI that censor's anime.

 

[AJUMP23]

Wouldn't surprise me if this "accident" was intentional by the US and Trump's administration is shitting out a cover story to facilitate the construction of a submersible, mobile fortress disguised as a decontamination plant housing some sort of cutting edge AI that censor's anime.

THE US SHIP WAS ANCHORED.....SO HOW WOULD THE US MAKE AN ANCHORED SHIP RUN INTO ANOTHER VESSEL?


In before lock......

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

How did Trump cause a ship to hit another ship..... What a take.

Like the plane crash, because of his stupidity... He fired qualified people and the result was the plane crash that happened recently.

Trump is incompetent.

 

[cormack12]

This thread went places. Like Trumps wispy hair

 

[FatallyYours]

The opening salvo of the inevitable Portuguese-American war

It was always going to happen. Now Portugal can be welcomed as the 52nd State

 

[Mikado]

THE US SHIP WAS ANCHORED.....SO HOW WOULD THE US MAKE AN ANCHORED SHIP RUN INTO ANOTHER VESSEL?


In before lock......

There should be a rule that AJUMP23 can't earn IBTL points in his own game.

 

[AJUMP23]

Like the plane crash, because of his stupidity... He fired qualified people and the result was the plane crash that happened recently.

Trump is incompetent.

Are you talking about the Helicopter. That was warned by the control tower but did not hear it because they had their radio button depressed, with a pilot that was flying far above the training flight ceiling wearing NVGs limiting her field of view. That was TRUMPS fault. This is dumb. You cannot be this blinded by bias.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

THE US SHIP WAS ANCHORED.....SO HOW WOULD THE US MAKE AN ANCHORED SHIP RUN INTO ANOTHER VESSEL?


In before lock......

You still think i was serious even after the "decontamination plant housing some sort of cutting edge AI that censor's anime" part?

My god, this place has fallen.

 

[Kilau]

Wake up babe, new Exxon Valdez just dropped.

Has the front fallen off?

They can just tow it out of the environment.

 

[AJUMP23]

There should be a rule that AJUMP23 can't earn IBTL points in his own game.

Probably a good rule.

 

[cormack12]

Jet fuel in the water

 

[Dural]

Trump

Now let the very cynical Trump fix and clean up the sea. Let him be fined internationally for the damage caused to the marine ecosystem.

Trump does so much nonsense and still thinks he's smart.

Like the plane crash, because of his stupidity... He fired qualified people and the result was the plane crash that happened recently.

Trump is incompetent.

I can't tell if these are genuine takes.

God help us if they are.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Are you talking about the Helicopter. That was warned by the control tower but did not hear it because they had their radio button depressed, with a pilot that was flying far above the training flight ceiling wearing NVGs limiting her field of view. That was TRUMPS fault. This is dumb. You cannot be this blinded by bias.

That one too, I'm referring to the one from about 3 weeks ago... and I found out that another plane crashed.



Pure planes that crash recently.

 

[Kacho]

Didn’t expect TDS in this thread. Looks like AJUMP23 is on top of things. Happy Monday.

 

[AJUMP23]

Didn’t expect TDS in this thread. Looks like AJUMP23 is on top of things. Happy Monday.

It is in every thread.

 

[Tams]

Immaculate

Solong

 

[Alebrije]

Rumor says the cargo vessel transported the new and only 2025 batch of PS5 disc drives.

 

[Tams]

To be fair, the American ship was anchored. You might think most of the fault would lie with the Portuguese ship that was actually moving.

Either way, yet another great reason to move towards green energy.

This is a combination of the two areas furthest away from moving to clean energy.

Aviation and shipping just can't economically, or even practically be powered by current batteries.

 

[Forsete]

Here you can see what happened.

auonsson (@auonsson.bsky.social)

PT/DE 8k ton freighter SOLONG drove at full speed straight into the side of anchored US/DK 30k ton tanker STENA IMMACULATE three hours ago of the coast of England. Solong had been on a straight course for 9h, holding 16 knots in fair weather. Around the tanker were 8 other large vessels, anchored.

bsky.app

 

[Mr Reasonable]

This is a combination of the two areas furthest away from moving to clean energy.

Aviation and shipping just can't economically, or even practically be powered by current batteries.

If we reduced our dependency on Oil we wouldn't need so many tankers dragging it around the world and then crashing, bursting into flames and spilling the contents into the sea causing yet another environmental disaster though, so there's that, I suppose.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Rumor says the cargo vessel transported the new and only 2025 batch of PS5 disc drives.

DANG IT MAN, I have been waiting on a new batch of disc drives to play my Concord physical edition - and now THIS?! Hopefully when I finally get a disc drive, no more bad news will happen and I can finally enjoy Concord - been avoiding any news / spoilers on it so it’s fresh!!

 

[sono]

One tanker was parked?

Man

 

[cormack12]

One tanker was parked?

Man

 

[Tams]

If we reduced our dependency on Oil we wouldn't need so many tankers dragging it around the world and then crashing, bursting into flames and spilling the contents into the sea causing yet another environmental disaster though, so there's that, I suppose.

It's any big vehicle, not just tankers. The very device you typed your comment from will have been shipped in one.

 

[winjer]

 

[chakadave]

Trump

Now let the very cynical Trump fix and clean up the sea. Let him be fined internationally for the damage caused to the marine ecosystem.

Trump does so much nonsense and still thinks he's smart.

I mean the US ship was sitting sill. How is it the ship not moving that is at fault?

 

[Wildebeest]

This is like if someone put a driverless car on autopilot and fell asleep as it rerouted through a busy car park. Except the driverless car is full of cyanide and the car park is full of jet fuel.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Edit: ehh, reading further it looks unclear if everyone involved is safe. Don't want to make jokes quite yet about the boats themselves.

Hope everyone involved was rescued and is safe.

 

[readonly]

We are in the part of the cycle where weak men create hard times.

 

[calistan]

This is a combination of the two areas furthest away from moving to clean energy.

Aviation and shipping just can't economically, or even practically be powered by current batteries.

There has been a pretty effective alternative to dirty fuels in shipping for centuries. Slow, but very clean.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Humanity can't stop fucking up.