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jimqpublic
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Reports from Lloyds of London:
https://www.lloydsagency.com/Agency/Salvage.nsf/0/ECF5E6CB61...
Click on "case details"
Nothing new, just a slightly different view.
[Edited on 1-27-2006 by jimqpublic]
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Bruce R Leech
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https://www.lloydsagency.com/Agency/Salvage.nsf/0/ECF5E6CB61...
The following extracts from Lloyd's List appear with the kind permission of Lloyd's Casualty Desk.
London, Jan 19 - The operators of the c.c. APL Panama report that the vessel remains aground on soft sand some 1.5 nautical miles south-east of the
entrance to the port of Ensenada, Mexico. Salvors have succeeded in manoeuvring the bow of the vessel some 20 degrees towards deeper water over the
past week, in order to assist the next re-floating effort. The vessel remains structurally intact and secure and it is hoped that another concerted
effort to re-float her can be made toward the end of next week, when tide conditions are more favourable. This next stage of the operation will
utilise powerful hydraulic pulling machines which will double the capacity of the strong tugs already standing by the vessel. In the meantime, the
salvors have succeeded in transferring the fuel oil to a bunker barge at the port of Ensenada. Specialist anti-pollution contractors have been hired
by the salvors, and are on permanent standby throughout the operation, where they will remain until the vessel is safely re-floated. The grounding
occurred while the vessel awaited the Ensenada Pilot on Dec 26. The Master was not attempting to enter port without a pilot, nor was she in any way
behind schedule and trying to make up time by deliberately approaching nearer the shore than she should have. An enquiry into the grounding is being
conducted by the Mexican authorities, which the owners, MS "Mare Britannicum" Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG, are fully cooperating with. The
Owners would like to thank the Mexican authorities and the salvors who continue to successfully work towards a resolution of this issue in a safe and
professional manner.
Bruce R Leech
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my computer skills are lacking but the link worked for me I tried to post the picture. If you right click on the little X and click on Show picture it
should work. If not, cut and paste the link.
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'I just couldn't believe it'
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20060128-9...
Frantic efforts to halt errant ship recalled
By Sandra Dibble
January 28, 2006
ENSENADA ? As six tugboats and hydraulic pullers heaved yesterday at the bow of the stranded container vessel APL Panama, a port pilot spoke publicly
for the first time about the desperate last-minute efforts to keep it from running aground more than a month ago.
Capt. Fernando Ram?rez Mart?nez said he and a co-pilot were leaving the port to meet the vessel about 6 p.m. Dec. 25 when they spotted the 880-foot
vessel heading across the harbor's entrance channel and aiming straight for the shore.
?I saw the lights and I couldn't believe it, I just couldn't believe it,? said Ram?rez in an interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune. ?I told the
tugboats, 'Leave the port, because the ship is about to run aground.' ?
The vessel has been stuck since Christmas along a sandy beach south of the port. Salvage crews reported moderate success in freeing it yesterday and
were scheduled to continue work today and tomorrow, taking advantage of high tides.
The ship has been parallel to the shore for weeks, but when it ran aground it was nearly perpendicular to land, and it might have been towed away
then, Ram?rez said. Precious moments might have been lost because the ship's captain initially refused assistance.
?I suggested to him that we get the tugboat Coral and send it a line so that it could try to keep (the APL Panama) at that position? perpendicular to
shore, Ram?rez said. A second tugboat was to push from the starboard side.
?The captain said he didn't want to give the line, that he couldn't because that would mean it was salvage? and would prompt a host of legal problems,
Ram?rez said. Close to half an hour had passed before Capt. Zupan Branko agreed to give a line so the tugboat could pull, but by then it was too late,
Ram?rez said.
The waves and currents were pushing the ship into the shore, and by the next morning, it was parallel to the beach and much more difficult to move.
From the beginning, there has been little information about the grounding made public. Port officials have said they cannot discuss it until a formal
report is issued, but transcripts of sworn testimony by the vessel's captain and first officer obtained last week by the Union Tribune and the
Ensenada newspaper El Vig?a point to human error.
Teo Motusic, the first officer, said the vessel was going too fast and Branko had arrived late to the ship's bridge to take command as it prepared to
enter Ensenada's harbor.
Branko testified that according to his schedule, he was to meet the port pilot at 6 p.m., in order to be inside the port by 7 p.m. However, port
officials have said their records show orders to meet the APL Panama at 7 p.m.
Ram?rez, the port pilot, said his office had received a notice Dec. 24 from the shipping company's agent to meet the APL Panama at 6:30 p.m. Just
after 6 p.m., he made radio contact with the vessel. ?I said, 'I will meet you at the pilot boarding station as usual,' ? Ram?rez said.
However, the vessel's records show it had already passed the pilot station and was moving into restricted waters where ships are required to have a
pilot aboard, Ram?rez said.
By Ram?rez's calculations, the vessel was moving at an average of 7 knots as it approached shore ? far too fast. A month later, Ram?rez said he cannot
forget the sight of the vessel's lights crossing in front of him a mile away.
Because the grounding has been ruled an accident, Branko and Motusic have been allowed to leave Mexico. The ship's German owners initially blamed the
grounding on strong currents. Jens Meier-Hedde, managing director for the company, Mare Britannicum Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co., later said
Branko was irritated because the pilot was not there to meet him at what he believed was the appointed time.
?The cause of the grounding was neither the wind, nor the current nor the visibility, nor the tide,? Ram?rez said. ?All of the conditions for entering
the port were normal.?
The owners have hired Titan Maritime LLC to float the ship. Efforts in the middle of January using six tugboats succeeded in moving the bow 20 degrees
toward open water.
A second major push is taking place this weekend, as a barge fitted with hydraulic pullers has doubled the capacity of the tugboats. The company has
also installed a giant hose that will be used to blow away sand accumulating around the keel of the vessel like a wall.
Titan reported moderate success yesterday ? the blower was not yet working ? with the hull moving an additional three to four degrees.
?Perhaps if Monday there is no result with the current plans, we'll have to go to a new phase and remove the containers,? said Capt. Jos? Luis Rios
Hern?ndez, Ensenada's harbor master.
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Photo:
Hector Jose Gomez Rodriguez (right), director general for Baja California of Mexico's Transport and Communications Ministry, was ferried around the
stranded ship yesterday by Juan Jimenez. -- JOHN GIBBINS
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Frank
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 It will now be a new artificial reef/ bird sanctuary.
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It will soon be striped turned upside down and stripped somemore and then left to rust. That is my prediction.
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BajaNews
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Picture of the pounding the ship was taking, this one from Janaury 13th. Photo by Capt. Lonnie Ryan.
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Tomas Tierra
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NICE SHOT BAJA NEWS!!
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Were they making attempts
during the high tide of Sunday morning? DID IT SUCCEED?
I was launching in Dana Point at around 8am, Sunday, and I have never seen the tide so high in DP. That was their best chance.
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Heavier helicopter summoned to aid grounded container ship
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060130-1319-bn30...
January 30, 2006
ENSENADA, Mexico ? Salvagers trying to free the grounded container ship APL Panama will bring in a more powerful helicopter to unload more of the
vessel's cargo in hope of finally getting her unstuck.
Since last Christmas Day, the vessel has been trapped in the sand off the beach, just south of the port of Ensenada, parallel to the beach.
Nearly continuous efforts with a half-dozen tugboats and hydraulic equipment to turn her bow into the oncoming waves have failed.
The salvagers had been using a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter to lift some of the hundreds of containers off the APL Panama, but the chopper isn't
powerful enough to pick up the heaviest of the containers stacked on her deck, so they will bring in a more powerful copter, said Jose Luis Rios
Hernandez, Ensenada's harbormaster.
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yes they were trying.
and no it did not succeed
they are saying they only got the bow to about 25 degrees but she's still stuck as can be.
now they will unload the cargo, perhaps.
apl panam?'s stuck in the sand
apl panam?'s captain got sacked
80K horses and seven tugboats
couldn't get apl panam? afloat
is anyone in vegas taking odds on the eventual outcome
lili
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Many many years ago there used to be a steel hull stuck in the sand along the shoreline you would pass by on the way down to Ensenada. Eventually it
all rotted out and disappeared. Does anyone remember the location of that one?
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Bob-- That ship was a Mexican destroyer bought from the U.S. and ran aground in a heavy fog. Captain got in some serious trouble!!
Hey it looks like a quality wave breaking out there!! No doubt it`s off limits!
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BornFisher - Very interesting... do you remember the location?
Bob H
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The wreck was south of Salsipuedes.
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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Tugboats work in tandem with powerful winches mounted on a barge to help free the APL Panama cargo ship, right, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, in Ensenada,
Mexico. The ship has been grounded since Dec. 25, 2005. This week salvage crews began using the barge to assist the tugboats. They are also exploring
the idea of possibly using underwater pumps to blow sand away from the hull. (AP Photo/David Maung)
[Edited on 1-31-2006 by BajaNews]
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Powerful winches mounted on a barge work in tandem with six tugboats (not pictured) to help free the APL Panama cargo ship on Friday, Jan. 27, 2006,
in Ensenada, Mexico. The ship has been grounded since Dec. 25, 2005. This week salvage crews began using the barge to assist the tugboats. They are
also exploring the idea of possibly using underwater pumps to blow sand away from the hull. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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Six tugboats (not pictured) work in tandem with powerful winches mounted on a barge to help free the APL Panama cargo ship, right, on Friday, Jan. 27,
2006, in Ensenada, Mexico. The ship has been grounded since Dec. 25, 2005. This week salvage crews began using the barge to assist the tugboats. They
are also exploring the idea of possibly using underwater pumps to blow sand away from the hull. The entrance to the port of Ensenada is seen in the
background. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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The APL Panama cargo ship remains beached as six tugboats (not pictured) work in tandem with powerful winches mounted on a barge to free the ship on
Friday, Jan. 27, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. The ship has been grounded since December 25, 2005. This week's salvage crews began using the barge to
assist the tugboats as well as possibly using underwater pumps to blow sand away from the hull. (AP Photo/David Maung)
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