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Tugboats work on container ship stuck off Ensenada
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20051228-9999-7m28...
By Sandra Dibble
December 28, 2005
A container vessel on a trans-Pacific route that ran aground Christmas Day outside Ensenada was expected to continue its journey after tugboats worked
yesterday to pull it off a shallow sandy bottom near shore.
The Panama, chartered by the global container transportation company APL, had left Oakland and ran aground as it prepared to enter the city's harbor
before continuing on to other stops in Mexico and Asia.
An official with Ensenada's port said the crew apparently failed to follow port rules and seek pilot service before entering the port's access
channel.
"The first reports mention that the captain didn't follow those basic rules," said Juan Carlos Ochoa, marketing director for the port of Ensenada.
"There's a specific point where the pilots of the port go and take the ship, but they didn't stop at that point."
None of the 25 crew members was injured, Ochoa said, and the vessel did not appear seriously damaged. Officials found no fuel leaks or anything else
that might harm the environment.
The vessel is owned by APL's parent company, the Singapore-based NOL group, and is one of six container vessels that follow a route from Oakland to
Japan, Taiwan and China. APL schedules a stop in Ensenada each Sunday.
The Panama is carrying 900 containers, Ochoa said. It measures 885 feet and has a draft of 36 feet and weighs 40,000 tons, he said.
Jennifer Bronson, a spokeswoman for APL at the company's Oakland offices, said the containers typically carry electronic components related to the
maquiladora industry.
Two 500-horsepower tugboats were sent from the port of Los Angeles and Bronson said the vessel was expected to be freed late yesterday.
"We anticipate the tugs will come and tug it off the sandy bottom and the ship will proceed to Ensenada," he said.
Ochoa, the port official, said the vessel, stranded some 300 feet offshore, became something of a curiosity as residents went to photograph and stare.
"It's like a big whale with boxes," he said.
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An article in yesterday's editions about a container vessel that ran aground Dec. 25 outside the port of Ensenada incorrectly stated that its owner is
the Singapore-based NOL group, the parent company of APL, the container transportation company that chartered the vessel. Ownership of the vessel
could not be determined.
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The ship's still there. The tugboats were unsuccessful. They are bringing in a salvage company headquartered in Florida according to the SD U-T.
This has become a spectacle in Ensenada. Large crowds gathering there. The attached photo was from about 1pm this afternoon (Jan 1 '06). There was
a helicopter moving a half-size container off the ship - and it looked like back to the port area.
I would guess they're going to have to remove much of the cargo and/or hope for a VERY high tide.
I also hope that whomever salvages this vessel can help with rescuing the SS Catalina while they're there.
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Here's a pic of the SS Catalina from about noontime today (Jan 1 '06).
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Ship stuck off Ensenada won't be freed until next week
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20051229-1...
Sandra Dibble
December 29, 2005
ENSENADA ? The container ship that has been stuck in the waters off Ensenada since Christmas Day, when it ran aground on its way into port, will not
be dislodged until early next week, its owners said Thursday.
The German owners of the APL Panama said that the ship got stuck when it drifted while waiting for a pilot vessel to guide it into the port's access
channel.
In a telephone interview Thursday from Bremen, Germany, Jens Meier-Hedde, managing director of Mare Britannicum Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co.,
said that his company expects the vessel will be dislodged early next week. Three tugboats are being brought down from Seattle to assist the three
tugboats currently being used to try to free the ship, Meier Hedde said.
"The vessel drifted because of the strong current in the area," Meier-Hedde said. He disavowed an early report from Port of Ensenada officials that
the vessel had attempted to enter the port without a pilot. "The master knows very well that he needs a pilot," Meier-Hedde said.
Jose Luis Hernandez, captain of the Ensenada port, said that it is premature to draw conclusions as to what happened because the investigation has yet
to be concluded. He said the ship's captain and its Croatian crew remain on the vessel and have not yet been interviewed.
The port's services have not been curtailed as a result of the incident, Hernandez said. He said the grounding of the vessel "was not due to any
irregularity of services" on the part of the port.
The ship has attracted curious locals intrigued by the sight of the massive vessel looming just 300 feet off the coast.
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For the record
UNION-TRIBUNE
December 30, 2005
This article incorrectly reported that the crew of this container ship was Croatian. In fact, the ship's owners say, the crew is from Myanmar, the
captain and his officers are Croatian and the chief engineer is Polish.
The Union-Tribune regrets the error.
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Grounded ship draws curious
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20051231-9999-7m31...
Tugboats are unable to free it; crowds line beach to watch
By Sandra Dibble
December 31, 2005
ENSENADA ? It's a curious sight: a container vessel grounded like a wounded giant, dwarfing the crowds who gawk from a broad swath of beach just south
of town.
Since it ran aground Christmas Day, the APL Panama has created a sensation in this laid-back port city. As salvage workers plot ways to float the
vessel, and investigators try to understand what happened, the surrounding scene evokes a crowded plaza on a holiday, with vendors selling candy,
families sharing picnics, couples holding hands.
They have been gathering by the hundreds alongside the stranded ship. They snap pictures, trade remarks, call out greetings. Or they simply stare at
the APL Panama, about 880 feet long, the length of more than 60 adult California gray whales.
"It's like a giant party that you don't need an invitation to," Arcelia Paz, a 20-year-old psychology student from Ensenada, said yesterday. "It's
like Mardi Gras."
The ship ran aground shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday as it prepared to enter Ensenada's port. Initial reports from the port suggested the crew tried to
enter the access channel without waiting for a pilot to guide them. But the ship's owners, reached by telephone in Bremen, Germany, denied that
possibility.
"The vessel was waiting for the pilot boat, and as it looks now, it drifted because of the strong current in that area," said Jens Meier-Hedde,
managing director of the company that owns the ship, Mare Britannicum Schiffahrtsgesellschaft. "We are sure that the ship never tried to enter the
harbor by itself."
The APL Panama was on a regularly scheduled route, contracted by a global container transportation company, APL, to carry goods across the Pacific. It
had left Oakland and was making its first stop in Ensenada. Its regularly scheduled route leads to other Mexican ports, then to stops in Japan, Taiwan
and China.
The ship is carrying primarily electronic goods and is about 80 percent full, Meier-Hedde said, and containers are stacked up to six or seven high.
The 25-member crew, which includes a Croatian captain, a Polish chief engineer and staff from Myanmar, suffered no injuries. The hull does not appear
to be damaged, and the vessel is upright, but partially sunk into the sand.
Capt. Jos? Luis R?os Hern?ndez, the Ensenada harbor master, had his first interview with the ship's captain yesterday.
"We're following the administrative steps, going by national and international norms," R?os said. He would not discuss details of the discussion,
citing the ongoing investigation.
He said the port is not to blame for what happened. He added that the incident has not interrupted port services. "Operations continue as normal,
working perfectly."
The ship's owners have contracted the Crowley Maritime Corp., a worldwide salvage company based in Florida, to float the vessel. Three tugboats sent
from Los Angeles made several attempts to dislodge it this week. Three more powerful tugs are on their way from Seattle, Meier-Hedde said, and are
expected to arrive early next week.
Yesterday, a salvage master arrived from Scotland to oversee operations. "Hopefully, we'll get lucky and she'll come off fast," said David Stirling,
standing by the ship. At the earliest, a new attempt to pull the ship won't be made until late next week, he said.
In preparation, workers must first unload the fuel ? and that in itself will be a time-consuming, as it must be heated before it is pumped out, and
only a small generator is working on the vessel, Stirling said. Attaching lines to the tugboats also will take time, he said.
The smaller tugs are now working to keep the ship from being carried even farther toward shore by the pounding surf.
"At the moment, we've got the highest tides of the month. From today, they get lower and lower, which makes it more and more difficult," Stirling
said. "It's two weeks before it comes up to this level again."
In case the tugs fail, the company is preparing to send additional equipment from Louisiana, Stirling said, but that would take six weeks to arrive.
Judging from this week's interest, the salvage efforts will be closely followed, by schoolchildren and housewives, workers and vendors, even U.S.
tourists driving by.
They are hungry to solve the mystery of this ship that missed the harbor and made Ensenada history.
Steve Menzer, 47, of Newbury Park, said he was down for the weekend, driving with with friends when they noticed the ship. "Think of all the people,
waiting for their stuff to arrive, they're saying, 'Where's our container, where is it?"
Ana Patricia Ruiz, 11, an Ensenada resident, had a question of her own: "They had their route mapped out, so why did they end up here?"
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Container ship stuck on Mexico beach
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/2134717.ht...
December 30, 2005
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A private U.S. company was working Thursday to rescue a container ship that has been hung up on a beach off Mexico's northern
Pacific Coast since Christmas Day, a Mexican port captain confirmed.
The Antigua and Barbuda-registered barge, bearing the name APL Panama and originating in Oakland, was preparing to enter the Mexican port of Ensenada
on Dec. 25 when it became stuck about 1.5 miles south of its destination, port Capt. Jose Luis Rios Hernandez told The Associated Press by telephone.
Mexican officials hired a U.S company specializing in marine salvage operations to rescue the ship, but thus far the company has had no luck,
Hernandez said.
The captain added that he believed it might take as long as a month to free the ship's hull and propellers from the sand.
The 850-foot-long ship was carrying about 35,000 tons of cargo, Rios said.
Officials had not determined the cause of the mishap; the captain of the ship had not yet given a statement, he said.
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It's definitely as close as it looks, and that is the prop (and I guess rudder). It's basically up on shore. I don't know what keeps it from listing
more. They'll need a REALLY high tide to float that unit.
The waves were crashing hard up against the starboard side - which was visible from the highway on the North side of Ensenada.
I noticed that one article says they may not get it off the beach for another month.
Crazy.
| Quote: | Originally posted by grover
Maybe that photo is a little deceiving, but it looks like the container ship is INSANELY close to the shoreline...
...even if they ran aground during one of the highest possible tides. Your shots were taken about 4 hours after high tide/3 hours before low.
The captain really screwed the pooch on that one. Is that the prop/rudder visible under the stern?
"...has a draft of 36 feet...stranded some 300 feet offshore..."
Oh man. 
There won't be another 7'+ tide till the 28th/29th. Tomorrow it goes under 6' for 3 1/2 weeks.
http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/calendar/month/5540.html
Well; at least we know where Joe Hazelwood is employed now. Fun naval trivia: I worked with his nephew @ FLEASWTRACENPAC when the Valdez grounded.
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Stuck Ship Gets Waves Of Stares
http://www.10news.com/goodnews/5827677/detail.html
January 3, 2006
ENSENADA, Mexico -- All of sudden, the city of Ensenada has gained a huge tourist attraction -- a container ship that's stuck on the beach.
As you drive into Ensenada, it's hard to miss the ship.
The waves pound it and tug boats try to keep it from drifting any further.
"It's really weird -- I've been to the beach all my life (and have) never seen a boat out on the beach. It's like a city out there," said tourist Mark
Flooten.
Up close, the freighter, which is almost 900 feet long, is an impressive site.
The ship ran aground a week ago Sunday.
Its parent company has said the Panama drifted as it waited for a harbor captain to guide it into Ensenada harbor, where it was to pick up electronic
equipment bound for the Far East.
Meantime, the ship is creating booming business for people selling everything from corn to candy on the beach.
The longer it sits there, the more business opportunities there will be as more and more people show up to stare at it.
"The more (time) it takes, the tougher it's going to be to get it out, definitely," said ship visitor Emilio Hoyos.
The first step in getting the ship out is to build a temporary road.
The road will be used by trucks that will pump the ship's fuel out, in hopes to make it lighter.
Special tug boats will be brought in from Seattle to pull the freighter away from the surf.
The tug boats from Seattle are expected to be in place by the end of the week.
Once the fuel is unloaded, they'll give it a go.
If it fails to free the ship, other equipment will be brought in from Louisiana, but that will take at least six weeks.
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San Diego Company To Help Salvage Beached Ship
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R.E. Staite Working To Salvage 900-Foot Vessel
January 6, 2006
ENSENADA, Mexico -- A group of San Diegans will help salvage a 900-foot freighter that's been stuck on a beach in Ensenada, Mexico, 10News reported.
Crews at R.E. Staite in National City have been working overtime to prepare for the job.
"It's exciting .. knowing you're participating in getting a 900-foot vessel off the beach," said Ray Carpenter, from R.E. Staite Engineering.
The APL Panama grounded itself Christmas Day. Titan, a salvage company out of Florida, called R.E. Staite for help.
"I got a hold of my personnel and said, 'This is going to be a 20-hour a day deal.' Everybody stepped up and here we are," Carpenter said.
According to 10News, Carpenter and his co-workers are used to big jobs. They've done many salvage operations, including the infamous Exxon Valdez.
"We were involved in the ship when it came to Nassco. We were hired by Exxon shipping to cut the steel plates off the bottom -- the same people who
worked on those projects are still with me today. We have an expertise right here in San Diego that's unique to California," said Carpetner in 1989.
Carpenter's expert crews are flying materials to Ensenada.
"Helicopters are coming in two to three times a day and ships are coming in picking up cargo .. it's been non-stop," Carpenter told 10News.
All of the equipment will be used to get the Panama off the beach.
This is how it is supposed to work: Three giant pulleys will be attached to the ship and three half-mile-long chains will be anchored to the sea
bottom. The pulleys will slowly crank up the chains and if all goes well, the stern of the ship will free itself first, followed by the rest of
freighter.
If they can get all the equipment in place, they'll begin the project late next week.
If next week's effort fails, R.E. Staite will probably send one of its cranes to unload the containers off the ship to make the vessel even lighter.
At the end of the month they could make another attempt to get the freighter off the beach.
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Helicopters, yes
I've seen many flyovers of cargo helicopters going back and forth to Ensenada in these last few weeks.
Question: the helicopters take containers south, as well as north. Are they returning empty containers to the stranded vessel?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
I've seen many flyovers of cargo helicopters going back and forth to Ensenada in these last few weeks.
Question: the helicopters take containers south, as well as north. Are they returning empty containers to the stranded vessel?
[Edited on 1-7-2006 by Gypsy Jan] |
Yes Jan they just fly up to Walmarts and dump the crap on the consumer then head back for aonther load of DVD players and other stuff we are unable
to make!
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They better helicopter all they can because that little bath toy will never get to sea again. I've never seen one thats stuck so bad get pulled out in
one piece. Oregon still has part of one still not removed.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
I've seen many flyovers of cargo helicopters going back and forth to Ensenada in these last few weeks.
Question: the helicopters take containers south, as well as north. Are they returning empty containers to the stranded vessel?
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I doubt that they are taking empty containers back, but they are probably taking containers full of salvage equipment out to the ship.
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One of the concerns mentioned to me by someone fairly knowledgeable about this stuff is the condition of the hull getting pounded by surf all this
time.
There's a real possibility the hull may be compromised by the heavy surf.
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Yep, the hull is broadside to the waves and sucked into the bottom. Pulling from offshore may stop the shoreward movement but will not stop the waves
and near-shore currents from settling the hull deeper and deeper into the bottom. If there is any solid bottom to stop this downward migration, it
will tear the hull apart before the ship can be turned.
That's why they remove the fuel first; then the cargo, then any equipment or superstructure they can cut loose to lessen the weight. The first few
loads coming onto the ship will be pumps for the fuel and bilge.When that doesn't work, they will cut the hull apart and try to haul off the parts. It
may be there for years or forever....
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cargo ship return flights
some of the helicopter trips back here are leaving supplies/material/equipment on the beach also. there is a HUGE black hose (much larger than the
one being used to off load the fuel) that was brought in and currently lies semi uncurled on the beach. anyone have any ideas what that might be
(for)?
heard the harbor master on a news report state that the captain of the panama had entered this port before...eagerly awaiting results of "thorough
investigation" into the cause(s)
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update on cargo ship aground in ensenada
according to the ensenada.net site, the current plan is to remove 8,000 tons of ballast and 3,000 tons of fuel, lightening the ship about 2 meters'
worth.
on january 14, with a spring high tide of nearly 2 meters, and 6 tugs pulling with 40,000HP, hopes are high that the ship will be refloated.
we are keeping fingers crossed. more and more of the beach is being made inaccessible.
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Higher tides, removing weight part of plan to budge stuck ship
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060106-9999-7m6s...
By Sandra Dibble
January 6, 2006
ENSENADA ? Salvage crews working to float the APL Panama, an 880-foot container vessel that ran aground last month, are planning their next attempt
when bimonthly high tides hit the region around Jan. 14. The first step involves lightening the vessel's load by removing more than 10,000 tons of
fuel and water from the ballast, according to a salvage plan presented to Ensenada port authorities by the Crowley Maritime Corp., a worldwide salvage
company based in Florida.
Yesterday, workers were assembling sections of flexible pipeline that will be stretched to the ship so that the fuel can be removed. The fuel will be
placed inside rubber bladders onshore and then hauled away over land, workers said.
With high tides, a lighter load, six tugboats and two 300-ton pulleys pulling the vessel there is a "good possibility" that the APL Panama can be
floated, according to the salvage company's report, said Carlos Manuel Jauregui, the Ensenada port director.
If that effort fails, the next attempt would be at the end of the month, when tides are higher again, according to the salvage plan. A barge and crane
would be brought in to remove containers from the vessel, according to the plan.
Ensenada's harbor master, Capt. Jos? Luis R?os Hern?ndez, said yesterday that he had completed his investigation into the incident and has forwarded
his report to the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation in Mexico City. An appointed expert will go over the information and issue an
opinion, R?os said.
R?os would not discuss his findings, saying the information remains confidential until the opinion is released. R?os said "90 percent of maritime
accidents are due to human error," but he would not say whether this was the case, nor who would have made the error.
The APL Panama ran aground at 6:12 p.m. Dec. 25, according to the ship's German owner, Mare Britannicum Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co.
Initial reports from the port of Ensenada said the crew had apparently been trying to enter the port without a pilot, but the owners deny this.
Managing director Jens Meier-Hedde said the crew had been waiting for a pilot to guide the ship into harbor when strong currents apparently pulled it
toward shallow water and it ran aground.
The company has now hired a maritime public relations firm, MTI Network, to handle press inquiries. Mare Britannicum is insured by the P&I Club,
said MTI spokesman Mike Hanson.
The beach alongside the vessel, just south of the port of Ensenada, was a flurry of activity yesterday. Salvage workers have set up a staging area,
and a powerful helicopter, a Sikorsky Sky Crane, carried equipment from National City, where the marine contractors, R.E. Staite, have been a
logistics center for the floating effort.
"For the past week we've been working two shifts, unloading cargo that's been coming in by truck from various points in the United States," said the
company's president, Ray Carpenter.
The spectacle has been drawing steady crowds to the Ensenada beach, and yesterday was no exception. Jos? Luis Gonz?lez carried a camera and portable
printer, offering photographs of families by the vessel for 30 pesos, less than $3.
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APL Panama MAX Service (Mexico Asia Express)
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APL Panama MAX Service (Mexico Asia Express)
(Updated 6 Jan 2006)
Here is a further update on the APL Panama:
- The vessel remains aground off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico.
- Fuel and ballast water will soon be removed to lighten the load before the vessel is refloated
- There is no sign of cargo damage aboard the vessel. Reefers are being powered by generators that have been installed on the ship.
- The effort to re-float the vessel could be made as early as January 13, with the deployment of additional equipment and high lunar tides expected on
that date.
The owner of the vessel has advised APL of its intention to declare General Average as a result of this incident. General Average is a legal procedure
where the vessel owners, charterers and cargo owners are required to share the cost of "any extraordinary sacrifice or expenditure . . . voluntarily
and reasonably made or incurred in time of peril to preserve the ship and cargo." The costs the vessel owners will claim will likely include the
salvage and other expenses necessary to refloat and repair the vessel and complete the voyage.
General Average and salvage are addressed in Clauses 15 and 24 of the APL bill of lading. The terms and conditions of the APL bill of lading are
available for review on the APL website at http://www.apl.com/help_center/html/bl_terms.html.
We expect that once the vessel owner declares General Average, they will also require the posting of security by cargo owners before permitting
delivery of cargo. We understand the salvage company engaged by the vessel owners also will assert a lien against the vessel and its cargo in respect
to their salvage costs and compensation and will also require cargo owners to post security. We do not have further details about the security
requirements the vessel owners and salvors will impose at this time, but we will keep you apprised as we learn more.
Maritime cargo insurance policies usually provide coverage for salvage and general average claims. Your underwriter has expertise in handling such
claims and can also help post security on your behalf. We urge you to contact your insurance underwriter to notify them of the incident the likelihood
of General Average declaration and the assertion by the salvage company of a salvage lien.
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