Vessels Collide In North Sea

Hazlinny | 14:34 Mon 10th Mar 2025 | News

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Oil tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea - both large ships - how could this happen?

https://news.sky.com/story/coastguard-helicopter-scrambled-over-report-tanker-and-cargo-ship-have-collided-in-north-sea-13325739

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wolf63

I just came across the story in Google news a few minutes ago. You would think that someone would have noticed another huge ship and taken action to avoid it.

It's a bit like the Russian spaceship that crashed into the Moon; whoever was driving must have known where the moon was.

vulcan42

It all depends of the size and speed of these ships. A super tanker can take 7-8 miles to stop, even in an "emergency stop", it can travel a mile before stopping.

douglas9401

Reinforces the saying that worse things happen at sea.

davebro3

probly swerved to avoid dinghies?

Hazlinny

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15.01

It is believed the Stena Immaculate, which was travelling from Greece to the UK, was anchored at the time.

ferlew

My local news says that the Solong was on auto pilot at the time of the collision.

andy-hughes

As advised in two posts - by the time one ship can see the other, it may already be too late to avoid a collision because of the length of time it takes to stop.

And it appears that the moving ship was on autopilot, and I can only sumise that their computer has failed to register the other vessel, hence the collision.

davebro3

Why would a ship be on autopilot (presumably without monitoring) in the world's busiest seaway?🙄

johnk

There should always be someone on watch but that's not always the case. The ship didn't need to stop just turn to avoid a collision, plenty of time to do that if there's someone on the bridge