"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
10/03/2015 at 14:15 • Filed to: None
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"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
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An American-flagged roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) container ship, en route from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico, has vanished in the Atlantic after sailing into Hurricane Joaquin.
The ship was last heard from at 7:20am on Thursday, October 1st, when they contacted the US Coast Guard to report that they had lost power and taken on a 15-degree list, but that on board flooding had been contained. At the time, the ship was in the Atlantic off of the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas.
Coast Guard and Air Force planes searched 850 square miles of ocean in the vicinity on Friday, with no sign of the ship. Searching resumed at dawn today, with no news reported so far.
El Faro was carrying a crew of 33, consisting of 28 Americans and 5 Polish citizens.
The 31,515 ton, 790 ft. long ship was originally built in 1975, by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania as Puerto Rico for Navieras de Puerto Rico, and has been owned by TOTE Inc. since 1991.
The ship was recently transferred from Sea Star Line to the TOTE Maritime Services fleet in September of this year, and has been sailing its current route since a major refurbishment in 2006.
TheHondaBro
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 14:24 |
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Disappears*
*It sank.
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ranwhenparked
> TheHondaBro
10/03/2015 at 14:26 |
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Its not officially confirmed sunk yet, but, yeah, it sank.
Jcarr
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 14:51 |
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Pretty rare occurrence in this day in age, no?
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Jcarr
10/03/2015 at 15:02 |
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I’d wager it happens more than we realize.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 16:47 |
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Whose bright idea was it to sail into a hurrican
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ranwhenparked
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
10/03/2015 at 17:03 |
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The hurricane was kind of big, not like they had much choice.
Sky Higa
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 17:18 |
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Could it be???
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ranwhenparked
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
10/03/2015 at 20:06 |
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Ships this large, operated by reputable companies, registered in developed countries with strong safety regulations very, very, very rarely sink or go missing, that’s why its highly newsworthy when it does happen.
Now, powerless old ships being towed to breakers yards, Chinese fishing boats, and Indonesian ferries, yeah, those things go down all the time.
kanadanmajava1
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 21:02 |
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If it really sank there should be a big number of shipping containers floating in the area. Plenty of those should get loose if a ship goes down.
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> ranwhenparked
10/03/2015 at 21:05 |
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Well what do I know? Haha, as someone who wanted to be a Coast Guardsman for years should probably know these things.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Jcarr
10/03/2015 at 23:22 |
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan…
They still happen. Usually 20 years after it was sold to some 3rd company and crewed with poor people so it rarely hits the news.