Dreadnought HolidayMay 22

Great day for fans of stuck boats, as a Cypriot cargo ship has parked itself in somebody's garden in Norway - AND THERE'S LIVE FOOTAGE!

It's actually really relaxing to watch unless, presumably, you're one of the crew...

Edit: boo! They've turned the camera off now it's dark and the page is down. I'll see if there's a YouTube version tomorrow or something.

Show threadDreadnought HolidayMay 22

I don't know about you, but I'd find opening my curtains in the morning to be confronted with this quite alarming...

I'd certainly be viewing the contents of my coffee with suspicion.

Show threadDreadnought HolidayMay 22
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
Show threadDreadnought HolidayMay 22

Ok, so there's footage available, and although we don't generally laugh at foreign languages here let me tell you the containerskipet comes i full fart all right.

Doesn't let up on the fart right up until it follows through, in fact...

https://tv.vg.no/nyheter/her-krasjer-containerskipet?id=332906

Fanget dramtikken på video: Her krasjer containerskipet - VGTV

Containerskipet NCL Salten gikk på grunn nær huset til Johan Helberg ved Trondheimsfjorden torsdag morgen.

VGTV
Show threadDreadnought HolidayMay 23

The livestream is back up!

https://play.adressa.no/video/3018234/direkte-containserskip-pa-grunn-utenfor-byneset

The latest dit is that NCL Salten is PROPERLY aground from bow to arse. The coastguard vessel KV Njord can be seen in the background, making sure it doesn't try anything funny.

Show threadJos DingjanMay 23

@DreadShips EDIT: I incorrectly thought I spotted an absence of both anchors […]. That invalidates my suggestion that attempts were made to stop.

Ignore the below speculation:
[…]
(or stay anchored? Dutch NOS mentions that it got adrift, but they’re insufficiently clear on whether that’s “from anchored” or NUC), and further speculation then leads me to “but the engine(s) were and kept running”, without control.

If so, maybe beaching was a last-ditch attempt at stopping.

[…]

Show threadDreadnought HolidayMay 23
@happydisciple the anchors are just really inconspicuous - here it is in Hamburg
Show threadJos DingjanMay 23
@DreadShips Hmm, reeeally inconspicuous anchors indeed. It looks like the flukes actually slot home inside the hull!
Show threadjackMay 23
@happydisciple @DreadShips I still don't understand where the anchors are / where they attach in either photo!
Show threadJos DingjanMay 23
@jackeric @DreadShips In my interpretation, here.
Show threadjackMay 23
@happydisciple @DreadShips oh, right, that _is_ the anchor? I thought it was some kind of bushing for the anchor chain!
Show threadJos DingjanMay 23

@jackeric @DreadShips Ditto, hence my speculating.

A cruciform hawsepipe would be odd, I suppose. But who knows (I for sure don’t)?
#¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadDreadnought Holiday
@happydisciple @jackeric pretty sure that's the anchor - I can't see any other options, and there's no real explanation for anything else that feature could be. Also the rust!
May 23 at 9:48amWeb
Show threadAlan BellinghamMay 23
@DreadShips @happydisciple @jackeric Looking at the other pictures on MarineTraffic, yeah, I think that's the anchor itself, undeployed