raging Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Doubt many are heading out, but if you are " MORE than 80 shipping containers have tumbled from a Liberian ship off the Hunter’s coast, Roads and Maritime Services have confirmed. Liberia-registered ship YM Efficiency lost the containers overboard as the ship made its way from Kaohsiung in Taiwan south to Port Botany. The 83 containers were believed to have fallen off the ship in Commonwealth waters about 30 kilometres from the Central Coast. Roads and Maritime Services executive director Angus Mitchell said the authority was notified on Friday afternoon, with another 30 containers aboard the ship sustaining damage. “While the contents of the containers are unknown, we understood they do not contain dangerous goods,” Mr Mitchell said. “A full manifest of the cargo on board the vessel, and the condition of the vessel, is being sought.” Reports of containers sighted about 100 metres offshore at Fingal Head and Boondelbah Island have already emerged. The recovery and removal of the cargo will fall to the shipping vessel’s operator, but swimmers and skippers are urged to keep an eye out for the containers, which may pose navigation hazards. Any sightings should be reported to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on 1800 641 792." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 The ship has been denied entry into Botany bay and will have to travel to Port Kembla or Newcastle. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Flotsam and Jetsan? Probably full of folding chairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raging Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 Running into a partially submerged one is the stuff of nightmares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Could have lost them in summer! Could do with closer fads! Seriouly, what a nightmare! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Maybe tractor parts maybe coke vision on telly showed stuff washing up on a corner of beach looked like dark pt mungo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nelson Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Thanks for the heads up mate. i wouldn’t like hitting one, it might make the crack I’ve got in my hull a bit bigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Gonna make the pre-dawn run up to Broughton interesting! ?? I agree, Scratchie... they could have lost them in summer! We’d all be chasing dollies around them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back cruncher Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hi all...83 new artificial reefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 they will drift with the current could end up anywhere...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 A few years back i was running back into Broken Bay late arvo with the sun in my eyes at about 20 knots - Nor Easter was blowing and i was surfing in at around 18-20 knots- one of the wind waves about 10 meters in front of me broke in a funny way and I just swerved in time to miss the corner of a mostly sunken shipping container- scared the crap out of me- called Coastguard (as they were at the time) and let them know but I reckon the odd mystery sinking of small boats at sea is when someone hits one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Shivers down my spine .... ONE OF MY GREATEST FEARS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Looks like it’s Nappies, surgical masks and Tampons .....https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/tonnes-of-cargo-wash-up-on-nsw-beaches-after-stricken-ship-sheds-load/news-story/4a0e4744d4e1c0c8614c2347591b81bb .... bugger that they are wrapped in steel shells otherwise we’d just power through !! Edited June 2, 2018 by zmk1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 16 hours ago, zmk1962 said: Looks like it’s Nappies, surgical masks and Tampons .....https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/tonnes-of-cargo-wash-up-on-nsw-beaches-after-stricken-ship-sheds-load/news-story/4a0e4744d4e1c0c8614c2347591b81bb .... bugger that they are wrapped in steel shells otherwise we’d just power through !! paper mache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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