Like one of those awkward moments you get when rushing on a busy sidewalk, M/V Grande Nigeria and M/V Nada V just couldn’t seem to pick sides and suffered a head on collision.
More information and photos of this incident can be found at CargoLaw.
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1 John G. De nam // Aug 13, 2008 at 12:27 am
Speculation only. In river accidents the rudder is always the suspect. If found to be operationally sound and orders were appropriate, the next area of investigation are the channel dimensions and a querry on bank suction. A right hand turning propeller smelling a good bank gradient can sheer a ship 30 degrees easily even with hard-over opposite rudder. Instinct is to increase speed; it only exacberate problem, I’ll bet on bank suction
2 John G. De nam // Aug 13, 2008 at 9:27 am
Speculation only. In river accidents the rudder is always the suspect. If found to be operationally sound and orders were appropriate, the next area of investigation are the channel dimensions and a querry on bank suction. A right hand turning propeller smelling a good bank gradient can sheer a ship 30 degrees easily even with hard-over opposite rudder. Instinct is to increase speed; it only exacberate problem, I’ll bet on bank suction
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