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hmmm, maybe we need some new Ferries...
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22-06-2024, 10:41 PM
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Annnnd it's off the sand and free. They moved the cargo (trucks and cars plus freight) towards the back of the ship, moved the water ballast in the same direction to effectively lift the bow and used two small harbour tugs to pull it off the sand at high tide, mission accomplished.
Now standing by whilst evaluation is made to determine cause of stranding due to loss of steering.
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(22-06-2024, 08:44 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Doesnt look too good, looks like the ship lost power/steering.
Very reminiscent of the Baltimore bridge disaster when that ship lost power.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35031969...r-steering
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Our rail system definitely needs updating & reviving & I think most are aware of that, especially those of us who are older & remember the days when rail & the ferry did most of transporting goods, which were also the days when our roads were in far better condition.
Oddly, various govts are apparently completely unaware of this...
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slack lazy crew with poor training , they had it on auto pilot which is not recomended practice in shalow waters & definatly not in habours . It developed a fault & they didnt know how to disconnect it & made the situation worse by putting it in revrse , counter rotating props make vessel turn one way thats what happened on the Titanic if they put ful power forward theyd have missed the iceberg . But just like the pylon fall no one will actually be held responsible thats the result of Labours way no one is at fault just system error
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I don't see a political link in this business, which looks to me like human error on top of human error. That's what happens when you have people in charge of big machines. Sometimes things go wrong.
People make mistakes.
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15-07-2024, 01:14 PM
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I went for a trip up to the North Island from Christchurch with the car back in the 70's.
I was surprised how scruffy and 3rd world the ferries were in both directions. No pride or even cleanliness or average management of an important facility evidenced anywhere we went on the ships.
Looked like no one gave a stuff about the ships and how they looked. Dirty and unkempt.
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And if the autopilot was engaged accidently? And no one realised until it was too late? Or had the skills to respond quickly?
Human error.
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