Following the Seuz thread I saw these YouTubes recently. Might be of interest to some?
The loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire in 1980 with 44 lives lost, and the MV Arvin this year with 6 lives lost.
The first vid is only a few minutes. Frightening.
youtube.com/watch?v=gaZhnNlutuQ
Report here
maritime-executive.com/arti … -at-anchor
The second is an older documentary
youtube.com/watch?v=SeRjGPI9S_8
Wiki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Derbyshire
Franglais:
Following the Seuz thread I saw these YouTubes recently. Might be of interest to some?
The loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire in 1980 with 44 lives lost, and the MV Arvin this year with 6 lives lost.The first vid is only a few minutes. Frightening.
youtube.com/watch?v=gaZhnNlutuQ
Report here
maritime-executive.com/arti … -at-anchorThe second is an older documentary
youtube.com/watch?v=SeRjGPI9S_8
Wiki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Derbyshire
Don’t forget the MV union star and Solomon Browne lifeboat 14 lost in total and all the RNAS sea king crew could do was watch
google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j … 5OnJzcmI0d
New pastures
Russia along with China will have an alternative to the Suez canal shortly with Russia being a major player moving freight & not just via the northern sea route soon.
They’ve almost finished upgrading their Trans-Siberian train route dubbed the ‘Siberian Cedar road’ which connects Moscow all the way out to the far east which will mean Russia becoming a major hub along with China’s belt & road initiative. “China doubled cargo-trafficked goods by rail through Russia and Asia in the first two months of the current year, as rising prices and the long sea delivery are forcing Beijing to increase rail transportation,”