What's the worst cargo on a burning ship?

[TOTO]

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2002.Penn.1.GIF




You guessed it...


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Explosives or fireworks
http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disatrer2002.Penn2.GIF

[portokiwi]

Would look cool at night.
Our contaner arrives in two days..... Looks like it went around the world.
Sopose to be here 3 weeks ago.

[TOTO]

Would look cool at night.
Our contaner arrives in two days..... Looks like it went around the world.
Sopose to be here 3 weeks ago.

Hope you dont get a letter instead starting with "Due to an unfortunate incident on our cargo ship, involving fireworks..."

[raftn]

I was going to say.......amonia (dont know how to spell it) nitrate............that can make a big bang.

[portokiwi]

mmmmmmm Covered by insurance lol.
Been over a year since we left Portugal so it will be interesting to see what her mother packed for us.
I hope my rugs from Iran and Afghanistan are in there.

[slofox]

I was going to say.......amonia (dont know how to spell it) nitrate............that can make a big bang.

Thats ammonium nitrate....mixed with aluminium powder it was an incendiary bomb mix in WW2.....amonal for short.....

[raftn]

Thats ammonium nitrate....mixed with aluminium powder it was an incendiary bomb mix in WW2.....amonal for short.....

THAnk you for that i stand corrected.

[KiwiRat]

That was the Hanjin Pennslvania, on 11 Nov 2002,only 4 months old, on only her second voyage to Europe, and about 150 km from Sri Lanka bound for Europe.

The first explosion occurred on deck 4, from unknown origin, possiblly an undeclared dangerous cargo, Calcium Hypochlorite.

4 days later a second explosion occurred due to fires spreading from the first explosion. This second explosion was on deck 6, with containers containing magnesium ingots. A huge fire results, forcing the crew to abandon ship.

The ship was towed to a port to discharge the containers and the vessel was sold to Indian breakers since the rebuilding costs would be more expensive than demolishing the ship. Zodiac Maritime (UK) bought the ship, refurbished her for nearly 50% of the price of a new ship and she is now sailing around as the "Norasia Bellatrix".

For more disturbing stories concerning the shipping of your prized possesssions, tune in to :http://www.containershipping.nl/casualties.html

[RantyDave]

Hahahahahahaha look at this one! PWN3D!

http://www.containershipping.nl/imag...alvastar05.jpg

Just how the hell would you ever get a job captaining a ship again?

Dave

[RantyDave]

OMG, this is going to take my entire evening now. Look what the result of the fire (above) was...

http://www.containershipping.nl/imag...sylvania20.jpg

Dave

[Usarka]

probably some dumb terrorist on his way to ram manhattan harbour stepped outside for a last ciggarette......

[KiwiRat]

OMG, this is going to take my entire evening now. Look what the result of the fire (above) was... Dave

Glad to help you fill your days.

[TOTO]

OMG, this is going to take my entire evening now...

Took me 3 days to look at them all...

[NOMIS]

Would look cool at night.
Our contaner arrives in two days..... Looks like it went around the world.
Sopose to be here 3 weeks ago.

It better not be one of my 20"reefers Im short all over nz

[James Deuce]

Bulk cement, and bulk flour are pretty good at making huge explosions. Especially when a torpedo hits 10 feet below the waterline without popping hold hatches.