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2008-09-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Nork-Flagged Ukranian Ship Disappears Off Bulgaria

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-27 16:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "And we can save so much money by flagging under... North KOREA?!?!?"

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-27 16:22|| 2008-09-27 16:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Scrap metal. Sure. A Nork ship in the Black Sea sailing from the Ukraine with scrap metal.

I want to thank the Navy SEALS for a job well done. If they were involved ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-09-27 16:39|| 2008-09-27 16:39|| Front Page Top

#3 seems to be a lot of Ukranian ships with problems these days.... or am I just paranoid or am I not paranoid enuf....

Posted by Clineck Hatfield1826 2008-09-27 16:43|| 2008-09-27 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Those ships are really decrepit and way overloaded. Any water entry and they will go down very quickly.

I know one Ukrainian sailor who captained a Greek scrap iron carrier. It sank very quickly when caught in a sudden storm. The crew barely made it off.

Posted by ed 2008-09-27 17:01|| 2008-09-27 17:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe the owners will take a write off for an future archaeological treasure.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-27 17:24|| 2008-09-27 17:24|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a real simple answer to whether this was an accident or a military endeavor. Find out which Class Society classed this ship. If it was Lloyd's Register, Det Norske Veritas or ABS, it was military. If it was someone else, there's a good chance it was an accident or mechanical/structural failure.

The three Class Societies I mentioned above check their ships very well using honest, knowledgeable, competent, conscientious inspectors. Other Class Societies are, shall we say, a bit less stringent about their inspections. Some, the bottom of the barrel, inspect only the brown envelope and its financial contents before certifying a vessel as safe. Those Class Societies tend to have a LOT of problems with their ships...

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-09-27 17:29|| 2008-09-27 17:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Poseidon is a fickle god.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-27 18:14|| 2008-09-27 18:14|| Front Page Top

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