Willy Problem

[ABBAFAN]

I heard on the radio today that a tanker called MV WILLY was involved in a collision with another tanker in the English channel.The Willy was also involved in a beaching incident a few years ago too.

http://newsbox.msn.co.uk/article.aspx?as=adimarticle&f=uk_-_olgbtopnews&t=4023&id=2979397&d=20060609&do=http://newsbox.msn.co.uk&i=http://newsbox.msn.co.uk/mediaexportlive&ks=0&mc=5&ml=ma&lc=en&ae=windows-1252 (http://newsbox.msn.co.uk/article.aspx?as=adimarticle&f=uk_-_olgbtopnews&t=4023&id=2979397&d=20060609&do=http://newsbox.msn.co.uk&i=http://newsbox.msn.co.uk/mediaexportlive&ks=0&mc=5&ml=ma&lc=en&ae=windows-1252)

Did anyone else hear of these incidents?
Willy disaster!HAHAHA!

[STEED]

No news that I know of, most likely due to the fact there was no oil spill.

[Oberon]

Nice choice of thread title :up:

Maltese-flagged tanker, carrying 44,000 tons of fuel oil, has collided with a cargo ship off the south coast of Britain in the English Channel, the authorities said Friday. The tanker, Shakhdag, with 21 people on board, suffered minor damage to her stern but was able to proceed to the port of Portland, in the county of Dorset in south-west Britain. The cargo vessel, Willy, with 13 crew on board, suffered midships damage. The vessel was travelling from Amsterdam and is believed to be heading for the Manchester area in northern Britain. A Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) spokesman said: 'One of our helicopters is taking a marine surveyor to the Willy so the ship can be inspected.' 'No one was hurt in the incident and there were no reported leaks from the tanker.' The incident will be investigated by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.

[DeepSix]

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm glad the Willy didn't get sunk.:lol:

[Konovalov]

I was going to suggest that you see your local GP on seeing the topic title. :oops:

[Godalmighty83]

oh, and i had 'dude, thats just not cool' response all lined up as well....

[bradclark1]

Phew. I thought you had a Willy problem. I was going to offer my condolences.

[Onkel Neal]

Nice choice of thread title :up:



No kidding! I came running in here with my moderator hat on (actually, Drebbel's moderator hat, can't find mine :shifty: )

[lesrae]

Yup, I was SO nervous opening this thread :O)

Glad the collision wasn't worse, and you're right the Willy was involved in an incident in 2002:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5064014.stm