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English forum => Ship Simulator 2008 => General discussions => Topic started by: llamalord on August 28, 2008, 22:58:38

Title: Container Crunching
Post by: llamalord on August 28, 2008, 22:58:38

In case you ever wanted to know how well Ship Simulator simulates Crunching a hull of a container ship, I just found this picture on the internet. Looks pretty nasty. :-\

(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/images/2008/03/18/oilspill.jpg)

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Person264 on August 30, 2008, 14:01:33

Wow I wonder what hit that, it can't have been the guy in the canoe/kayak

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Nathan|C on August 30, 2008, 14:38:36

You never know, an Arie Visser can sink a VLCC in the game so why not a guy in a kayak?  ;D

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Person264 on August 31, 2008, 14:16:10

True, there could be some crazy perspective going on there and the guy could be bigger than the ship. But seriously how do you think that happened?

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: --tractorman-- on August 31, 2008, 14:27:22

hmm i wonder....

something hit it i think ;D

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Person264 on August 31, 2008, 16:03:16

Godzilla?

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: ADDUBYA on August 31, 2008, 16:27:57

The ship in the pictures is the "Cosco Busan" which hit the bay bridge in Oakland/San Francisco in November of 2007 spilling oil into the bay. You can recreate the Busan's path in ShipSim San Francisco environment.

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=186405

Map of site:
http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-google-earth-tracking/

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: llamalord on August 31, 2008, 17:46:29

Now, Now, don't encourage people to create national disasters. ;D

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: llamalord on August 31, 2008, 17:48:25

Hold it... Oil, It's a container ship. did it puncture one of the tanks? ???

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: ADDUBYA on August 31, 2008, 18:19:38

Quote from: llamalord on August 31, 2008, 17:48:25

Hold it... Oil, It's a container ship. did it puncture one of the tanks? ???

Yep. Punctured the fuel tanks.

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: mvsmith on August 31, 2008, 18:22:57

Yes, M’Lord, it was the fuel oil that spilled. There was a posting on this forum when the accident happened, pointing out that not only tankers pose an environmental hazard, but also the fuel on board any large merchant ship.

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: IRI5HJ4CK on August 31, 2008, 18:24:06

Nasty, sorry to be off topic but, when you look at the size of the guy in his Kayak, and the size of the container ship, you really appreciate the size of vessels like that :D ;D

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Agent|Austin on September 01, 2008, 02:19:45

i agree jack. So who's fault was it? Captain or pilot? :s

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: Capt. Le Velle on September 01, 2008, 05:46:09

Quote from: mvsmith on August 31, 2008, 18:22:57

Yes, M’Lord, it was the fuel oil that spilled. There was a posting on this forum when the accident happened, pointing out that not only tankers pose an environmental hazard, but also the fuel on board any large merchant ship.

about that i think that anything with fuel poses as a environmental hazard but nobody going to make them stop working if they do the world will stop spinning

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: MrFlappy102 on September 10, 2008, 01:27:00

Was the bridge damaged in the colliusion?

Title: Re: Container Crunching
Post by: JHB on September 10, 2008, 01:29:09

Quote from: Person264 on August 31, 2008, 16:03:16

Godzilla?

My first thought  ;D