kulgan 1042 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 What a mess.. Almost makes you wanna cry. The whole vids worth watching but it gets sad at the 1m 13sec mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EqGzO_qsc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tima 5 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 sh*t happens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kulgan 1042 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 sh*t happens Thats a whole lot of sh*t that happened.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 World of waste Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Note the large structure which is chained down and didn't move, from that poor crew work with bad house keeping habits. Also why would the Captain endanger his ship and crew by taking it through a Hurricane in the first place where was COMMON Sense? bet the insurance bill wasn't little. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Do they actually chain cars down in the modern fully enclosed car carriers? Not like they are trucks with easy tie down points.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nath 134 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Shipping offices push ships to take chances, the captain is put under a lot of pressure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) By the mess inside it would seem nothing was used to secure the vehicles at all maybe the park brake could have helped although the ute being throw around tells a different story. Even if under pressure your own survival instinct, common sense would kick in surely? and avoid the storm. Edited June 28, 2014 by tim 325 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1661 Report post Posted June 29, 2014 Caught slipping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted June 29, 2014 Guess its a fairly extreme case - the clinometer was showning 40 deg to port & 50 deg to starboard. Which would explain the ute tumbling end over end.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyne 17 Report post Posted June 29, 2014 At least they were all new cars so nothing was lost, except for insurance premiums. BMW will just make more to replace those that were destroyed. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted July 1, 2014 At least they were all new cars so nothing was lost, except for insurance premiums. BMW will just make more to replace those that were destroyed. BMW is probably the only winner with this story I guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedsinc 414 Report post Posted July 1, 2014 Parts, parts and more parts!! I feel sorry for the poor ba$tards that had to go in and clean the mess up once it made port! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2956 Report post Posted July 1, 2014 Yeah, pulling all that lot out would have been one hell of a mission. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tobytoblerone 3 Report post Posted July 2, 2014 Probably one of the last shipments of new E65/E66! Sad still has the plastic on the seats from the factory.. I wonder if any of the cars were salvaged for parts, hmmm... I teared a little haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2956 Report post Posted July 3, 2014 I wonder if any of the cars were salvaged for parts, hmmm... Not sure if it is still the case but a few years back it used to be that any new (i.e. unregistered) cars that were damaged beyond repair were scrapped and crushed by an approved scrappy. This was to prevent the possibility of the chassis number being re-used on a stolen or written off vehicle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites