On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:35:39 GMT, "Floyd in Tampa"
wrote:

After reading many reports, do they say why the ship rolled? As I read
it......

The cranes are hooked to the load and ballast(water?) is pumped into the
offshore ballast tanks to offset the off-center weight being lifted from the
dock.

Then the load is lifted to the center of the boat. At this time the ship
began to roll away from the dock.

An interview with a loading specialist said that the ship should have
re-ballasted as the load was swung onboard. This could have been
accomplished by pumping out the offshore tanks and/or filling the inshore
tanks.

There was some mention of a crane failure?


So far, Floyd, there has been no official report or speculation on the
cause. The Coast Guard has initiated an investigation, but "it's
early yet".

I can think of at least 10 things that "could" have caused it but,
like everybody else at this point, I'd be guessing.

The Stellamare has been in the heavy-lift business for a number of
years, but there has been no mention of the experience level of this
particular crew (mostly Russian).
Regards,
noah

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