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have you ever been through the mallaca straights?

it really is amazing it doesnt happen more often. its not like the ships can just put on the brakes and stop in 100m.

I was heading into singapore once (sailed in there a few times), and at 45 degrees to port and starboard or the bow, I counted over 90 contacts, then I gave up.

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How the *** do you colide with a supertanker?  

Its not like u wouldnt see it coming!

Surprisingly its fairly easy for larger ships to collide.

Problem is that they are very hard to manouvre. You just cant turn them around or stop, it can take a long distance (kilometres)

Often they come across each others path's at fairly late notice and in heavy seas, or fog its all over. In really heavy seas its possible to loose sight of big ships very easily.

Commercial ships are alot different to control than a small tinny or even a 60ft charter boat!

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raz0r$harP.UK Grand Master

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that actually happened last week..and it was only about 100 japanese second-hand cars..still a shame though.

I had a friend last week whose car managed to make it safely to Australian shores, only to have a container accidentally dropped on it. doh!

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