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  • New attempt to load Galway ferries
    Updated: 10:25, Wednesday, 20 April 2011

    A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.


    A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.

    The boats are to be transported to Mauritius on board the 7,000-tonne Danish registered cargo ship, the Thor Gitta.

    Two attempts to load them onto the deck of the ship have been unsuccessful.

    On the first attempt three men were injured when a sling broke as one of the ferries was being hoisted. It fell 12m back into the sea.

    The second attempt to lift the ferries was abandoned when an alarm on the Thor Gitta's lifting crane went off.

    A previous attempt to transport the ferries to Mauritius had to be abandoned when another freighter, the Pantanal, ran aground and was holed during a storm at Rossaveal.

    This morning, the two ferries were brought alongside the Thor Gitta.

    Galway Harbour Master Brian Sheridan said the latest attempt to load them will get under way about 11am.

    from rte.ie


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • Sounds like those ferries are heavier than expected?

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      • When the crane screams and beeps at you that it can't lift the weight, that usually a sign to cancel the lift, and not just silence the alarm....


        Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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        • Check out Galway Ships website I uploaded a lot of pictures including some from today of the lift, they are in the new gallery.

          Link: http://galwayships.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=11

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          • Those are links to photos and info from Icelandic coast guard homepage about the various stages of Iceland’s new OPV “Thor” building process, delivery is estimated late August this year. Iceland has one of its OPV patrolling the Mediterranean and will send another vessel when Thor is delivered



            A video from the launching ceremony:

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            • Great clip Latus, thank you for sharing.
              Has the delivery been delayed much by the Chilean Earthquake?


              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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              • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                Great clip Latus, thank you for sharing.
                Has the delivery been delayed much by the Chilean Earthquake?
                First delivery was estimated in beginning of 2010 now they set the date to 31 August this year, so the delays could be close to 2 years, electrical motors wirings and even pumps had to be replaced,probably it took the Norwegians time to manufacture new equipment, the hull itself suffered no damage...
                a tow ship is much needed in Icelandic waters, oil tanker traffic from Murmansk to America has increased enormously and they seam to be in a lot of hurry...they often take the route close to Iceland’s North-West corner.. theistic forecast there is notorious unreliable.. fresh visual inspection from a flyover is the only info to be really trusted.

                This newsclip is since Thor’s sister ship Harstad came for celebration and tow practice instead of tow training they where involved in real strand,,...must click “Horfa á myndskeyð með frétt” to watch


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                • Originally posted by Latus View Post
                  Iceland has one of its OPV patrolling the Mediterranean and will send another vessel when Thor is delivered
                  What are they doing in the Mediterranean?

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                  • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
                    What are they doing in the Mediterranean?
                    When the unrest in Libya began they got a request to monitor parts of the Shengen southern border, they have a “spy plaine”there as well, a Dash 8 full of Swedish cutting edge technology on the inside this is a PDF with some technical info in Icelandic and English about that plaine:

                    This is are specification about the new ship.Thor.... but only in Icelandic :


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                    • I heard the trip was cancelled.


                      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                      • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                        I heard the trip was cancelled.
                        It may have been canceled, but then it must have been a last minute cancellation..they painted the EU flag on Týr about 10 days ago...They will patrol the area on behalf of Frontex a European border institute
                        Búið er að mála fána Evrópusambandsins á varðskip Landhelgisgæslunnar en verið er að gera skipið klárt til að sinna verkefnum fyrir Frontex, Landamærastofnun Evrópusambandsins, í Miðjarðarhafinu.

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                        • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                          I heard the trip was cancelled.
                          You are rigth the trip was canceled ..

                          they will do fishing inspection for the EU.. this is how Týr looks now :

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                          • Originally posted by easyrider View Post
                            The Norwegian Coast Guard have a number of ships that mostly do fishery protection but can also do emergency towing - how do they man/train their crews?
                            After the Bourbon Dolphin accident the Norwegian reorganized the coast guard.

                            Tugs from he oil fields are called in for heavy and difficult tows
                            Animation released with official report into sinking of Bourbon Dolphin

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                            • Is this the same operation?



                              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                              • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                                I guess it is,It looks like the ship has been contracted.There are no reliable news about this, Captain and crew aperantly do not have police power while the ship is on this mission the coat of arm has been removed also the gun and (whatever a state flag is called in English).... I guess they will stay in N-Atlantic,as far as I know only Ægir has been equipped with extra cooling to operate in warm se

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