MV Rocknes was a 166-metre (545 ft)-long rock discharge vessel that hit shallow water and suddenly capsized south of Bergen, Norway on 19 January 2004, killing 18 members of its 30-person crew.[1] At the time of its sinking, it was the world's largest dynamically positioned flexible fall pipe rock dumping vessel.[2] The ship was repaired during 2004 and 2005 and renamed Nordnes
All happened because of uneven cargo that causes the Rockness to list more to the side, and the pilots have difficulties trying to correct it. If only they have straighten the gravel load, then the ship would've not sink and stayed balanced, and if they update their charts, then they steer away from the rocks
It is not known yet but the following flights have been confirmed -ATI Flight 782 -China Airlines Flight 676 -2019 Alaska mid-air collision -United Flight 811 (Remake)
Something wasn’t right about this rock discharge vessel. Already in the beginning, I noticed that it seemed to be unusually tilted to the right. Too much tilted for it to navigate safely. I don’t really know if that was how the ship was supposed to navigate, but it already seemed weird for me. Made me thought it would sink because of it being overloaded, but it ended up hitting shallow water and capsizing.
When your cargo is easily shifted, such as the Rocknes’ cargo of gravel, it’s hard to balance correctly. The ship was within safe operating parameters, they did the best they could do
MV Rocknes was a 166-metre (545 ft)-long rock discharge vessel that hit shallow water and suddenly capsized south of Bergen, Norway on 19 January 2004, killing 18 members of its 30-person crew.[1] At the time of its sinking, it was the world's largest dynamically positioned flexible fall pipe rock dumping vessel.[2] The ship was repaired during 2004 and 2005 and renamed Nordnes
