Collision in the North Sea

[larbert toffee]

Nice ships, but they're dry cargo. I sailed on tankers.

Typical sailor Kev, always prefer lube over dry

 

[Eggs]

….Captain of the cargo ship is a Russian national.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

….Captain of the cargo ship is a Russian national.

Rrussian and Filipino crew also.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

….Captain of the cargo ship is a Russian national.

That's not unusual these days.

 

[Bedfordblue]

That's not unusual these days.

T-Boning a ship at anchor must be though?
If it quacks like a duck etc…..

 

[Littlesue]

 

[Walken]

Russian skipper charged unsurprisingly, hard to believe those thick overpaid bus conductors on the bridge haven't effed up massively.

 

[PhilM]

Russian skipper charged unsurprisingly, hard to believe those thick overpaid bus conductors on the bridge haven't effed up massively.

A ship, chartered by the US air force to transfer aviation fuel, is then hit at anchor... and that's not raising suspicions.

 

[Walken]

A ship, chartered by the US air force to transfer aviation fuel, is then hit at anchor... and that's not raising suspicions.

Either no one is on the bridge under transit through colossal malpractice or as you say something more sinister

 

[PhilM]

Either no one is on the bridge under transit through colossal malpractice or as you say something more sinister

Is that a euphemism for drunkenness?

 

[Durham Toffee]

There’s no way you can convince me this wasn’t manipulated by the Russian state. Either they had the captain’s family, or they promised to take care of them.

Think about it—Russia has been ramping up covert operations across Europe, using sabotage, cyberattacks, and disinformation to destabilise NATO.

This ship collision in the North Sea? A Russian-operated container ship slams into a US-chartered oil tanker carrying jet fuel for the US Navy. That’s not just some random accident. That’s a plausibly deniable "incident" designed to stir up tensions.

History backs this up too—look at the Dogger Bank incident in 1904. Russia nearly triggered a war with Britain by “mistakenly” attacking their fishing boats. They’ve pulled this kind of reckless provocation before.

And let’s not ignore the pattern. Russian planes have been testing NATO airspace, there have been sabotage attacks on European infrastructure, and now this? It fits too neatly into their strategy—poke the bear, see how it reacts, and exploit any division.

It’s classic hybrid warfare. They don’t need a direct fight—they just need to make the West look weak, divided, and hesitant. This crash stinks of an operation to do exactly that.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

There’s no way you can convince me this wasn’t manipulated by the Russian state. Either they had the captain’s family, or they promised to take care of them.

Think about it—Russia has been ramping up covert operations across Europe, using sabotage, cyberattacks, and disinformation to destabilise NATO.

This ship collision in the North Sea? A Russian-operated container ship slams into a US-chartered oil tanker carrying jet fuel for the US Navy. That’s not just some random accident. That’s a plausibly deniable "incident" designed to stir up tensions.

History backs this up too—look at the Dogger Bank incident in 1904. Russia nearly triggered a war with Britain by “mistakenly” attacking their fishing boats. They’ve pulled this kind of reckless provocation before.

And let’s not ignore the pattern. Russian planes have been testing NATO airspace, there have been sabotage attacks on European infrastructure, and now this? It fits too neatly into their strategy—poke the bear, see how it reacts, and exploit any division.

It’s classic hybrid warfare. They don’t need a direct fight—they just need to make the West look weak, divided, and hesitant. This crash stinks of an operation to do exactly that.

Hilarious . If that was the intention, then it's failed miserably.

 

[john jako]

I always go back to the Costa Concordia documentary. Absolutely madness what can go on in the merchant shipping/cruise liner industry.