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A JFK-bound
passenger flying high on duty-free liquor had to be
duct-taped to his seat to stop a midair rampage
&emdash; which included shouts that the plane was
going down, sources said. Gudmundur Karl
Arthorsson, 46, tried to choke and grope several
people and was spitting all over the cabin when
passengers pounced on him about halfway into the
Jan. 3 flight from Reykjavik, Iceland. "Just think of a
typical drunk, when he starts taking fighting
poses," a police source said, adding that
Arthorsson appeared to be "completely out of his
mind." Two Guatemalan men
got fed up with Arthorsson's antics and pinned him
to his seat. An off-duty captain
helped the good Samaritans hold him down while
Icelandair's flight crew closed in with green duct
tape and Flex cuffs, which they used to bind the
man around the ankles and knees. "He drank an entire
bottle of duty-free hard liquor two to three hours
into the flight," as news sources quoted Manhattan
resident Andy Ellwood. Unfortunately, Ellwood, a
contributor for Forbes magazine, wasn't on that
Icelandair flight to New York. Duct
Tape
- Holding Transportation Together Since
1942 M/V Han
De At Anchor In The
Eastern Anchorage at Singapore, Jan. 7 2013. What Is Amiss
With Her Deck Cargo? Courtesty of Ian Edwards -
© 2013 Shiphoto.com.au Year Built:
1993 Length x Breadth:
108 m X 20 m Gross Tonnage: 5782
t DeadWeight: 8115
t Speed Max / Average
13.7 / 9 knots Flag: Hong Kong
[HK] Call Sign:
VRGQ9 IMO: 9051741, MMSI:
477743400 Damage To On Deck Cargo
Thought Sustained From Shanghai For Singapore Courtesty of Ian Edwards -
© 2013 Shiphoto.com.au Here is another
newsworthy item regarding incidents from my records.
Today the vessel M/V
Han De was noted
in the Eastern Anchorage at Singapore with a deck
cargo that had obviously been through the mincer.
These images probably
show what not to load on deck and overstow heavy items
on top of plywood protective packing. It looks like
the entire deck cargo has been effected Thanks
for another great contribution, Ian. Cargo Such As Lumber Is
Carried On Deck Due To Size, While Some Commodities Such As
Explosives Are Required By Law To Be Carried As Deck
Cargo. Courtesty of Ian Edwards -
© 2013 Shiphoto.com.au Ian has been
photographing ships and Sydney's waterfront since the
late 1950's. These early photographs form the basis of
our collection, with tens of thousands of images
providing a photographic record of Sydney's modern
maritime history to the present day. Born and raised in the
inner Sydney waterfront suburb of Balmain, Ian's
passion for ships began as a nine year old, when he
would visit the local docks with his grandfather, a
ship's carpenter, and several tug masters that were
family friends. In December 1973 the
principal's first visit to Singapore and Hong Kong
opened up new shipping horizons. By 2010, he has
visited Singapore well over 120 times to photograph
ships in the world's largest commercial port. He has
also photographed ships in numerous other Asian ports
and in the last five years frequent visits to the port
of Istanbul. The Shiphoto
website is
frequently updated and images of interest are added
continuously. Carrier Liability For On
Deck Cargo Damage Is Likely Limited Or Even
Nonexistent Shippers Are Urged To
Protect Their Investment By Acquiring High Quality Marine
Cargo Insurance Victoria Scan -
Antigua Barbuda 2010 OXL Victory -
Antigua Barbuda 2009 H - Antigua Barbuda
2008 BBC Sealand -
2007 Regine -
2001 Steinkirchen -
2001 Contributor
For This Feature:
M/V Han
De
Ship Type:
Cargo
Good
day CargoLaw,
Hope this is
of interest.
Ian
Edwards
-
Shiphoto
Maritime
Photography,
Sydney, Australia - Jan. 7 2013
About
Shiphoto:
In 1996, after a
thirty year career serving in shipping operations and
stevedoring, the principal of Shiphoto,
Ian Edwards, turned his maritime photography hobby
into a full time pursuit.
Ex-Names For
M/V
Han De
- a checkered career
Han De - Hong
Kong 2013
Ian
Edwards
- Shiphoto
Maritime Photography,
GPO Box GPO 3831 Sydney NSW 2001, Australia
The Drilling Rig
Kulluk
Went Adrift On Dec. 31 When Beset By Winter Storm Weather
During A Tow From Dutch Harbor, Alaska, To Everett,
Washington
For
Maintenance The New US$260M 360 Ft. Ice
Class Anchor Handler M/V
Aiviq Lost Power And Its
Tow Connection In The Kodiak Archipelago - Far From Where
Kulluk
Began A Well In Sept. & Oct. M/V
Aiviq Originally
Departed Vigor Shipyards At Seattle With
Kulluk,
in June For Shell's 2012 Arctic Drilling
Program. Built in 1983 by the
Japanese Mitsui company, the Kulluk drilling platform
is vintage, tried and tested technology that
exemplifies the best of Shell's Let's Go! fleet. Among
the Kulluk's technologies are a 24-foot diameter glory
hole bit for drilling deep in the ice, a 20,000-foot
drill pipe, 160-foot derrick, 49.5-foot rotary table,
1000-hp top drive, 500-ton swivel, and a 400,000-pound
drill string compensator. Though the Kulluk is
now almost 30 years old, she was inactive for fourteen
of them, making her as reliable as a much younger
craft. The Kulluk is designed for safety, and has her
own emergency rescue boat, two inflatable escape
slides, four 54-person survival crafts, and an onboard
hospital. She's also comfortable to work on, and has
her own recreation room and sauna. The Kulluk first
came to Alaska in Sept. 1988 when she drilled an
exploratory well for the Amoco Production Company at
the Belcher Prospect in the Beaufort Sea in 167 feet
of water. (One of this year's wells will target depths
over 12,000 feet!) In 1992 & 1993, she drilled
four exploratory wells for Arco Alaska at the Kuvlum
and Wild Weasel Prospects. After that, the Kulluk was
stored for 14 years in McKinley Bay near Tuktoyaktuk
in the Northwest Territories of Canada. She was due to
be sold for scrap before Shell rescued her for new
glories. The Kulluk has
recently been upgraded with new electronics. Her hull
has been fully repaired, making her as Arctic ready as
it's possible for a rig to be! To celebrate the
Kulluk's revival, we've also significantly improved
the look of the vessel, with a keel-to-topmast
repainting job. And to make life more pleasant for
Arctic-going workers, we've remodelled some
interiors. No oil company has
ever operated in an environment as extreme as the
Arctic, let alone with heritage equipment&emdash;yet
that's exactly the sort of challenge that makes the
Arctic so appealing to Shell. At
Sea Video Aboard M/V
Aiviq
-
it is later determined her Dec. 31 loss of power was
most likely the result of contaminated
fuel Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk
Helicopter From Air Station Kodiak Delivers Parts And
Rescues The 18 Crew of Drilling Barge Kulluk 80 Miles SW of
Kodiak, Alaska, With Coast Guard Cutter USCGC
Alex Haley On
Scene Kulluk
Beached On Sitkalidak Island New Year's Eve 2013. A Massive
Wreck Is Threatened Waves damaged the
topside of Kulluk,
emergency and service generators are damaged, and
"several" watertight doors have been breached.
However, there no evidence of any of the 150,000
gallons of diesel and lubricants it carries leaking.
Water entering parts of the rig has caused damage,
including to the generators. Whether or not ballast
tanks aboard the Kulluk
have been breached
remained unknown as of Jan. 5. It was also unknown
whether a breach in the ballast tanks would affect the
stability of the rig should she be freed from the
grounding site. On Jan. 7,
Kulluk
Was Rescued & Towed 30 Miles From Sitkalidak Island To A
Port of Refuge - Kodiak Island's Kiliuda
Bay Unified Command
has confirmed that the Kulluk, towed by the anchor
handling M/V
Aiviq, approached
its safe harbor location in Kiliuda Bay at
approximately 10 a.m., Alaska Time. The final location
for assessment within the Bay will be determined by
environmental conditions, including
weather. The
Kulluk
traveled 45 nautical miles since the start of the tow,
roughly 12 hours ago. Average speed has been 3.5 knots
or 4 mph. The
Kulluk
was refloated from its Ocean Bay position, off
Sitkalidak Island, late Jan. 6. It will remain
connected to its support vessels while it undergoes
assessment in Kiliuda Bay, located about 30 miles
north of Ocean Bay. Monitoring by
the oil spill response vessels escorting the tow
confirmed that there were no signs of a discharge of
oil during the transit. Royal Dutch Shell
plans to continue to explore Arctic waters for oil
this year hinge on how quickly it can repair drilling
barge Kulluk. Shell's US$4.5Bn
Arctic drilling program came back on track when
M/V
Aiviq and the
efforts of more than 600 people, a dozen ships and a
handful of helicopters rescued
Kulluk
and towed her to Kodiak Island's Kiliuda Bay on Jan. 7
2013, to assess conditions on the drilling barge.
Shell said the rig sustained water damage and lost its
electric generators but shows no evidence of a hull
breach. Kulluk
still has to make
the two-and-a-half-week journey to Washington state
for the maintenance work. Shell needs either to repair
the rig or replace her before the start of the Arctic
drilling season, which is usually mid-July. 3-D
Animation of Kulluk Towing
Route
- beginning to end Contributors
For This Feature: Back In The Day, The Knott's
Berry Farm Stage Coach Was A Real Thrill Ride ! Starting in 1949 , Knott's
"Butterfield Stagecoach Line" Departed For The Old West
Every Few Minutes A Devoted Fan, Your Editor
Knew Bandits Would Always Rob The Stage, Just Near Hang
Man's Tree ........ But Now Matter How
Careful You Are, Or Who You Hire, We Know
"Ship Happens!
©" Located In Buena Park, just
10 minutes from Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm Began In
1920, Some 36 Years Before Disney The theme park sits on
the former site of a berry farm established by Walter
Knott and his family. Beginning around 1920, the Knott
family sold berries, berry preserves, and pies from a
roadside stand along State Route 39. In 1934, the
Knotts began selling fried chicken dinners in a tea
room on the property, later called "Mrs. Knott's
Chicken Dinner Restaurant". The dinners soon became a
major tourist draw, and the Knotts built several shops
and other attractions to entertain visitors while
waiting for a seat in the restaurant. In 1940, Walter
Knott began constructing a replica Ghost Town on the
property, the beginning of the present-day theme park.
Knott added several other attractions over the years,
and began charging admission to the attractions in
1968. In 1983, Knott's Berry Farm added Camp Snoopy,
which began the park's present-day association with
the Peanuts characters. As a young man, your editor
was privledged to know Walter Knott. In the 1990s,
following the deaths of Walter Knott and his wife,
Cordelia, their children sold the family business; the
theme park was sold to Cedar Fair, while the food
business was sold to ConAgra Foods, which subsequently
sold to J. M. Smucker. Cedar Fair has continued to
expand the theme park, adding Knott's Soak City in
1999 and adding other rides to the original
park. A Contrast of
Old-Meets-New In Southern
California The Tame 19th
Century Stage Coach Competes Against 42
Thrill Rides -- The Question Is
Whether Modern Vehicles Are More Dangerous
Than Horse Power? -- And Who Is
Responsible In The Even of Loss or
Damage? Sixty Four Years of
Safety -- Added Features include Hydraulic Brakes
& Rubber On The Wheels The Calm of A Tame
19th Century Coach Would Be Disturbed As Year 2012
Came To An End On New Year's Weekend,
The Knott's Stagecoach Crashes & Capsizes With 14
Aboard Knott's
Transport
Accident:
Three people were taken to the hospital after a wheel
detached from the "Butterfield Stagecoach Line" ride
at Knott's Berry Farm Dec. 30 afternoon, during the
2012-2013 New Year's weekend holiday. The stagecoach fell to
its side and sent 14 passengers tumbling. Three passengers were
taken to the hospital with minor injuries and are
expected to fully recover. Knott's has closed the
stagecoach ride until further notice. The theme park
issued the following statement: How could tame
horse-drawn transportation have such a tragic result?
Don't we all know that high speed modern transport is
far more dangerous? Possible Brake
Failure May Have Caused The Horse Team To Careen Into
A Fence, Killing A Horse.
(We Chose Not To Publish Photos of The
Fatality) This Coach Was
Purchased By Park founder Walter Knott, Years Ago
After It Was Used As A Movie Prop. Is Knott's Legally
Responsible, Even If It Properly Maintained The Coach
And Was Not Negligent? Are Modern
Vehicles More Dangerous?: Actually, horse-
drawn vehicles were far deadlier than their modern
counterparts. In New York in 1900, 200 persons were
killed by horses and horse-drawn vehicles. This
contrasts with 344 auto-related fatalities in New York
in 2003. Given the modern city's greater population,
this means the fatality rate per capita in the horse
era was roughly 75% higher than today. Data from Chicago
shows that in 1916 there were 16.9 horse-related
fatalities for each 10,000 horse-drawn vehicles, or
nearly seven times the city's fatality rate per auto
in 1997. The major reason for
this greater risk is that horse-drawn vehicles have an
engine with a mind of its own. This may be a prophetic
finding if one considers our society standing at the
dawn of autonomous (self-guided) transport
vehicles. The skittishness of
horses added a dangerous level of unpredictability to
nineteenth-century transportation. This was
particularly true in a bustling urban environment,
full of surprises that could shock and spook the
animals. Horses often stampeded, but a more common
danger came from horses kicking, biting, or trampling
bystanders. Children were particularly at risk.
In addition, the
vehicles themselves presented safety hazards. They
were difficult to brake, and the need to minimize
friction meant that they required large wheels. These
made for top-heavy, ungainly carriages prone to
capsizing, a problem exacerbated by winding street
layouts. Moreover, drivers had a reputation for
recklessness.
What's The Legal
Lesson? In 1995, Gary &
Donna Neubauer, patrons at Disneyland in Anaheim,
California, claimed personal injuries when their
boat on the popular "Pirates of the
Caribbean" amusement ride was rammed from
behind by another boat. They sued under negligence
and common carrier liability theories. Disneyland
moved to dismiss the common carrier claim
contending, as a matter of law, its amusement park
ride is not a common carrier. Under plaintiffs'
allegations, The court held
Disneyland's amusement park boat ride does fall
within California's broad statutory definition of a
common carrier. At the "Pirates of the
Caribbean," defendant offered to the public
to carry patrons. Under these allegations, the duty
of utmost care and diligence would apply to
Disneyland. Neubauer vs. Disneyland,
Inc. (1995) 875 F.Supp. 672 Later in 2005, in
the case Gomez v.The Walt Disney Company,
representatives of Cristina Moreno sued several
defendants alleging that Ms. Moreno, at the age of
23, sustained a fatal brain injury while riding
Disneyland's Indiana Jones amusement
ride. One of the key issues before California's
Supreme Court was whether the ride is a common
carrier, holding Disney to a heightened standard of
care. The court, after analyzing California law and
the law of other jurisdictions, ruled that such a
ride could, in fact, be considered a common
carrier. Disney argued that
amusement park rides and roller coasters, such as
the Indiana Jones Attraction, cannot
be classified as common carriers because their
primary purpose is to thrill and entertain
passengers. The "transportation" of the passengers
in the context of an amusement park ride, according
to Disney, is purely incidental to the ride's
primary purpose of providing entertainment.
Based on this
record, the California Supreme Court ultimately
disregarded Disney's attempt to distinguish between
a common carrier's historic function of providing
transportation, and an amusement park ride's
primary purpose of providing thrills and
entertainment: This applies
equally to the rider of a roller coaster as it does
to the rider of a bus, airplane, or train.
Gomez v. The Walt Disney Company, et
al, 35 Cal. 4th 1125 (2005) Who Is A
Common Carrier?: We are all aware that air,
oeean, inland & rail operators are common
carriers who are subject to the hightest duty of
care and, with few exceptions, fully responsible
for damage, loss and delay of passengers &
cargo. But the stage coach accident at Knott's
Berry Farm reminds us that amusement rides,
elevators, escalators,ski lifts and almost anything
other machine which moves humans or cargo for
compensation is likely a common carrier.
Drilling
Rig Kulluk:
Built nearly 30 years ago, the 266-ft drilling barge
Kulluk was designed for seasonal Arctic drilling and
to be able to withstand thick ice and forceful waves.
Shell spent US$292M over six years to upgrade the rig
after buying it in 2005.
Riding
USCGC Alex Haley
Unsteady
seas thwarted Royal Dutch Shell and the U.S. Coast
Guard's attempts to retrieve Shell's oil rig from
Alaska's Sitkalidak Island where she remained grounded
for nearly a week.
Anchorage,
AK &endash; Unified Command Update - Monday, Jan. 7,
2013:
Jeff
Alldritt
Knott's
Butterfield Stage
Line:
Starting in 1949, well trained four-horse teams hauled
historic equipment, including original Butterfield
coaches, 1 Halloday coach, 1 Overland Southern coach
and the Knott's Berry Farm coach that was built for
the farm in 1954. Guests enjoyed a Stagecoach journey
North to Whiskey Flat looping around the badlands
filled with bad men. The ride is meant to simulate the
Old West mail carriers that delivered letters &
cargo over long distances via horse and carriage.
Butterfield Overland Mail was a real company that held
a contract with the United States Postal Service in
the 1850s. Some stations still stand in the western
United States.
Knott's
Berry Farm:
A theme park combining modern thrill rides with the
Old West in Buena Park, California, owned by Cedar
Fair Entertainment Company. It is also a line of jams,
jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, produced
by The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia,
California. Knott's is the most visited park in the
Cedar Fair chain with 3.654 million visitors in
2011.
"At
approximately 1:25 pm on Dec. 30 the left rear
wheel detached from one of Knott's Berry Farm's
stagecoaches with 14 passengers on board, causing
the coach to tip to its side. Three guests were
transported to a local hospital for minor
injuries. The ride will be closed until
further notice. Guest safety is Knott's
number one priority."
Is
There A Difference Between "Amusement" &
"Transport"?: It has been a long debated
question as to whether an aumsement ride operator
should be held to a duty of ordinary care In most
cases involving allegations of negligence? The
counter arguement is that any "ride" should be
classed a common carrier, with the highest duty of
care being placed on the operator
"Certainly
there is no justification for imposing a lesser
duty of care on the operators of roller coasters
simply because the primary purpose of the
transportation provided is entertainment. As one
federal court noted, "amusement rides have
inherent dangers owing to speed or mechanical
complexities. They are operated for profit and
are held out to the public to be safe. They are
operated to the expectation that thousands of
patrons, many of them children, will occupy
their seats"...Riders of roller coasters and
other "thrill" rides seek the illusion of danger
while being assured of their actual safety. The
rider expects to be surprised and perhaps even
frightened, but not hurt. The rule that carriers
of passengers are held to the highest degree of
care is based on the recognition that "to his
diligence and fidelity are intrusted the lives
and safety of large numbers of human
beings."...
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