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"F-22 Stealth Fighter Bomber" - first photo! - June 2003
"Safety Lift" - June 2003
"Sinking M/V Fu Shan Hai" - May 2003
"Sinking M/V Sigitika Biru" - May 2003
"Fishing For Rabbits" - May 2003
"Not So M/V Jolly Rubino" - April 2003
"Forward Observer" - April 2003
"FedRex Vs. UP-ooopS" - April 2003
"Half Measures" - March 2003
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This
F-22
is being
prepared to depart in a squadron of 9 for an "unnamed"
air base in the Middle East on 15 June
2003. Stealth
Aircraft - Northrop
RB-40A "Flying Wing" Bomber Northrop
Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber The Beginning
>>
Sept. 11 2002, Major
Disaster >>
31,262gt Ro/Ro
M/V
Jolly Rubino afire
off Richards Bay, South Africa -- crew taken off --
SMIT
Salvage BV<<webfeature,
awarded LOF 2000 by owners -- SMIT's AHTS Pentow Service
with team & tug Wolraad Woltemade proceeding to
casualty. Preparations ongoing, in Cape Town &
Rotterdam, for mobilization of additional salvage equipment
& personnel. The
Cargo Letter (Wed.
Sept. 11 2002) UPDATE>>
Burning Italian 190
meter ro/ro gradually drifting away from coast in NE
direction -- at mercy of wind & currents since Sept. 10
night when crew abandoned after engine room fire spread
beyond control. Wind, recorded at 60 miles per hour,
overriding effect of southerly currents -- now 6 miles off
KwaZulu-Natal coast. The
Cargo Letter
(Thurs. Sept. 12 2002) The Photo >>
Sept. 14, 2002
>>
A South African
helicopter hovers over the Italian-flagged 31,262gt ro-ro
M/V
Jolly Rubino, seen
stranded onshore, as oil is leaking from a crack in port
side in Indian ocean, 155 miles N. of Durban, at Saint
Lucia. The 190 meter-long ship with 1,100 tons of fuel, 225
tons of gas fuel & hazardous chemicals aboard, started
leaking its cargo, putting the untouched World Heritage area
under serious pollution threat. UPDATE>>
M/V
Jolly Rubino, blown
aground off Cape St. Lucia, 600 km (370 miles) E. of
Johannesburg, by heavy wind. Salvage tug expected Friday.
The
Cargo Letter (Fri.
Sept. 13 2002) UPDATE>>
Salvage workers decided
Sept. 17 to abandon efforts to refloat the
blazing
ship grounded off
South Africa's coast after discovering the vessel's cracks
were worsening. Instead, workers will focus on pumping oil
off in effort to protect ecologically sensitive estuary
nearby -- before ship breaks up -- overside are 70 barrels
filled with toxic chemicals overboard & 2 containers
filled with refrigerators. Leaking oil flowed SW for 600
meters, before heading to sea and breaking up 8km away.
The
Cargo Letter (Tues.
Sept. 17 2002) UPDATE>>
Smit
Salvage<<webfeature,
team forced to evacuate the vessel Sept. 18 -- asbestos
experts accessed engine room to assess threat posed to
salvors by asbestos dust -- salvage team now returned.
Preparations to remove bunkers continuing -- a ship-to-ship
transfer planned -- oil threatening South
African St. Lucia Wetland World Heritage
Site<<webfeature.
The
Cargo Letter
(Sat. Sept. 21 2002) UPDATE>>
Several containers
which may carry dangerous chemicals from grounded
M/V
Jolly Rubino
reportedly drifting along South Africa's SE coastline.
Working conditions aboard ship steadily improving as
temperatures decreased while reduced amount of smoke
emanating from vessel improved visibility. Expected rough
seas would continue for next 3 days, delaying fuel removal.
The
Cargo Letter
(Tues. Sept. 24 2002) Saturday - 23 Nov.
2002>>
Puma
helicopter belonging to Smit
Salvage<<webfeature,
crashed onto the deck of
M/V
Jolly Rubino,
whilst busy with salvage work. There was a crew of 4 aboard
the helicopter & 11 passengers. Helicopter burnt out
totally & 2 workers on deck also seriously injured. A
total of 17 casualties, 3 serious. An object blown into tail
rotor believed to have caused accident. Likely, the
helicopter shown in our picture -- above. Smit
Salvage -- M/V Jolly
Rubino Project Contributions from our
correspondent Mr.
Dan Ruff The Historic Ro/Ro
Ferry Disasters
- M/V
Estonia
ferry distaster in 1994 C/F
Express Samina
- ferry disaster in 2000 M/V
La Joola -
ferry disaster in Snegal, 2002 M/V
Tricolor -
"Thrice Bitten" feature, 2003 Ok, So You're At Full
Speed -- The
Iceberg Is Approaching Time To Take Your Seat
-- QUESTION:
Where Do You Sit? THE
ANSWER IS: NOT
WHERE THIS GUY IS SITTING! Don't Sit In The CP Ships
M/V
Cast Progress new
"Ice
Strengthened"
Bow This Well Publicized
Container Vessel Was Designed For North Atlantic Wiinters,
But Perhaps Not Designed
Quite Strong Enough -- -- For What May Have Been A
full Speed Ahead Collision With Heavy Ice. The
Place: Gulf of St.
Lawrence About April 6 2003 NOTE:
2003 has been a very
heavy ice year, with problems for many vessels on the Great
Lakes. M/V
Cast Progress
-- Built 1986
-- Max Service
Speed - 21 knots -- 2900 TEU
capacity Great
Lakes & Seaway Shipping
(Vessal
Passage)
News Our
The
Cargo Letter Contributor
For This Feature:
Requested
To Be
Anonymous. We
honor this request.
We are
privileged to have acquired this first unclassified
photo of the newest addition to U.S. air power -- the
F-22
Stealth Fighter
Bomber.
Practically invisible to radar & optical cameras,
above a pilot joins his weapons officer, already
aboard. Note the revolutionary design of the tail
assembly and the unusual shape of the upper cockpit
canopy. Performance specifications are not yet
available.
Lockheed
F-117A Sealth Fighter
F-117A
Nighthawk
B-2
Spirit
-
U.S. Air Force
M/V
Herald of Free
Enterprise
car ferry disaster in 1987 near Zeebrugge harbor.
Estonia
- what really Happened?
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