Report into capsized tug
Published Date:
06 October 2008
The MAI report on the capsize of the "Flying Phantom" (your report, 30 September) reveals a startling truth: there is no safe way of towing large vessels up the Clyde in fog.
The report states: "Moving a large ship up the narrow channel is tricky in clear weather; in thick fog effectively impossible because the tugs become disoriented. The operation takes three hours and once started, there is no turning back, no place to stop. There is no known way to be sure fog will not form in the next three hours, nor any known method of keeping ship and tugs in the right positions when they cannot see each other."
We don't need a public enquiry to establish the facts or identify the problem; this has been done; what we do need is a solution to the problem. The MIA was unable to suggest one.
DAVID CRAIG
Craigmount Avenue North
Edinburgh
The full article contains 156 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
05 October 2008 8:45 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
