Near Collision - Mersey Ferry and Gas Tanker The Ramira

[threesim]

that was close

[rufsa]

Hahaha love it, I know the Chief Officer at Ramira =) and I have had many of my classmates being cadets onboard that ship.

[MegaSam4256]

Wow  so close!!!

[Sjusovare2]

Nice video,,, But as many has pointed out Ramira is not a gastanker, she transports light oilproducts like gasoline, gasoil, kerosene.... and that stuff.

[Talhyddan]

Ramira is not a gas tanker. Product tanker is the correct term.

[DCAKE65]

SORRY,BET THE FERRY DRIVER WAS A WOMAN!

[Manorfarmdenton]

@DCAKE65 Idiotic comment! I reckon I have seen at least as many pathetic male drivers as female ones!

[admanphoto]

Bloomin' 'eck! Anyone know who was to blame? Great vid.

[bergeot206555]

@admanphoto acording to the colregs the ferry is 2 blame 4 this,the ferry is the give way vessle and the tanker sould keep its corse and speed,and by crossing the traffic lane the ferry sould not inpeed any traffic transiting the lane

[ALEXBAB1]

@bergeot206555 If i am not mistaken, there is a separation scheme on the river, and when some ship intends to cross it, its skipper has to ask permission from VTS controller first, and he gets it, he should keep a perpendicular course on the scheme axis. In this situation, the ferry skipper should have put his bow on the Ramira's stern, in order to avoid her. We call it "the dog's curve". If Ramira hadn't had a controlled pitch propeller, then there would have been a collision.

[raVen670]

@admanphoto According to COLREG Rule 15 the ferry should give way to Ramira, wich should keep course and speed. 

[numaelacosta]

It should have a a sign such as "How's My Driving 1(800)..."

[fp30e]

My friend was on the Ferry and he thought his time had come.

[wole04]

Investigation concludes that both vessels were 140ft apart at their closest point. I know the perspective of this video can make distances a lot smaller than reality but that is a lot closer than 140ft. Look at the back wash from the ferry. It's pretty much mixing with the Ramira's

[JAY132]

Just a random thing that impressed me in this video though, was how quickly the Ramira came to a stop (well, almost). Very impressive to see how ship technology has advanced to that degree nowadays.

But yes, here's hoping the Ferry captain gets what they say in the UK, a bollocking. :)

[SteffanLlwyd]

@JAY132 Yep. That was some emergency stop! How long would it be 'till they got some steerage back on it. It looks quite vulnerable...

[10091963]

has the ferry skipper still got a job, 2 months on?

[antofa123]

The Royal Daffodil was well out of order here, Especially seeing as the Ramira was in the channel making way. She being a product carrier as well - requiring at least a 100 metre exclusion zone.

[JAY132]

Absolutely 100% lucky to catch this. Ferry Captain should have his head checked I feel!

[philquine]

What happened to Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre!

[RichardWhelan82]

well caught mate, You would think they would of sounded the horn alot earlier?. I had left when this happened :(