Phuket : Fuel Boat Sinks

Phuket Fuel Boat Sinks: Marine Life Spill Fears
Chutima Sidasathian
Saturday, September 4, 2010

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A PHUKET storm sank a boat containing 40,000 litres of fuel today, sparking concern that environmental damage could follow.

It is believed the boat put to sea despite a storm weather warning of waves up to four metres.

Marine Police rescued four crew from the Chotethaworn 6 about 11am, but the boat and its cargo went to the bottom about 10 nautical miles off the Phuket east coast pier at Chalong.

The boat was believed to have been carrying the fuel to Racha Yai island, home to the five-star Racha Resort, south of Phuket.

A Marine Police officer said Marine Police had advised all ships' captains not to put to sea today because heavy storms and high waves were forecast. But the boat sailed anyway, the officer said, because Racha island depends on fuel for its generators.

Some fuel from the vessel rose to the surface after the sinking, but Marine Police believe the fuel is from the vessel's engine and the fuel for the island is still sealed in the boat.

The issue now is whether the fuel can be retrieved from a depth of 30 metres before a rupture sets it loose, or time triggers holes and leaks in the container. Marine Police were planning to keep a constant watch on the surface above the sunken boat.

It is not known at this stage how much remaining fuel there is on Racha Yai to power its generators. The cost of the load of fuel is estimated at four to five million baht.

Phuket's natural reefs are already under pressure because of coral bleaching, the worst people can recall in a generation, and an excessive number of divers.

But officials from the Department of Marine Coastal Resources in Phuket are delighted with an artificial reef that was sunk off Racha Yai last year in a joint operation with the Phuket Provincial Office and Racha Yai tourism officials.

The artificial reef, known as Star Ruby Point, attracts divers and fish to two sunken vessels - The Harruby, a steel-hulled vessel once used as a dive boat, and a wooden fishing boat.

See the spectacular Phuketwan photo album above.

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A Marine Police officer said Marine Police had advised all ships' captains not to put to sea today because heavy storms and high waves were forecast. But the boat sailed anyway, the officer said, because Racha island depends on fuel for its generators.

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And the Captain was last heard singing "a life on the ocean wave"

Captain DICKHEAD is his name!

and you know what pressure he was under to deliver the fuel ?

obvious who the Dickhead is :rolleyes:

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and you know what pressure he was under to deliver the fuel ? obvious who the Dickhead is

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No matter what pressure he was "supposedly, possibly, maybe, could" have been under, any skipper has a responsiblity to his craft and crew first and the environment.

And if you weren't such a Wanker you would know that, change your avatar it's obvious you know nothing about nautical matters!

Thai oil tanker with 40,000 tonnes of fuel sinks in heavy rain, rough seas near Phuket; four crew safely rescued

Thai oil tanker with 40,000 tonnes of fuel sinks in heavy rain, rough seas near Phuket

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Thai oil tanker with 40,000 tonnes of fuel sinks in heavy rain, rough seas near Phuket; four crew safely rescued

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Not sure what point your trying to make now?

Strangley enough I don't remember reading it was 40,000 tons of fuel, just try to understand that not everything you read written in the press or published on the Internet is true, especially in Thaialnd!

neither addressing you nor trying to make any point , simply relaying info as it comes to light .

as for your advice as to believing what is written on the net , well thank-you Cpt Obvious .

do try to get over yourself twat your not the only one reading this board

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do try to get over yourself twat your not the only one reading this board

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Dear Captain Dickhead 2

You post like a twat and your usless posts are as usual purely "cut and pastes".

I replied to your original and as usual inane and absurd comment about the pressures of a skipper delivering fuel while ignoring marine police advice and ignoring the risks to his crew and the environment.

Your so fucking stupid you didn't even see the mistake in the quantity of fuel spilt, too busy rushing to build the numbers of your posts up I suppose wanker!

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do try to get over yourself twat your not the only one reading this board

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Dear Captain Dickhead 2

You post like a twat and your usless posts are as usual purely "cut and pastes".

I replied to your original and as usual inane and absurd comment about the pressures of a skipper delivering fuel while ignoring marine police advice and ignoring the risks to his crew and the environment.

Your so fucking stupid you didn't even see the mistake in the quantity of fuel spilt, too busy rushing to build the numbers of your posts up I suppose wanker!

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You're a bit of a tool really, aren't you?

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You're a bit of a tool really, aren't you?

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Only at the weekends...and it take one to recognise one!

And I assume that your interjection is due to you being that wanker Mid's cabin boy:bananaman:

Rodney, your probably not suitable to be posting in the news forum.

Anyway, 40,000 tonnes or liters?


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You're a bit of a tool really, aren't you?

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and it take one to recognise one!

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I suppose I'd best be careful here, I am clearly up against a fine intellect!

40,000 litres of fuel - 4-5m baht
that's 100-125 baht/litre

Doesn't work out - diesel doesn't cost that?

200 x 200 litre drums?

????

^Yeah but don't forget, they are robbing bstards in Phuket :) 100baht a liter sounds about right :)



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Rodney, your probably not suitable to be posting in the news forum.

Anyway, 40,000 tonnes or liters?


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40,000 tonnes would be a decent sized tanker, and we would all have heard about it by now on the international news channels

So its a bit more like a beer lorry crashing with a few hundred crates of lager then :(

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and you know what pressure he was under to deliver the fuel ? obvious who the Dickhead is

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No matter what pressure he was "supposedly, possibly, maybe, could" have been under, any skipper has a responsiblity to his craft and crew first and the environment.

And if you weren't such a Wanker you would know that, change your avatar it's obvious you know nothing about nautical matters!

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and you referring to the 'skipper' gives me the impression that your experience of nautical matters was gained from sailing on offshore supply boats or by watching The Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel

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I suppose I'd best be careful here, I am clearly up against a fine intellect!

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Thank God you've actually realised it let alone having the common decency to admit it!

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and you referring to the 'skipper' gives me the impression that your experience of nautical matters was gained from sailing on offshore supply boats or by watching The Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel

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Neither, I used to own and charter (privately) my own boats, thank you for your enquiry.

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and you referring to the 'skipper' gives me the impression that your experience of nautical matters was gained from sailing on offshore supply boats or by watching The Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel

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Neither, I used to own and charter (privately) my own boats, thank you for your enquiry.

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boats. enough said

Boats aint the same as SHIPS then?

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Boats aint the same as SHIPS then?

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You would be wise not to question me DD. I could so easily delete my cornish pasty thread photos and then your forum would be doomed :)

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Rodney, your probably not suitable to be posting in the news forum. Anyway, 40,000 tonnes or liters?

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Thanks DD that's the only complement I've had today!

My money's on "40,000 litres" but Mid's the nautical guru and he placed the contradicting posts.

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boats. enough said

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Two of them were built in Cornwall and I do love a Cornish pasty!

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Boats aint the same as SHIPS then?

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You would be wise not to question me DD. I could so easily delete my cornish pasty thread photos and then your forum would be doomed :)

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Boats can go underwater (Submarines), Ships cannot.

Eat my knowledge.

A tanker sinks off Phuket coast
Panita Norasing

BANGKOK, 4 September 2010 (NNT) - A 40,000- liter oil tanker sinks off the Chalong Bay of Phuket, all crew members are reported safe.

At 11.00 hrs, a tanker carrying 40,000 liters oil named 'Chok Thawon 6' sank off the coast of Phuket. The tank was sufferring damage in a storm before sinking at 10 nautical miles from Chalong bay. All four crew members had been rescued without suffering any injury.

At the moment, the situation is being monitored closely for fear of oil leakage. However, there has not been any oil spill reported so far.

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I remain confused.
one thousand liters is one cubic metre. A king-size waterbed at 2mx2m and 25cm thick (deep?) is one cubic metre 2x2x.25.
So a ship carrying 40 waterbed bladders?
or the volume an room in your house 4x4m 2.5m ceiling. Hardly the spill of the century.
I've dived off Racha, never seen more than a small jetty, unless they intended to offload from ship to boat . . .

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I remain confused.

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2nd last thumb nail in the OP may alleviate that :)

^ but that's an old pic - not this 'vessel we're talking about.
"The artificial reef, known as Star Ruby Point, attracts divers and fish to two sunken vessels - The Harruby, a steel-hulled vessel once used as a dive boat, and a wooden fishing boat. "

from Phuket NEWS: Diesel fuel leaking from wreck off Phuket

Sunday, September 5, 2010



PHUKET: As feared 40,000 liters of diesel fuel is leaking from the wreck of Choke Thavorn 6, a small tanker that sunk about 10 kilometers south of Phuket yesterday morning.

The state-run Thai News Agency reported at 1am today that Navy helicopters confirmed a large and growing contamination plume above the site of the wreck, which now sits about 30 meters below the surface.

Prevailing currents appear to be taking the fuel slick out into international waters, it was reported.

More information about the oil slick will be available later this morning when helicopters and patrol vessels will be better able to monitor the situation.

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The PTT tank farm at Cape Panwa in Wichit.
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The vessel was delivering the oil from a tank farm in Phuket's Wichit district to Koh Racha Yai, about 25 kilometers south of Phuket.

Phuket NEWS: Fuel boat sinks off Phuket: 40,000-liter spill feare

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^ but that's an old pic - not this 'vessel we're talking about.

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missed that :(

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Update: Phuket oil spill

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well done :)

Phuket Flotilla Sails With Foam to Fuel Sinking Site
Chutima Sidasathian and Sert Tongdee
Sunday, September 5, 2010

A FLOTILLA of boats was heading from Phuket today to the scene of the sinking of a vessel laden with 40,000 litres of diesel fuel. The transport boat sank in a wild storm off the south coast of the holiday island yesterday.

The 10 vessels are laden with foam and dispersants and will stand by as an attempt is made to assess the potential for the sunken fuel transporter to be raised, or for the fuel to be pumped up. Bad weather was continuing to lash the region on Sunday, making any recovery more difficult.

Officials have opted to act quickly to prevent an environmental disaster. While the diesel cargo does not have the high potential for damage of a cargo of oil, the sinking took place is a sensitive environmental zone.

Around it are breeding grounds for giant clams, coral reefs, and other marine life in abundance that attracts thousands of snorkellers and scuba divers to Phuket and its surrounding islands.

The sunken vessel is a fishing trawler, the Chotethaworn 6, adapted to carry fuel to Racha Yai island and other destinations that rely on diesel power. A crew of four escaped as the ship capsized and went down, and were safely plucked from the stormy seas.

Fuel from the sinking ship rose to the surface, but the cargo of 40,000 litres of diesel fuel is still thought to be encased on the bottom of the ocean, 30 metres down.

Royal Thai Navy officers, officials from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Department of Marine Coastal Resources, the Phuket Marine Biology Centre and Marine Police met last night and again early on Sunday to try to work out how to avoid an environmental disaster off Phuket.

Three Navy vessels, two vessels from the Phuket Marine Biology Centre at Cape Panwa, and three Marine Police vessels were heading on Sunday with other boats to the site of the sinking, 10 nautical miles off Phuket's south coast.

They are carrying thousands of litres of foam and dispersants. A helicopter will oversee the site, looking for fuel signs on the surface.

Racha Yai island, home to the five-star Racha Resort, lies about 45 minutes by speedboat to the south of Phuket. That was believed to be the destination for the transporter when it went to sea despite storm-warning conditions yesterday.

phuketwan.com

at last . . . converted fishing trawler

Phuket Flotilla Sails With Foam to Fuel Sinking Site
Source: UPDATE Phuket Flotilla Sails With Foam to Fuel Sinking Site - Phuket Wan
Sunday, September 5, 2010

A FLOTILLA of boats was heading from Phuket today to the scene of the sinking of a vessel laden with 40,000 litres of diesel fuel. The transport boat sank in a wild storm off the south coast of the holiday island yesterday.

The 10 vessels are laden with foam and dispersants and will stand by as an attempt is made to assess the potential for the sunken fuel transporter to be raised, or for the fuel to be pumped up. Bad weather was continuing to lash the region on Sunday, making any recovery more difficult.

Officials have opted to act quickly to prevent an environmental disaster. While the diesel cargo does not have the high potential for damage of a cargo of oil, the sinking took place is a sensitive environmental zone.

Around it are breeding grounds for giant clams, coral reefs, and other marine life in abundance that attracts thousands of snorkellers and scuba divers to Phuket and its surrounding islands.

The sunken vessel is a fishing trawler, the Chotethaworn 6, adapted to carry fuel to Racha Yai island and other destinations that rely on diesel power. A crew of four escaped as the ship capsized and went down, and were safely plucked from the stormy seas.

Fuel from the sinking ship rose to the surface, but the cargo of 40,000 litres of diesel fuel is still thought to be encased on the bottom of the ocean, 30 metres down.

Royal Thai Navy officers, officials from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Department of Marine Coastal Resources, the Phuket Marine Biology Centre and Marine Police met last night and again early on Sunday to try to work out how to avoid an environmental disaster off Phuket.

Three Navy vessels, two vessels from the Phuket Marine Biology Centre at Cape Panwa, and three Marine Police vessels were heading on Sunday with other boats to the site of the sinking, 10 nautical miles off Phuket's south coast.

They are carrying thousands of litres of foam and dispersants. A helicopter will oversee the site, looking for fuel signs on the surface.

Racha Yai island, home to the five-star Racha Resort, lies about 45 minutes by speedboat to the south of Phuket. That was believed to be the destination for the transporter when it went to sea despite storm-warning conditions yesterday.

snap :)

^ curses! I was just going to write 'snap' and you beat me to that as well!
cheers!

They still haven't said how the diesel is contained - in a single container or smaller drums.

I worked on That hotel about this time of the year just before the Tsunami and them supply boats go from Ratsada port in Phuket town and it's a far journey down to Racha island and in this bad weather it's wild between all the islands the last few days have been really windy and lots of rain.

You should try going by speed boat from Chalong pier that's was wild trip

The fuel would be diesel they have big generators on Racha and this weather don't look like changing.

Phuket Oil Spill: diesel slick drifting toward Phi Phi Islands
Sunday, September 5, 2010

PHUKET: A large plume of diesel fuel emanating from the wreck of the Choke Thavorn 6 fuel tanker that sunk in heavy seas off Phuket yesterday is heading in the general direction of the Phi Phi Islands in Phuket's neighboring province Krabi.

Crew aboard Royal Thai Navy helicopters monitoring the situation told a reporter from the state-run MCOT news agency this morning that the slick is now moving westward.

An earlier report had the plume of pollution moving in a more southerly direction, toward international waters.

Much lighter than seawater, diesel fuel generally evaporates and disperses into water much more quickly than many other types of petrochemicals. Prevailing rough sea conditions will also aid in dispersal.

Diesel floats quickly to the surface, where it forms a thin sheen that may be increasingly difficult to detect over time, especially when seas are rough.

Diesel can be degraded by naturally occurring marine microbes over a course of months, but is among the most toxic oils to marine life that have direct exposure to it in an undiluted form. Fish, invertebrates and seaweed can all be quickly killed.

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), however, small diesel spills in open water are so rapidly diluted that fish kills have never been reported.

However the NOAA defines a small spill as between about 2,000 and 20,000 liters.

The amount entering the sea off Phuket is reportedly about 40,000 liters.

phuketgazette.net

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However the NOAA defines a small spill as between about 2,000 and 20,000 liters. The amount entering the sea off Phuket is reportedly about 40,000 liters.

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I thought that was all it was carrying, so the whole lot has entered the sea then, must have been one big container.

40,000 litres is not a huge amount, think of a pool with that amount of water just to give you an idea the volume