Timber!

[Dover]

Just on the radio. A Russian ship has lost it's load of timber off the Sussex coast, and it's expected that it will be washed up around the Newhaven area tomorrow.

from the BBC website:-

Ship loses timber in rough seas
A Russian-registered cargo ship has lost 1,500 metric tonnes of timber in rough seas off the Sussex coast.

The timber was lost in one of the main Channel shipping lanes 14 miles off Newhaven, East Sussex at 0815 GMT.

The vessel is being escorted towards Portsmouth by coastguards but is not thought to be at "imminent risk".

A Coastguard spokesperson said the timber should start washing ashore in the Newhaven area on Tuesday, depending on winds and currents.

The vessel was heading to Alexandria in Egypt from Oskarshamn in Russia.

Dover Coastguard has alerted other vessels in the area about the risk of sea-borne debris.

In January last year more than 2,000 tonnes of timber was washed up along the coast of Sussex after the Greek-registered Ice Prince sank about 26 miles south of Dorset.

A memorial to that incident is being unveiled in Worthing later on Monday.

 

[backson]

Excellent, didn't quite finish the decking from all that lot last year!

 

[Peteinblack]

We've already got a total plank for a manager.

 

[Man of Harveys]

That last lot was fantastic KINDLING

 

[Mendoza]

I think Falmer Stadium is going to come in way under budget now

 

[Garage_Doors]

Think you telling porkys, all the stuff i got last time went very twisty due the salt water.
don't think i will bother this year, bu ti do have a wood burning stove to feed.....................

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

The locals will probably try and eat it or use it to twat each other round the cannister when it washes up.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Tiiimmmbbbeeerrrrrr!!

It's that time of the year again folks, anyone need some decking?!


Ship loses timber in rough seas
Timber in sea
The timber is currently a long way off shore, coastguards said

A Russian-registered cargo ship has lost 1,500 tonnes of timber in rough seas off the Sussex coast.

It happened in a major English Channel shipping lane 14 miles off Newhaven, East Sussex, at 0815 GMT.

The vessel, which is being escorted to Portsmouth by a coastguard tug, is not thought to be at "imminent risk".

A Coastguard spokesperson said the wood might start washing ashore between Brighton and Newhaven from Tuesday, depending on winds and currents.

Aerial surveillance

The 137m (450ft) vessel Sinegorsk, which has a 25-strong crew, was heading to Alexandria in Egypt from Oskarshamn in Sweden when the sawn timber was lost from the deck.

An aerial surveillance aircraft has been sent to survey the debris and to see whether the wood remains in secure bundles.

Dover Coastguard has alerted other vessels in the area about the risk of seaborne debris.

The spokesperson added: "The receiver of wreck has also been kept informed of the sawn timber and its likely impact on the shoreline."

In January last year more than 2,000 tonnes of timber washed up along the coast of Sussex after the Greek-registered Ice Prince sank about 26 miles south of Dorset.

Ice Prince festival

Fred Caygill of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the Sinegorsk lost its load as it came in to the south west lane of the Dover straits, approaching Newhaven.

He said the Marine Accident Investigation Branch would be investigating how the ship came to lose the timber but added that the rough seas were likely to have been a factor.

"We can't say that definitely caused it but generally weather has an effect," he said.

He said the wood was currently "a long way off shore" but added that if it did drift towards land it could lead to a "similar" situation as the Ice Prince.

A stained glass panel to commemorate that incident is being unveiled on Worthing Pier at noon as the start of the week-long Ice Prince Arts Festival

 

[pasty]

FIIIIIIIIIXTUUUUUUUUUURES

http://www.northstandchat.biz/showthread.php?t=141515

(sorry)

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Oh for f*** sake!

 

[Taybha]

Excellent news for those whith log burning stoves and the(we are not theives we are beachcombers brigade)

 

[bristolseagull]

almost 2 hours.....

 

[Barrel of Fun]

BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Ship loses timber in rough seas

 

[Dave the OAP]

Oh for f*** sake!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'A stained glass panel to commemorate that incident is being unveiled on Worthing Pier at noon as the start of the week-long Ice Prince Arts Festival'

You made that bit up, right?

 

[Mendoza]

it looks like a giant wooden sperm heading towards Sussex

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Tommy Fraser: 'Oi! Murray! You Want Decking?'

 

[csider]

its heading toward kent it said on the news about an hour ago. the immigrants and chavs will have to fight over it.

 

[Barry Izbak]

A stained glass panel to commemorate that incident is being unveiled on Worthing Pier at noon as the start of the week-long Ice Prince Arts Festival.

Will Worthing ever come up with a more tenuous reason for a festival?

 

[colinpants]

The locals will probably try and eat it or use it to twat each other round the cannister when it washes up.

you're funny