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Pilots prevent grounding when an MOL 20,000-TEUer loses power
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/02/23 15:55:16
BRITISH marine pilots aboard the 20,000-TEU MOL Treasure prevented a casualty when the vessel lost power near the Port of Southampton, reports Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
The MOL Treasure departed the pier at Port of Southampton, bound for Le Havre.
Two pilots, Christopher Hoyle and Neil Dunn, guided the megaship as it made the transit outbound.
According to reports, visibility was good, and the water was calm. However, the winds were gusty. Less than an hour into the voyage, the MOL Treasure's main engine experienced a drop in power.
It did not stop, but neither did it produce enough power to continue the voyage. The ship had a tug on hand already, and Southampton's VTS operator dispatched three more tugs to help.
For the next 10 hours, pilots Hoyle and Dunn worked with the remaining power they had from the engine and the tugs on hand to keep the ship from drifting off and running aground in the tidal waters of the Solent.
A third pilot, Richard Harding, joined the effort to give the team a rest.
"Without the skills of the pilots working as a team with the port's maritime management the outcome could have been vastly different - a major international waterway blocked to trade possibly for weeks, pollution to a major waterway, serious injury or loss of life and significant disruption to supply chains," said the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association.
The MOL Treasure departed the pier at Port of Southampton, bound for Le Havre.
Two pilots, Christopher Hoyle and Neil Dunn, guided the megaship as it made the transit outbound.
According to reports, visibility was good, and the water was calm. However, the winds were gusty. Less than an hour into the voyage, the MOL Treasure's main engine experienced a drop in power.
It did not stop, but neither did it produce enough power to continue the voyage. The ship had a tug on hand already, and Southampton's VTS operator dispatched three more tugs to help.
For the next 10 hours, pilots Hoyle and Dunn worked with the remaining power they had from the engine and the tugs on hand to keep the ship from drifting off and running aground in the tidal waters of the Solent.
A third pilot, Richard Harding, joined the effort to give the team a rest.
"Without the skills of the pilots working as a team with the port's maritime management the outcome could have been vastly different - a major international waterway blocked to trade possibly for weeks, pollution to a major waterway, serious injury or loss of life and significant disruption to supply chains," said the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association.