The Death of a Ship - VLOC Stellar Banner scuttling

[Graham1973]

The ship was scuttled in June 2020 because the insurers determined the ship was beyond economic repair, the cargo and fuel oil had been removed, the generators left running to burn up the remaining fuel in the fuel lines. Of note, the lifeboat's hydrostatic release mechanism worked and it was salvaged for reuse...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZTQIrT92Y

 

[NMaude]

Why not just scrap the ship?

 

[publiusr]

Cheaper to sink her…unlike S.S United States, this is an also-ran working ship—no majesty.

 

[Nicknick]

Why not just scrap the ship?

I think they managed to get fully compensation from the insurance company and didn't even try to save the vessel. The rear end is the most expensive part of the ship and even if the rest was scrap, it might have been reusable (only four years in service). The running generator implies, that is wasn't flooded.

This way, a lot of lawyer cost were spared which can easily surpass the cost of 50.000 t of steel...

 

[publiusr]

This way, a lot of lawyer cost were spared which can easily surpass the cost of 50.000 t of steel...

Ugh. That is cosmically wrong on so many levels. To me, a ton of steel is worth more than 50,000 lawyers.

 

[Yellow Palace]

Why not just scrap the ship?

Commercial shipping is utterly cutthroat - the only three things that matter are money, cash, and profit. Recovering it safely to a port would have cost more than the value realised from dismantling the ship.

 

[martinbayer]

The ship was scuttled in June 2020 because the insurers determined the ship was beyond economic repair, the cargo and fuel oil had been removed, the generators left running to burn up the remaining fuel in the fuel lines. Of note, the lifeboat's hydrostatic release mechanism worked and it was salvaged for reuse...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZTQIrT92Y

Thar she goes...

 

[NMaude]

Thar she goes...

Glug, glug, glug.

 

[NMaude]

How deep was the water where the ship was scuttled?

 

[Graham1973]

How deep was the water where the ship was scuttled?

Roughly 2700 meters (1476.378 fathoms) deep

 

[NMaude]

Roughly 2700 meters (1476.378 fathoms) deep

Well, at 8,858ft deep the wreck will definitely NOT be an artificial-reef for recreational SCUBA-diving by tourists (Unless they're visiting by specialised deep-sea submersibles like the Alvin, just make sure it isn't run by someone like Stockton Rush).

 

[publiusr]

Apart from the Big Fitz in the Great Lakes and maybe El Faro, also-ran working ships just don't get the attention liners or battleships, or galleons get.

It is just as well.

If you were to ask the average passerby to name two cargo ships...*maybe*...they could name Cyclops or Marine Sulfur Queen only because they heard the names from History Channel woo.