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Crikey! That UK storm is a doozie- and now a disabled container ship is lurching towards a gas platform. Not so good, that!

"A 4,500-tonne ship is adrift in the North Sea and heading for a collision with a gas platform.
The vessel, called Vindo, broke down in very poor weather nine miles from the Murdoch gas platform 75 miles off the Lincolnshire coast, near Theddlethorpe St Helen.
The Coastguard said the ship, with nine crew on board and laden with 4,200 tonnes of fertiliser, was drifting towards the rig in a force ten gale."
Yikes! I will update if if crashes into the platform. Scary stuff for the remaining crew.
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UPDATE: "Two major collisions by a drifting 4,500-tonne cargo with engine failure and North Sea gas platforms have been narrowly averted.
The Vindo avoided the second rig by 700 yds (630m), the coastguard said. " Wow- sounds like a close call! LINK

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