🧵The Ursa Major was heading to Vladivostok and not en route to aid in the evacuation of Tartus. Given cargo it carried, this is in fact even worse for Russia than if it had been heading to Tartus. - ThreadSky

oalexanderdk.bsky.social • 61 days ago

🧵The Ursa Major was heading to Vladivostok and not en route to aid in the evacuation of Tartus.

Given cargo it carried, this is in fact even worse for Russia than if it had been heading to Tartus.

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montmusart.bsky.social•61 days ago

Could this be karma related to some cable damage in the Baltic sea?
Or is that particular debt still open?

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

The Ursa was carrying two Liebherr 420 mobile cranes for the harbor in Vladivostok that is heavily backed up due to a lack of cranes and two 45-ton hatches for the construction of the new Project 10510 nuclear powered icebreaker.

https://obl.ru/pressa/news/podnyat-600-tonn-legko/

junglebay.bsky.social•61 days ago

So there’s no sanctions on Liebherr supplying port cranes to Russia

steveharbor.bsky.social•61 days ago

Does that mean a Ru NukeIcebreaker can't leave port without frazzling the crew?

Perhaps they'll improvise with reclaimed corrugated barn siding. Dont need the port cranes to move that.

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

In this image you can see both of the the cranes, as well as grab buckets for bulk handling at the harbor in Vladivostok at the front of the vessel.

The loss of these cranes will severely hurt loading/unloading times in Vladivostok.

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

In the same image you can see the two 45-ton hatches at the rear of the vessel covered in a blue tarp.

These are the two hatches designed to cover the nuclear reactor on the Project 10510. They can be seen directly in front of the smokestack on the mode.

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

The loss of these two hatches will delay construction of the Project 10510 significantly.

undercoverpirate.bsky.social•61 days ago

So the ship went down or something?

kermamaker.bsky.social•61 days ago

context
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_10510_icebreaker

mortymanitou.bsky.social•61 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mortymanitou.bsky.social/post/3ldzd2b3id226

nothyphenated.bsky.social•61 days ago

These hatches - surely that must be something that would be under sanctions? Cant be too many manufacturers for something this specialised. What were they doing in Syria? This might need looking into, who made them, how they got there and maybe action can be taken

gunnarf.bsky.social•61 days ago

They were not in Syria. The ship came from west, going east in waters between Spain and Algeria.

eastslope.bsky.social•61 days ago

Odd story. Sounds more like top weight issue, and yet an explosion. Huh.

Oh well.

ca4ua.bsky.social•61 days ago

Did it indeed sink in the Mediterranean? Was it just heading for the Suez Canal, then?

suurtoll.bsky.social•61 days ago

Yes

piotrmikulski.bsky.social•60 days ago

Do we know where they have loaded the cargo? Were the Liebherr cranes new, or second hand and which country were producing the hatches?

pixopaxopixo.bsky.social•61 days ago

Why the hell can they buy Liebherr cranes? 🤯

jnievele.bsky.social•61 days ago

Were the cranes recently purchased, or did Russia just try to ship cranes they already had for several years?

mikaelmilhoj.bsky.social•61 days ago

Hvad handler hele den her situation om? 🤔

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•60 days ago

Hvor skal jeg starte fra?

mikaelmilhoj.bsky.social•60 days ago

Ved ikke. De 5 vigtigste bullets 😆 lød interessant men forstår ikke den store sammenhæng tror jeg

ajohannes.bsky.social•61 days ago

And here's the message that mentions it sunk. For those who haven't watched bsky for almost an hour due to visit by Santa https://bsky.app/profile/oalexanderdk.bsky.social/post/3ldz3bszg4c2i

jkbkstr.bsky.social•61 days ago

Can we please start sanctioning everything?

cristian2023.bsky.social•61 days ago

couldn’t have happened to nicer people

photonthief.com•61 days ago

Excellent news!

rob-rainbolt.bsky.social•61 days ago

Still waiting for a Russian ship to fall out of a window.

odrone1.bsky.social•61 days ago

There is a small logistical problem with ship, but the captain is on his way.

piotrmikulski.bsky.social•60 days ago

Obviously, someone left one of the windows open...

donteatmyface.bsky.social•61 days ago

Overheard

klastommy.bsky.social•61 days ago

😂😂😂

rotortorture.bsky.social•61 days ago

What an unfortunate accident

lol

mercoglianos.bsky.social•60 days ago

Russian Cargo Ship Ursa Major Sinks in the Mediterranean | Fifth Russian Commercial Vessel Lost

https://youtu.be/5N_eHRNpAPo

shigsby.bsky.social•61 days ago

How do you load two huge cranes like that, onto a big ship? Do they build them in the ship as if they were assembling at a job site?

steveharbor.bsky.social•61 days ago

Unlikely.
They'd have to disassemble them to get them of at the destination.

somerandomdave.bsky.social•61 days ago

At a guess, they got placed there by the shipyard cranes, though it's possible they just walked there (very, very carefully) if they deck was adequately reinforced.

somerandomdave.bsky.social•61 days ago

Or the onboard cranes may be big enough to lift them.

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

They used the ship’s two cranes to lift them onboard in one piece.

shigsby.bsky.social•61 days ago

With booms attached? That’s crazy.

oalexanderdk.bsky.social•61 days ago

stormness.bsky.social•61 days ago

Are highly specialised vessels like this freighter rare? It seems like not everyday you need the capacity to load massive pieces like these - as opposed to container freighters for example? Is the loss of this freighter as significant as the loss of the load?

stanic042.bsky.social•61 days ago

sure is

shigsby.bsky.social•61 days ago

That’s so wild. Thank you for the cool photo.

monkeypeter.bsky.social•61 days ago

Complex operation requiring both cranes and a lot of ballast for balance. Likely due to limitations of port cranes in destination port. Be delicious is all that weight overtaxed engines.😃