The cause of a cargo ship's demise was a very drunk sailor at the helm.
The cause of a cargo ship's demise was a very drunk sailor at the helm.
The Lysblink Seaways was traveling from Belfast, to Skogn, Norway when it ran straight into a peninsula in Scotland at full speed on February 18th.
The general cargo vessel was stuck aground for two days, and because of bad weather, battered into the rock-ridden shoreline—causing massive hull damage and a breach resulting in 25 tons of marine gas oil leaking into Scottish waters.
According to an investigation into the incident, the chief officer made a personal phone call which
