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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:43:10 GMT
From tonights news. The container came in to Purfleet, from Zeebrugge. The tractor unit came via. Holyhead. So it's "the news" v Mrs Tabby. I wonder who will win.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:43:49 GMT
And.... who alerted the Police and ambulance? Assuming this is not referring to ricco and his reproductive fails.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 23, 2019 17:50:50 GMT
And.... who alerted the Police and ambulance? Assuming this is not referring to ricco and his reproductive fails. If my reproductive activity continues to fail in perpetuity I'll be delighted, I tell thee!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 23, 2019 17:51:30 GMT
From tonights news. The container came in to Purfleet, from Zeebrugge. The tractor unit came via. Holyhead. So it's "the news" v Mrs Tabby. I wonder who will win. I'm not calling in to question the vehicle movements, simply pointing out that it is a refrigerated trailer, not a container and this can clearly be seen from the various images online.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:53:53 GMT
And.... who alerted the Police and ambulance? One possible theory is that the driver is completely innocent in all of this and it was him who alerted the authorities. The wagon isnt parked, it looks like its been stopped abruptly without properly pulling over. It will all come to light in due course.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:54:40 GMT
So it's "the news" v Mrs Tabby. I wonder who will win. I'm not calling in to question the vehicle movements, simply pointing out that it is a refrigerated trailer, not a container and this can clearly be seen from the various images online. Most of us realised this, Stabby.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:54:49 GMT
So it's "the news" v Mrs Tabby. I wonder who will win. I'm not calling in to question the vehicle movements, simply pointing out that it is a refrigerated trailer, not a container and this can clearly be seen from the various images online. Yes I know that it's just that the story seems to be that it is a container. I suppose the term "container" means something which contains something so if there are 39 dead bodies in it then it is a container by definition. Just not a "container" in the sense of those things with lifting sockets on each corner.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:55:54 GMT
I'm not calling in to question the vehicle movements, simply pointing out that it is a refrigerated trailer, not a container and this can clearly be seen from the various images online. Most of us realised this, Stabby. Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 17:59:21 GMT
I'm not calling in to question the vehicle movements, simply pointing out that it is a refrigerated trailer, not a container and this can clearly be seen from the various images online. Yes I know that it's just that the story seems to be that it is a container. I suppose the term "container" means something which contains something so if there are 39 dead bodies in it then it is a container by definition. Just not a "container" in the sense of those things with lifting sockets on each corner. Its a trailer. Trailers (refrigerated or other wise) can be loaded on to a ro ro ferry independently of a road going tractor unit. They have special tractor units on the ports. They can then be unloaded and then hitched to a road going tractor unit at the other side. The news used the word 'container' when they should have used 'trailer'.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 23, 2019 18:10:55 GMT
It was a bit strange listening to the commanding police officer in this case on the radio earlier. He took time to pay tribute to the emergency services who attended the scene. Really, what's so brave and beyond the expectation of duty with this? If it had been an armed siege and officers had risked their lives to secure a better situation but assuming all 39 were already dead, what's the praise for?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 23, 2019 18:13:36 GMT
Yes I know that it's just that the story seems to be that it is a container. I suppose the term "container" means something which contains something so if there are 39 dead bodies in it then it is a container by definition. Just not a "container" in the sense of those things with lifting sockets on each corner. Its a trailer. Trailers (refrigerated or other wise) can be loaded on to a ro ro ferry independently of a road going tractor unit. They have special tractor units on the ports. They can then be unloaded and then hitched to a road going tractor unit at the other side. The news used the word 'container' when they should have used 'trailer'. Yes, there are two different ways a trailer can be carried by ferry, accompanied or unaccompanied, the former being where the tractor unit which has towed it to the dock remains attached to it, ships across with it and then takes it onward, the latter being where the trailer is dropped at the dock in, say, Belgium, loaded onto the ship with a dock tug and then collected at the end of the crossing in, say, England by a different tractor unit. Unaccompanied shipping is cheaper for the operator as the vehicle takes up less deck space. It seems that this was an unaccompanied trailer crossing, although the driver may be complicit, equally he may have known nothing about the people on board.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 23, 2019 18:14:40 GMT
It was a bit strange listening to the commanding police officer in this case on the radio earlier. He took time to pay tribute to the emergency services who attended the scene. Really, what's so brave and beyond the expectation of duty with this? If it had been an armed siege and officers had risked their lives to secure a better situation but assuming all 39 were already dead, what's the praise for? Dealing with 39 dead people must be upsetting no matter what your job is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 18:30:06 GMT
I always think of containers as being something which is manipulated using a crane rather than a wheeled vehicle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 18:33:05 GMT
It was a bit strange listening to the commanding police officer in this case on the radio earlier. He took time to pay tribute to the emergency services who attended the scene. Really, what's so brave and beyond the expectation of duty with this? If it had been an armed siege and officers had risked their lives to secure a better situation but assuming all 39 were already dead, what's the praise for? Dealing with 39 dead people must be upsetting no matter what your job is. Embalmer? I know a bloke with a boat who is an embalmer. It's an amazing boat. Nothing special just a nice little 30ft wooden motor cruiser but what is amazing is that it has remained in exactly the same condition for the 30 years that I have known it. No flash varnish or paint jobs but also no visible deterioration. Just a good honest boat he looks after properly. Very impressive.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 23, 2019 18:44:33 GMT
I always think of containers as being something which is manipulated using a crane rather than a wheeled vehicle. They are loaded with plastic tat at the factory in, say, China whilst mounted on a skeletal trailer towed by a Chinese tractor unit Then the truck is driven to the dock and the container is lifted off with a straddle carrier Or a reach stacker Then loaded onto a container ship with thousands of others using gantry cranes. At the destination (e.g. Felixstowe) the procedure is reversed and the container goes onward on a UK-based tractor unit and skeletal trailer for delivery.
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