Coastal disaster relief
December 2011 Blog Posts (2)
T2's diesel-electric drive system is on the way from Vietnam...
...aboard this ship! Hopefully will be in the boatyard mid-January and installation will commence.
Added by Captain Ray Thackeray, IRG on December 29, 2011 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment
Tropical Cyclone THANE-11 threatening Eastern India
Tropical Cyclone THANE-11 of Saffir-Simpson Category 1 affected 16 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 3.5 million people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 121 thousand people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.
This is about a 10 day sail for T2 from her intended station on the coast of Thailand, if we were already operational, we'd be watching this very closely. The 120…
ContinueAdded by Captain Ray Thackeray, IRG on December 28, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments
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