As-salamu alaykum and welcome back to Orange shots
I swear I had promised myself that I won't make another video
on the topic of Heng Tong 77 until she refloats
but so many comments from you guys have forced me to make
another video on this topic
most of your people just wanted to know what happened in the past few days
and why did all the attempts to float Heng Tong 77 Failed
why did they fail?
And yet there were many of you who created the havoc in the
comments section as soon as the crane started pulling off this ship
first of all I invite you guys to watch my video again
I mentioned it very clearly that in my view it is very difficult
to refloat this ship
If remaining a ground for 40+ days
is not the definition of hard or difficult
then I don't know what will be
let's forget all of this and move ahead
and let me give you the regular information that I do
the recent attempt was made on the highest of tide
if you can see this table
and I also invited you guys to go to the Google
and find out the height of Tides in Karachi
you guys can easily see
that we will have the highest of tides again
on seventh eighth and ninth of September
we have high tides every day in Karachi as Karachi is a tidal board
Every port where tides play any role are called Tidal Ports
and Karachi is one of the tidal Ports.
Every day we have high dose twice daily
once in the morning and once in the evening
the rescue operation can be attempted again
once we have the highest of tides
during this last attempt the ship was pulled with the help of a floating crane,
& the tugs were still not employed
now I invite all of you guys to think about one more thing
KPT & Karachi Port Have Tugs
Pakistan Navy has tugs too
did you see any tugs close by this ship
what's the reason
because both of them are afraid of running their
tugs aground during a rescue operation
that can disturb the traffic movement in Karachi port
This is one of the reasons that this job has been
handed over to a private contractor
No first of all it is not suitable to pull a ship
with the help of a floating crane
but let's forget it for now and let's suppose that it is fine to use the Crane
In order to use floating crane you have to fix them on a platform
in this case a barge is being used
The Barge anchors are then dropped
because when the Crane will actually pull the ship
and in case the anchors are not dropped
the Crane will be pulled towards the ship
instead of the ship being pulled towards the Crane
this is one of the basic principles of physics
the anchors on these badges were dropped
the first statement issued was
"anchors of the barge have been dislocated"
What does that even mean
This is a very vague statement
they either couldn't hold onto the ground or they started dragging
reason being the barge dropped anchor close to the ship
there is sand all around and anchor wouldn't hold good at such a place
that is why the cranes couldn't pull efficiently
and sadly the tugs were not around
and as a result
you lost time of the high tide when the ship could have been pulled out
and I have been repeatedly saying one thing since my first video
that is if you pull with the excessive force the ropes will break down
and if you use a very heavy duty rope the bits will break down
I don't know what is the safe working load of this vessel's bitts
but if I were to guess
it would'nt exceed 30 or 40 tons at max
if the safe working load of your ropes is higher
than the safe working load of these bitts
the bits will break
I don't know what is the safe working load of the ropes being used
but if you apply the excessive force
it will break the ropes
in any case you cannot use the rooms that
have higher safe working load then bitts
because in case you break the bits of the ship
you won't be able to pull her again
Captain Asim is already there and he is trying to plan the things
but the decision making power lies only with the contractor
if you have a look at these clips they
started celebrating even before the ship was out
they started giving interviews to the channels
that the ship has been floated
they shouldn't have spoken too soon
then they started issuing statements
that the vessel has crossed the depth of 35 m
are you talking sense?
It takes a lot of mileage to go to a depth of 35 m in Karachi
in Karachi port the depths are not steep
the change in the soundings is quite smooth
now let's talk about that moment again when the ship was about to float
the videos started circulating
and many of the people started commenting under my videos
and some of the guys started bragging about me being wrong
first of all let me tell something to you guys
I don't need to explain myself but I will
I request you guys to listen to it carefully
what I want and usually what I tell you people are 2 different things
It is not necessary that what I am telling you is actually what I want
as a responsible YouTuber
it is my duty to let you guys know of the things that I know
I want to tell you guys only those things that are analytically correct
I want this ship to float
declaring the ship a total constructive loss means
one vessel less for employment of the Crew
do you think that is good by any means
no it's not
until now almost none of the ground vessels have been
floated in India Pakistan and Bangladesh
except for a few that have been re-floated by themselves
all three authorities failed to re-float any of the ships
is a Pakistani I hope that this ship refloats
as that would be a moment of pride for my country
thirdly Pakistan might end up losing the money
if this ship is declared a total constructive loss
in case she floats, Pakistan might end up earning some good money
I really want this ship to Re float
alright
but at the same time I have to present the facts to you people
I am not sitting here to impose my likings or disliking upon you
now let's go onto one more point
and just to be clear I have not talked with the captain of the ship
I have not even tried to contact him
I don't want to disturb him any more than he already is
that would be akin adding misery to his life, so i don't want to do that
anyway the ones who contacted have told that the captain of
the ship is not very satisfied with the salvage operation
I agree with Capt. Umar
100%
the salvors is head of the highest of the tides
almost 3 m high
that's more than enough
that means that ship was lifted about 1.5 m off the ground
that also means that you have enough margin to pull the ship
although the ship had previously settled into the sand
but now when she was lifted 1.5 m above the ground
you could pull her through the soft sand
they employed Cranes that I'm not very fond of
because these Cranes and Barges do not have enough maneuverability
you cannot just pull out a ship by running the engines of these barges
and by pulling with these cranes
you cannot manoeuvre a ship if your manoeuverability itself is restricted
the top speed of your barge is hardly 3 kn
she will take one hour to cover a distance of three nautical miles
and within no time the tiles will start falling,
what are you doing really?
you're not doing the right thing
let's consider one more thing
which is actually the most important
as soon as you turn the ship she started facing sea, swell and wind
are you prepared to counter this affects of sea swell and wind?
Are you ready to combat those forces of nature?
Do you have any plans for that?
They were able to take the vessel about 600 m into the sea
although the depth of the sea was not much but you must have
something to assist you in pulling off this Ship further
you should have the tugs to help you out
but we don't see your back up (or assisting plan) anywhere
to combat the forces of sea swell and wind
you need to take control of the vessels heading & her stern
you have three robes that you are pulling
if one of those ropes is pulled hard that will break
that increased the Load on the other two ropes, breaking them too
The Salvors were very ill prepared
so much so that when the vessels head started swinging
they had no backup plan
you should have had tugboats to assist you
I am no want to stop you from using floating Cranes
but at least you should plan accordingly
that once you're able to pull off the vessel with the Cranes
the tugboat should be standby to help you
in this case once the vessels head swung back
the sea and swell started pushing the Vessel towards Shore
and the vessel grounded again
it was poor planning
again I am telling you the same thing that I have been since my first video
and that is it is hard to pull her out
it's been more than 40 days (since aground) and
that is the definition of hard
but can this vessel be pulled out?
Considering all the operational difficulties?
There can be a chance again but you have to be very well prepared next time
next time your operation should not feel because of poor planning
I am not going to name anyone or blame someone for the failure
of this operation because when you attempt you may fail as well
And I am not sitting here to point fingers at someone
neither do I have any political motives
meantime if you guys want to see how do we navigate the ship in
dense fog, then I will link that video here
and a really classic and awesome video about Titanic will be linked here
take very good care of yourself
keep me in your prayers
with tons of love for my orange shots family
and to be Orange Shots family
this is me Zahid Nisar
and you are watching orange shots
until the next video
Allah Hafiz