Mersey Ferry in Near Miss - 23rd Oct 2009 4:58pm
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I went to Seacombe for the Flyby today and then took the kids on the ferry to the Pier head. I was waiting on the jetty for the seacombe ferry when I noticed the Woodside - Pier head ferry steering across the path of a chemical tanker. They got very close before the tanker gave a blast of the horn. Ferry Swerved to Port and the tanker swerved to Starboard. I got a couple of photos.
The Ferry came to a virtual stop near the Irish Ferry Terminal while the tanker straightened up near the albert dock and steered back into the centre of the River
A couple of Mersey Ferry staff said somebody is for it!
On the way home I got talking to a chap on the woodside ferry who said they were about 30ft apart and he was looking vertically up at the side of the tanker. He sadi the ferry was making a bee-line for the carrier and obviously didn't know the tanker was there. It could have been very ugly
I went to Seacombe for the Flyby today and then took the kids on the ferry to the Pier head. I was waiting on the jetty for the seacombe ferry when I noticed the Woodside - Pier head ferry steering across the path of a chemical tanker. They got very close before the tanker gave a blast of the horn. Ferry Swerved to Port and the tanker swerved to Starboard. I got a couple of photos.
The Ferry came to a virtual stop near the Irish Ferry Terminal while the tanker straightened up near the albert dock and steered back into the centre of the River
A couple of Mersey Ferry staff said somebody is for it!
On the way home I got talking to a chap on the woodside ferry who said they were about 30ft apart and he was looking vertically up at the side of the tanker. He sadi the ferry was making a bee-line for the carrier and obviously didn't know the tanker was there. It could have been very ugly