MC Prussian Posted 22 January 2007 Posted 22 January 2007 So, if you find a lot of brand-new BMW steering wheels, BMW motorcycles, empty barrels, video cameras, and other apparel (shirts, shorts and shoes) on eBay in the following few days and weeks, remember: It could be quite a smear campaign!!!
Flynny Posted 22 January 2007 Posted 22 January 2007 Just watched the news report on it on BBC news. They had some lucky ****er with a motorbike and then a bit later some old guy going "'Av onleh just got 'ere... found 3 pairs o' trainers... look aboot mah size".
Daggers Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 Is it all a bit of a laugh ... or are they scummy thieves who'll take anything because they think it isn't stealing and leave the beach in a real state? Ship scavenger 'greed' condemned Branscombe beach Coastguards said the beach clean-up had been prolonged Members of the public who have been taking goods washed ashore from stricken container ship MSC Napoli have been accused of "crass greed". The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said scavengers who have descended on Branscombe beach in Devon were making the clean-up more difficult. It said the scenes were a "nightmare" and "deeply upsetting". Police are urging people to stay away and have begun to stop non-residents' vehicles entering the village. The beach will now be closed to allow cranes and other lifting gear safe access as they start to clear away the debris. The Napoli suffered structural damage during last Thursday's storms and was deliberately grounded a mile off Branscombe to stop it breaking up in deep water. Map: Devon coastline and wreck site About 200 of the vessel's 2,323 containers have gone overboard. Barrels of wine, shoes, hair care products, steering wheels, nappies, and BMW motorbikes are among the products washed up. But now unwanted contents are strewn the length of Branscombe's pebbled beach. Scavengers - some with babies in arms - have descended on the World Heritage Coast since Sunday, apparently ignoring warnings that 158 of the containers may contain hazardous chemicals. Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, it is an offence for people to remove items from a wreck if they conceal or keep possession of cargo and refuse to surrender it. But some of the items plundered from the container ship have already been listed on the internet auction website eBay. BMW steering wheel airbags - advertised as coming from the Napoli - were up for sale online. MCA spokesman Mark Clark said had warnings not to touch the containers been followed, they would have been removed and the beach returned to normality quite soon. "They have quadrupled our task," he said. "People are lighting fires beside the containers, getting on top of them ripping stuff out, and not heeding our warnings. Branscombe beach Unwanted goods were left strewn over the World Heritage site "The MCA is deeply upset and angry because all the stuff which has been ripped out of the containers will be swept out to sea and have an environmental impact," he said. "In 11 years I have never seen anything like it, it is sheer greed." The coastguard also said it may take a week to pump 3,500 tonnes of oil from the ship to stop more leaks of oil. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has reported 600 seabirds had been found suffering from the effects of oil between Chesil Beach and Portland in Dorset, sparking fears environmental damage was worsening.
MC Prussian Posted 23 January 2007 Author Posted 23 January 2007 http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=31889 On a sidenote, this could open a plethora of new chances for the reeling British tourist industry. All you need is a few more shipwreckings just off the coast...
Master Fox Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 I think it’s hilarious. Fair play to them, this sort of thing doesn’t happen very often and it really isn’t stealing. Anything washed up on beach is fair game in my opinion and if it happens to be a BMW motorbike then so be it
breadandcheese Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 It makes you think that if there was any trouble in UK, what looting would go on. Bit like after hurricane Katrina, how quickly things broke down. I think I'm going to buy a bigger stick for my house.
Geo V Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 I saw this on the news and cracked up as I watched these looters come along and take advantage and be proud. It wasnt quite like the riots in the US when people ran down the road with Plasmas on there heads but its basically the same thing IMO
Suffolk_fox Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 Good luck to 'em, I say. It isn't everyday when something lands in your lap like this. These shipping companies put their coast at constant risk. If there was a really thick oil slick, these people would have to put up with the mess, not to mention the stench. So a bit of Ying and Yang never hurt anyone. By the way, does anyone want a small pallet of Pampers?
Dr The Singh Posted 23 January 2007 Posted 23 January 2007 Good luck to 'em, I say. It isn't everyday when something lands in your lap like this. These shipping companies put their coast at constant risk. If there was a really thick oil slick, these people would have to put up with the mess, not to mention the stench. So a bit of Ying and Yang never hurt anyone. By the way, does anyone want a small pallet of Pampers? Yes please, i'm collecting them for when i'm old and have bowel and incontinence problems!!! I have no issues in people taking the goods aslong as they register them, ultimately it is theft if they don't!! My main concern like yours is the one on the environment, all that oil will cause so much harm, if only we could aviod it happening again!!
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