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[Teapot]

Can anyone explain what this line of ships means in the Channel currently? They can't all be oil tankers moored waiting for the price to go even higher ... can they?

[R1minimagic]

Maybe they are expecting a French invasion?

[cooperdan]

Maybe they are expecting a French invasion?

the french,

extremly un likely

[Ivor Badger]

Can anyone explain what this line of ships means in the Channel currently? They can't all be oil tankers moored waiting for the price to go even higher ... can they?

Most would appear to be on the way out. Thought they clockwork moused in the Bay of Biscay waiting for the oil price.

[Bungle]

that just shows the ships are in the traffic separation lanes

[Teapot]

Most would appear to be on the way out. Thought they clockwork moused in the Bay of Biscay waiting for the oil price.

We had 10 oil tankers lying up in Lyme Bay off Exmouth for weeks until recently

that just shows the ships are in the traffic separation lanes

Does that mean like on a dual carriageway?

Edited by Teapot, 27 April 2010 - 09:52 PM.

[tuktuk]

You never really hear of ship crashes do you but check out how many is in there

[samsfern]

you dont think some of them are ful of oil, awaiting for the price to rise? to many of them though id have thought, would love to know how many pirates are out there...

[Bungle]

that just shows the ships are in the traffic separation lanes

Does that mean like on a dual carriageway?

yes works in much the same way

[Teapot]

that just shows the ships are in the traffic separation lanes

Does that mean like on a dual carriageway?

yes works in much the same way

OK cheers, so how does the cross-Channel stuff manage to thread through that lot?

[arnie]

could be container ships waiting to get in the docks. when i was on long distance i used to pull out of southampton dock. sometimes your load of timber or load of tv's or many other things was still on the ship waiting to dock. so i would say that most of them could be container ships.

[Teapot]

Most would appear to be on the way out. Thought they clockwork moused in the Bay of Biscay waiting for the oil price.

So these are the main shipping lanes then? And, keeping to the right, the thicker line is heading southwest, and they're all moving? In which case that's NOT the place to drop anchor

[samsfern]

how did you find out what ships are in the channel?

[Tupers]

I think they're all lining up so someone can walk all they way up the channel without getting their feet wet.

[Ivor Badger]

Most would appear to be on the way out. Thought they clockwork moused in the Bay of Biscay waiting for the oil price.

So these are the main shipping lanes then? And, keeping to the right, the thicker line is heading southwest, and they're all moving? In which case that's NOT the place to drop anchor

There is a traffic seperation zone in the Channel, makes it like a dual carriage way. Seperates around the Goodwins off Dover. The English/ north side is traffic travelling West. If you were going to anchor, you would probably pick Lyme or Falmouth bays, not mid channel.