Cargo Ship With 1500 Jaguars And Land Rovers Ran Aground To Prevent Sinking

A 52,000-tonne cargo ship carrying 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles that was deliberately grounded by its crew could have been hit by problems before the incident as a result of human error, it was claimed today.       

The pilot and master of the Hoegh Osaka took the decision to steer the ship onto a sandbank to prevent it from capsizing after it started 'severely' listing off the Isle of Wight on Saturday night.

An investigation has now been launched and Southampton port director, Nick Ridehalgh, from Associated British Ports said that it was possible that human error could be behind the incident which sparked a major search and rescue operation. 

mre30 - 1/6/2015 10:57:03 AM

+1 Boost

I'll be they wish the whole ship was full of Jaguars bound for the US! It would be much easier to cash the insurance check on the shipment versus trying to sell the Jag's in the US!

In other news, the Range Rover LWB that the customer in Manhattan ordered will now be delivered 18 months from now! The RR LWB is the success story of the year - they're going way over sticker AND with long waits in the NY area. The RR LWB is definitely the "it" car for the moneyed set for 2014/2015!