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Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby CBBB » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:14 am

Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine, report says

13 October 2011, Thursday / TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA

A worn-out engine and generator on the Piri Reis, a Turkish seismic research ship that set out on the Mediterranean high seas to drill for hydrocarbon resources, are putting the lives of the crew at risk as the team find itself under pressure due to the political significance of their drilling mission, the Habertürk daily reported on Thursday.


“The ship is almost 33 years old, there should be a limit to the risks taken here,” Hüseyin Avni Belli, the director of Dokuz Eylül University's Naval Sciences and Technology Institute also responsible for the ship's command, was quoted as saying by the daily, as he explained that the Piri Reis needed serious maintenance before it can conduct any further exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Piri Reis set out from Turkey late in September with a mission to reciprocate Greek Cypriot drilling off of the island of Cyprus to explore for natural gas and oil reserves under the seabed, a move that constituted the most recent episode of a crisis between Turkey and Greek Cyprus. The use of the ship, one of a kind in Turkey, has come under public criticism due to its old age, but Turkish officials bent on responding to Greek Cypriot refusal to halt their drilling project insist that the ship can do its job. Turkey and Greek Cyprus have been deadlocked over territorial disputes for decades.

“Although we renovated the ship, we were not able replace the engine and the generator, which are both waiting at customs,” Belli warned of the danger facing the crew of the ship, and added, “We need to get back to İzmir -- we know that it is a matter of legitimacy on the part of Turkish Cyprus, but there is obvious threat to human life here.”

Meanwhile, project coordinator for Piri Reis, Derman Dondurur, noted on Wednesday that Piri Reis was ready to leave port from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) later in the day to conduct a second phase of exploration in zones where Greek Cypriots claimed they found pockets of resources, the Anatolia news agency reported. Evaluating the exploration project as being of very critical political significance, Dondurur also noted that Piri Reis was closing in on the Greek Cypriot platform. Piri Reis came as close as 15 kilometers from the platform and the ship established visual contact with Greek exploration vessels, according to Anatolia.

A warship, also supported by aircraft at times, is following the Piri Reis at a distance of 10 nautical miles, Dondurur also noted. “We are constantly in touch with the warship. They ask whether we need anything and check on us frequently,” he was quoted as saying.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259729- ... -says.html


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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby CBBB » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:53 pm

Apparently they hadn't got the thing fixed because the University that owns the Piri Reis didn't have the money to get the parts out of customs! :lol:
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby CBBB » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:02 pm

It gets better and better!

Turkish exploration comes a cropper off Cyprus

Turkey has been forced to halt exploration of the Mediterranean after their only ship broke down.

The Turkish seismic exploration ship “Piri Reis” is reported to be stranded at sea with an un-repairable engine.

According to reports, the vessel did not have essential maintenance carried out whilst it was docked in Famagusta last week.

Umut Yenice, the captain of the Piri Reis ship is reported to have requested a new engine - but was refused and ordered to stick to a tight schedule by authorities in Ankara.

The ship, which was ordered back to sea by the Turkish government at the weekend, is said to be at the mercy of the elements, with one radio report suggesting the boat could sink.

The incident, if confirmed will come as a huge embarrassment to Turkey, which has recently flexed their muscles on the energy issue.

Turkish Cypriot radio said the vessel was located to the south west of Cyprus, but gave no more details.

The 36-meter exploration ship was built in Germany in 1978 and belongs to the Marine Sciences and Technology Institute of Dokuz Eylül University .

The Piri Reis can hold a crew of 22 and can operate at sea without docking for 20 days, according to Turkish media.

Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis recently questioned the ship's ability to search for undersea oil and gas deposits, pointing to the vessels age and dated equipment.

— Copyright © Famagusta Gazette 2011

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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby Capt J Sparrow » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:44 pm

CBBB wrote:The ship, which was ordered back to sea by the Turkish government at the weekend, is said to be at the mercy of the elements, with one radio report suggesting the boat could sink.


You would think it couldn't get any worse for Turkey.... :lol:
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby ZoC » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:14 pm

:lol: this has made my day...
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby kurupetos » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:59 pm

:lol: I thought Piri Reis was a stealth ship, but it's not even a fishing boat. :?
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby kurupetos » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:02 pm

If the RoC govt listened to unca K. and started a WMD R&D program, Turks would have buggered off in no time.
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby Nikitas » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:11 pm

Weasel words, also know as the language of the PEZEVENGIS:

Greek Cyprus and Turkey have been locked in a territorial dispute, says the article. There is no effing dispute. Turkey raises illegal claims and then upgrades them with help from other pimps to the level of disputes.
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby bill cobbett » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:47 pm

:D

The Piri Reis, a clapped out, rusty old dredger finally breaks down and looks beyond repair as many of us have been saying for weeks and with it go the clapped out dreams of the Occupation Regime of Turkey and of Turkey to grab Cyprus gas and oil.

How much more shame can Eroglu bring to those CYs living in the Occupied Area of Cyprus and Erdogan bring to Turkey?
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Re: Piri Reis struggles through East Med with faulty engine

Postby Get Real! » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:59 pm

RIP Piri-Piri! :cry:
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