Beach raiders

They're supposed to fill out forms to say what they've found and if the company don't try to claim it back within as year they can legally keep it.
The shipping company's insurance will pay out for it all anyway.

Aye was in the paper three lads got a BMW motor bike started and their was a BMW four wheel drive toppled over what a complete mess lot of money been washed up there.

Apparently there was rival gangs fighting over stuff that was washed up. It just shows how people can turn into animals when they can see ££££'s.

Rival gangs don't dress up as bunnies and play card games all day until a ship gets washed up

Theyre probably just regular people tho, they dont just stay on the beach every day fighting, in case a ship gets washed up either

Apparently most of the looting has been done by organised gangs from outside the area.

this is true but the rightful owner would have to give the salver a fair financial reward for reteiving the goods add to this the cost of repairing the bike to if forme condition then it would prob cost more than the bike cost them to build so will prob just claim on the insurance for the cost of a new one same with the gear boxes and such

Why would the owner have to give someone a financial reward for nicking their motorbike?

Also, most of the bikes were no doubt in excellent condition so it's obviously not going to cost too much to get it fixed if need be.

It wont cost much to remove a few barnacles off the exhaust and a fish out of the tank Im sure

quote from wiki


pure salvage . In this case the salvor can legally claim recompense or a salvage claim. It is also pure salvage when the ship's master signs an open form salvage agreement with no fixed compensation. This is a contingency contract that leaves the value of the salvage operation to be decided at a later date and both parties agree to binding arbitration in the case of a dispute. The best-known open form is the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract, which was developed by Lloyd's of London and states "no cure - no pay". Although this rule seems to the disadvantage of the owner of the ship, its purpose is to encourage potential salvors to risk their vessels and use their working time for the benefit of both themselves and the ship owner. In order for a claim to be awarded three requirements must be meet: The vessel must be in peril, the services must be rendered voluntarily, in other words there is no contractual obligation, and finally the salvage must be successful.

The sea horses would have been shitting themselves in prospect of a new type of 'undersea racing'

" "Salvors" are seamen and engineers who carry out salvage to vessels that are not owned by themselves. When salvaging large ships, they may use cranes, floating dry docks and divers to lift and repair ships for short journeys to safety towed by a tugboat. The aim of the salvage may be to repair the vessel at a harbour or dry dock. Another reason for salvage may be to prevent pollution or damage to the marine environment. Alternatively the vessel or valuable parts of the vessel or its cargo may be recovered for its resale value, or for scrap."

"Salvage law has as a basis that a salvor should be rewarded for risking his life and property to rescue the property of another from peril"

"In the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, jetsam, flotsam, lagan and all other cargo and wreckage remain the property of their original owners. Anyone, including recreational divers and beachcombers, removing those goods must inform the Receiver of Wreck to avoid the accusation of theft."

From reading that, I very much doubt anyone is going to get much of a financial award for stolling onto the beach, breaking into an already sealed and beached transport container, then doing off with the goods inside

why are they bothered anyway? surely all the goods will be insured so the people will get there money back

Someone, somewhere is going to be a bit pissed off about things getting half inched from a ship they left it on

Like someone already said, some of it wasn't stuff you could replace.

as quoted though as long as the relivent paper work was filed then it wouldnt be classed as theft but im pretty much sure most of them wouldn't have bothered though

yeah i agree if stuff can't be replaced, but i'm not a sentimental guy, infact i don't think i own anything that couldn't be replaced

yeah but the fee that was payed to the 'salvor' is for helping aid in the salvage of the ship, based on the lenghts they had to go to. I doubt anything would be payed to someone taking stuff from a beach where things are already being looked after by the police!

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yeah but i recon you be pretty pissed if it was your plasma that was paraded on the tele by a half toothed scouser givin it

"orr ehh larrr it fair game innit"

It's a shame none of those motorbikes were yours then

ha ha ha s'pose good point well put young sir'