Baltimore bridge.

[Kurt.]

Heard it was a woman driver

 

[Abertonian]

I have read that there is concern about motorway bridges on the interstate highway system. Deterioration due to ineffective maintenance.

Might be wrong but think that Trump was planning on using a huge drive on infrastructure maintenance to boost the economy when he became president. Not sure if anything substantial was actually done though

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

An update from What's going on with shipping:

 

[Tramps_mate]

I was really confused. But we have two threads going on about his at the same time! lol

 

[RAFUH]

I was really confused. But we have two threads going on about his at the same time! lol

I locked the one in current affairs...until this one goes political

 

[RAFUH]

 

[chrismpw]

Heard it was a woman driver

Yet I get the pelters! @RAFUH

 

[Tipp blue]

I locked the one in current affairs...until this one goes political

I blame politicians for this it's public money that is used to build infrastructure and that bridge folded like a bad umbrella, this is what happens when you give contracts to the lowest bidder.. damn those political
Politicians and their political policy.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Surely they can get Federal cash involved and get it done faster than "normal"

 

[SerenityNigh]

Bridge looks a bit flimsy to me.

well 150,000 tons can do that I guess

 

[RAFUH]

I blame politicians for this it's public money that is used to build infrastructure and that bridge folded like a bad umbrella, this is what happens when you give contracts to the lowest bidder.. damn those political
Politicians and their political policy.

Stop it you bad man!

 

[SerenityNigh]

Built in the 70s.
Not sure if it has those protective barriers round the supports.
Given these ships don't turn on a sixpence, they are 'slow' and the gap under the bridge is pretty big.
1) Mechanical malfunction
2) Human Error
or
3) somebody did it deliberately

Edit; do these big ships have 'flight recorders'...if you get my drift.

I don't know the first thing about waterway navigation but (1) am surprised they aren't required to have a local tug captain pilot all inbound and outbound ships through he harbor and (2) am certain that in the near future all container ships will require a local captain to pilot them safely inbound and outbound

 

[RAFUH]

Yet I get the pelters! @RAFUH

Eh...It's @Kurt.
He gets women and ewes confused...





*soz Kurt

 

[chrismpw]

I don't know the first thing about waterway navigation but (1) am surprised they aren't required to have a local tug captain pilot all inbound and outbound ships through he harbor and (2) am certain that in the near future all container ships will require a local captain to pilot them safely inbound and outbound

As far as i understand all ships all around the world are required to have a local pilot who is entirely responsible for safe transit into and out of port. I'd guess its a requirement of insurers. I'd put my house on a pilot being on board during this ... but what can they do if there's a power failure. This will come down to the ship operators over maintenance ... who'll probably blame and string up the engineer, who's probably been begging for more maintenance budget, to protect their company name.

 

[SerenityNigh]

surely they will be able to remove enough bridge to dredge out the shipping lane within a month (he suggests ignorantly) but the overall impact will be enormous. at least 2 years before a new bridge is built I'd guess (he also conjectures ignorantly.)