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Baltimore bridge.
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right. I was thinking a tug as well, but surely a single tug can't move a ship that large, so probably just more nonsense from me.
thankful for that, good communication to get the bridge closed out on such short notice.
that wasn't exactly my argument, but then my argument wasn't very good to begin with
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A tug at hand can push a stationary ship sideways, but one moving at 7-8 knots is going to struggle for purchase. The tug pushing into a ships flank isn't going to move sideways with the ship at 7 knots.
Think I meant to reply about a local pilot so wrong post.
I'd think you'd have to have a large number of tugs to maneuver a cargo ship of that size/tonnage.
There was no protective barriers at the base of the pier it hit, which seems mad.
It might not have made much of a difference in this case given the concave bow of the ship, it may have hit higher up, but still.
I suspect a lot of new regulation will be implemented out of this
Unfortunately it isn't the first time this sort of incident has happened.
A container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to plunge into the river below. From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collisions, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure. Eighteen of those collapses happened in the United States.
A list of major US bridge collapses caused by ships and barges
From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure.www.thebaltimorebanner.com
Eighteen of them happening in the US does seem high but perhaps that may be combination of volume of traffic, size of vessels and sheer number of bridges in the US.
I would have thought an escort tug would be used for this exact reason! Winds and bridges!
From the video @Sarnia Kevin posted above it seems there were two tugs that took it out of dock and into the channel - once it was in the channel and moving they released it. That channel is apparently wide enough for two vessels but for safety reasons they usually only allow one. Unfortunately in this case it seems a complete power outage meant that the ship lost steering control - it may even be that in trying to halt it once they got power back caused it to veer out of the channel.
Perhaps they will rethink the amount of time they have the tugs chaperone the vessels out but I presume that would have a significant impact on speed of vessels and therefore how much volume the port can deal with.
Seems like the mayday radioed by the ship managed to mean that commuter traffic was blocked in time from getting onto the bridge.
Unfortunately the work crew on the bridge fixing potholes either didn't get the notice or were unable to get off in time.
Unfortunately the work crew on the bridge fixing potholes either didn't get the notice or were unable to get off in time.
Sounds like the ship did everything it could
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