Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

[Meridian]

Ship 'lost propulsion' and warned of crash - report​

The Dali container ship "lost propulsion" as it left the port and the crew on board had warned Maryland officials of a possible crash, according to ABC News, which cites an unclassified US intelligence report.
"The vessel notified MD Department of Transportation (MDOT) that they had lost control of the vessel and a collision with the bridge was possible," ABC quoted the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as saying.
"The vessel struck the bridge causing a complete collapse."

And obviously no tugs near by to intervene

 

[Padraig Mor]

Similar to Cork Port.

My buddy is a pilot below. They bring all these ships out.

Almost all anyway and I guess all the freight. I've heard that the Brittany Ferries captains have done the Cork pilot 'exam' so don't use pilots in Cork.

 

[DeepThroat]

From Echolive.ie

 

[SoundMan]

I am kid. Are you a fan of us?

I organised for myself and a few pals to take part in a fundraiser for your club a couple of years ago.

Never knew ye were dubbed that until I was in conversation with a pal from The Dohenys.

Great nickname in fairness.

 

[Maw Maw]

I organised for myself and a few pals to take part in a fundraiser for your club a couple of years ago.

Never knew ye were dubbed that until I was in conversation with a pal from The Dohenys.

Great nickname in fairness.

Fair play kid. Struggling to keep going with the club but few lads working hard to keep the show on the road

 

[PussyinBoots]

Stone mad.

 

[Pontipine]

Cool job.

They bring them in also don't they ?

I’d imagine so yes. Well paid job.

 

[Pontipine]

Almost all anyway and I guess all the freight. I've heard that the Brittany Ferries captains have done the Cork pilot 'exam' so don't use pilots in Cork.

Interesting.

I must ask him about that.

 

[danielthelanger]

Might seem like a silly question If they lost propulsion and were obviously drifting Why not drop the anchors

 

[beanee]

It's not a silly question but I would guess that it would take a significant amount of time to organise dropping an anchor for a 110,000 ton (101,605,000 kg) ship already travelling at 8 knots (4 metres per second) and it sounds like they didn't have much time BUT a few back of an envelope calculations....

The ship's momentum (mass x velocity) was 400,000,000 kg/metres/per sec. For an idea of the equivalent force to stop the ship, it would be the same as trying to stop a 737 airline that weighs 40,000 kg (2500 times lighter than the ship) going 2500 times faster than that ship (roughly 36,000 km/h).

There's no anchor and steel chain in the world that could bring that ship to a stop without snapping instantly if it got stuck in something or with it's weight it would take hours for it to slow down. A ship has to be stopped to put an anchor down.