Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it
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Anonymous
Because harbor masters are smart. And they will say no insurance no dockage. Banks are smart too. They often require excess coverage as a condition of financing construction. |
Anonymous
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FBI has opened up a criminal investigation - the ship was having electrical problems at the dock, before it left.
https://wtop.com/baltimore/2024/04/fbi-opens-criminal-investigation-into-baltimore-bridge-collapse-ap-source-says/ |
Anonymous
Not to mention that laws are typically not retroactive, and this event already occurred. |
Anonymous
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“The incident is one of hundreds in which massive cargo ships lost propulsion, many near bridges and ports, according to a Washington Post analysis of Coast Guard records.
The findings indicate that the kind of failure that preceded the March 26 Baltimore bridge collapse — the 984-foot Dali is believed to have lost the ability to propel itself forward as it suffered a more widespread power outage — was far from a one-off among the increasingly large cargo ships that routinely sail close to critical infrastructure. Around Baltimore alone, ships lost propulsion nearly two dozen times in the three years before the tragedy last month, the Post review found — including a November 2021 incident in which a 981-foot container ship lost propulsion for 15 minutes soon after it passed under the Key Bridge. In 2020, a ship the same size as the Dali lost propulsion “in the vicinity of the Bay Bridge” near Annapolis, records show.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/04/16/dead-ships-propulsion-loss/ |
Anonymous
No it did not take 3 weeks to replace the short bridge over land. They filled in underneath it. Not really an option in this case. |
Anonymous
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Are the poor workers still trapped on the ship like I read about??
They have food |
Anonymous
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Rebuilding the Baltimore bridge destroyed by a container ship in March will cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, according to Maryland estimates.
Officials are targeting fall 2028 for completing the new bridge, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said in an interview. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/02/baltimore-key-bridge-rebuilding-cost/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0UxXfUJuslhxgXIia9ODptuh8Kx12K_w8Ud1ToxAkrEzaoh6rxZ8ABuk0_aem_ARsIr-ZlEZ7jrc4pOX3hoeQrqmPnCSCusMX1NulVXJGsqyu4IwM5keyvAqpxHD1kNrGIuQnkfbQNvAFWndYEtpSD |