Maritime expert reacts to ship hitting Baltimore bridge, causing collapse
Luca Moretti, an accomplished sailor and marine journalist from Genoa, Italy, has a lifelong passion for the sea that has defined his career. With a degree in Marine Journalism from the University of Genoa, Luca is celebrated for his vivid and insightful storytelling. His work captures the excitement of sailing and the rich maritime traditions of Europe, making him a well-respected voice in the sailing community. When he’s not writing, Luca can be found exploring the Mediterranean’s picturesque coastlines and competing in regattas, always seeking new adventures on the open water.
To let you all know it was a Cyber attack from China or Russia that shut that s*** down
Don't worry! Joe already said the federal government would cover the entire bill for repair! With taxpayer money of course…and to the families of the deceased, don't be upset, because Joe knows exactly how you feel! He lost a son!
I worked for James Mercante he is a good attorney.
Ребята у вас там и с ЖД не все ОК.Может быть разберетесь со своими проблемами?😮😮😮И не будете лезть в чужой монастырь с со своим уставом. Семьям погибших соболезнования примите.
Людей жалко.Приитте соболезнования семьям погибших.
If people knew how close we came to bridges everyday they’d find another route…
They dropped anchor but it’s soft bottom in that area and the size of that vessel with the speed there was no way it would grab. As it didn’t
Just ask the captain of the ship instead of asking everyone else, who cares what they say. Ask Sirgay what happened, he was driving the boat!
So thats why we build underwater tunnels instead…. (Norway).
Let me guess, Fox News, OAN, Network One, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Jim Jordan already have a conspiracy theory about the Baltimore bridge collapse blaming it on the CIA covert operation under the direction of the President of France and King Charles and the Ukrainians through President Biden. It had to do with those "Jewish Space Lasers" setting the ship on fire prior to the crash with MTG's approval. 🤣🤣😵💫
A maintenance engineer and a tannoy are all part of protocol adhered to. Rationalising the numerator and the denominator to 0 or inertia employing a couple of complex numbers (Argand, Heaviside, Newton) steps into a null hypothesis degree of stress.
Back to the good old days of tug boats! Can't believe we don't use them anymore. To save a few bucks, we get rid of safety over money!
I am not being judgmental but my practical experience being a marine engineer: The US and European state regulations forces ships to use gas oil(MGO)within 200Nautical miles from the nearest lands. When the gas oil is used there will be a pressure drop in the oil system . There is no remedy for that. The generators load changes should be gradually increased or decreased. But I seriously think in case of MV DALI there was a huge load surge when the ship was closing in the bridge. Because of the bow thrusters. This can cause pressure drop in the fuel system for Generators and the engine will starve for fuel. Causing blackout and without main power disaster followed. Too many things can go wrong. Ship crew not entirely at fault.
In Westport Malaysia, for places like this, there is always a Tug Boat to guide the cargo ship slowly entered port and slowly exit port, no matter how experience the pilot is. The port authority scales back is the problem of preventive measure.
I had some experience with power boats some years ago. One fact is that you cannot steer a single prop boat when you are backing down for the simple reason that there is NO propeller wash against the rudder. Prop wash against the rudder IS what steers a single prop boat (and generally ALL power boats). Reversing does NOT, indeed cannot, steer, instead, it pushes the stern in one direction or the other depending on its rotation, right or left. The only way to STEER is prop wash against the rudder and that requires going AHEAD. The action by whoever decided to back down instead of to power AHEAD and steer, certainly must amount to negligence, if not incompetence, and that, imho, is what led to this disaster.
Pilot error. S.O.P. was not followed. Plain and simple.
Never mentioned lights going out on ship before hitting the bridge
Don’t these systems have backups or redundancy? Seems suspect to me.
Is this a Sailing Boat pending on Wind or High performance Engine?
« We see a lot of lost propulsion ». So, known security issues are not a priority. Only in the United States of Absurdia.
Terrorism.
Seems to me this was an accident waiting to happen with insufficient protection around the main support columns of the bridge and no structural redundancy built into it.
Back to tug boats
Frank Sobotka turning over on his grave
HELP WANTED — Non-challenging job to sit at the helm.
I know America has gotten a horrible at fixing stuff in emergencies so I also feel sorry for all the suckers there😅😅😅
When is the US going to require Tug's standing by when a major ship is going under a major US bridge? Its time for a CHANGE. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida, and now this bridge, when is there enough death and destruction to make changes to the way we allow ships to pass under our bridge's? Lets pull our head out people.
Old red tie..ya cant Picture him on a Ship. No way.
He has No idea what happened. All Bogus.😅
He says ALOT of similar power Losses in New York Harbor😂😂 that has to be Bogus.😅