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Far Cough
6:26 Fri Mar 29
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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That ship should have been under pilot control and an assist tug or two tugs at least until it cleared the bridge.
I bet you from now on, if that bridge is replaced, harbour tugs and pilot will be mandatory from then on.
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Mike Oxsaw
1:00 Fri Mar 29
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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I suspect that the ship is the "wrong age" to be fitted with any form of remote control and in any case would assume that the pilots would have insisted that it was disconnected whilst the ship was under their responsibility.
They seem to be considering contaminated fuel as a possible trigger/cause now.
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riosleftsock
11:58 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Pwoper - thats an internet myth. The crew and captain were Indian nationals, but the ship should have been under control of harbour pilots, some of the most experienced and qualified mariners available.
The Ukrainian captain was for a 6 momth period prior to 2020.
There are some very concerned people in US suggesting that this ship was shut down remotely (remember the Suez shipping disaster?) at the right time and could even be Russian, Chinese, Iranian or domestic terror related.
But the US can determine the exact reason very quickly for a disaster when it suits; (Maryland Bridge - 1-2 hours - accident, Crocus concert - 1 hour ISIS K - NOT UKRAINE!, Nordstream 2 years and counting, JFK death 60 + years and still no release of the files)
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
11:30 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Ukrainian captain of that boat
Juts another coincidence
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collyrob
7:31 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Busy few days for Frank Sobotka
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Nutsin
7:00 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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This could spell disaster for Cap mong
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riosleftsock
1:20 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Isn't Baltimore a very important port for the US, both strategically and economically?
Have they ruled out ISIS-K as fast as they were blamed for the Crocus attack?
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Mike Oxsaw
12:47 Thu Mar 28
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Can't they just rig up a Bosun's chair across the bay?
I seem to remember that they had one at the 1969 Dageneham Town Show.
Fast & fun - what is there not to like?
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arsene york-hunt
10:04 Wed Mar 27
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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What a disaster - All those poor people having to wait for their deiveries.
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Percy Dalton
3:59 Wed Mar 27
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Most Bridges in this country have massive concrete piers with piles to cushion any mishap with ships.
Even Tower Bridge has massive piers and that was built in the 1800s.
That bridge collapsing like that looks like a third world design
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Hammer and Pickle
12:04 Wed Mar 27
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Can’t focus on this right now. Short attention SPAN
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BBondsBootlaces
10:46 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Deduct 10 points from Everton to solve this.
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Gary Strodders shank
9:26 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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There was a structural engineer on the news this morning saying most bridges have sacrificial structures built slightly in front and around the pillars to take the impact and protect the structure.
He seemed to think this bridge was weak and poorly designed.
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zico
9:09 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Well I don't know I'm not a structural engineer, just assumed in this day an age many bridges would have some sort of protection system.
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On The Ball
9:08 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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They'd have to be pretty big shinpads.
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Jasnik
8:49 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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zico 8:32 Tue Mar 26
Bwhahaha.
It not the local kids playground.
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Far Cough
8:47 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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zico that ship had a gross tonnage of 95,000 not sure any rubber bollard is going to help mitigate a collision by the kinetic energy provided by that ship, as slow as it was?
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zico
8:32 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Is there a reason why bridges don't have protective bumpers/boulders/whatever you call them around the legs to prevent situations such as this?
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Manuel
5:36 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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I'm blaming Moyes.
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Northern Sold
5:29 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Putin just made a statement... Ukraine did it
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Mike Oxsaw
5:14 Tue Mar 26
Re: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Biden phones Zelenskyy: "Now, THAT's how you take a bridge out, sunshine."
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