Posted on 03/27/2024 11:42:36 AM PDT by linMcHlp
See the PDF file.
(Excerpt) Read more at navcen.uscg.gov ...
Big boats ain’t got disc brakes.
• Site elevation: 4.4 m above mean sea level
• Air temp height: 6.1 m above site elevation
• Anemometer height: 6.6 m above site elevation
• Barometer elevation: 7.4 m above mean sea level
As a former USCG Marine Safety Inspector I can tell you there are some Coasties in NY who did an inspecton on this container vessel 3 months ago that are going to be grilled over every document, and there are plenty, that they reviewed and every note on the physical plant inspection that they recorded. Been there done dat!
40 some odd years after the Florida causeway bridge was brought down in a similar incident it seems strange that heavy concrete piers weren’t built around the towers of all bridges where huge ships travel
bttt
After September 11, 2001, Maryland debated concrete defense structures for the FSK Bridge, but did not proceed - because, costs.
I am trying to find guidance for pilots and crews, re wind and wave conditions that dictate: NO GO
For the FSK Bridge, Baltimore Harbor, and approaches to same.
Might you know which direction to go, online? Thanks.
Yeah. A new bridge will be cheaper. This is a federally regulated causeway. Not that I want higher taxes but it seems the feds should have taken the burden
Sure they do in those containers and bunch of other stuff
COLREGS! Woo hoo!
https://www.mdpilots.com/helpful-links which is a general page on normal activities. There is all kinda of news speculation posts right after any disaster and I take them with a grain of salt. Too many people pushing an agenda. The people who are really accountable and have the real data keep their mouths shut.
Regulation #1. Stationary objects have the right of way.
From info that I have read, here and elsewhere, the Dali seemed to have enough troubles, that I would not have ventured to the bridge passage, given the vessel performance and crosswind condition.
But, some upper master in the chain of command, probably has the skill to convince the ship’s onboard master, to proceed.
I guess a ship captain is stuck, given that there does not seem to be a Nautical Notice to Heavy Vessel Masters, that establishes a table of crosswind condtions and bridge approaches. (But I keep looking.)
“The people who are really accountable and have the real data keep their mouths shut.”
Yep, all lawyered up.
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