Posted on 03/26/2024 3:54:58 AM PDT by davikkm
“The first question that must be asked now is the role DEI may have played in these instances.”
I doubt DEI had anything to do with it. Singapore owned or leased, with probably an international crew, that has to work, and be competent.
Unlike USA “everyone gets a trophy” young people.
I hear you, but there really is no controversy in Maryland about him. I would be surprised if they do change the name.
What did the captain actually say about how this happened? Who is he and what is his explanation? After how many hours shouldn’t we have an explanation? Am I just missing his statement? I can’t find it?
I doubt DEI had anything to do with it. Singapore owned or leased, with probably an international crew, that has to work, and be competent.
Unlike USA “everyone gets a trophy” young people.
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I’d reserve judgement on that for a bit. Going into and out of the harbor (and bay) ships are controlled by local “Pilots”.
On Good Morning America they showed how the container ship turned off its lights just before ramming the bridge support.
Notice this - In the FIRST video the ship goes dark, then lights come on and significant smoke from diesel engines can be seen. Could be an Oh Sh!t moment due to power failure then frantic to gain control.
On the other hand, No smoke seen prior to lights going out could also suggest something nefarious where the ship was taken over, then suddenly placed into full throttle set for “Ramming Speed”
Accident, maybe??
I haven’t heard any public statements. Expect this to be sanitized of a full explanation.
https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1772550955906605097
Lights went off followed by emergency lighting coming on,before collision.
Every Shipping magnate registers their ships as foreign owned.
I know Paul Martin, former PM and shipping magnate does this.
Harbor pilot should have been at helm.
Rising sea levels, no doubt....
Houthi rebels or Somali pirates?
From what I heard/read, the ship totally lost power and drifted into the bridge.
Gonna be a lot of folks late for work this morning
“Looked intentional.”
I agree. Reading a report of what was observed — lights on ship go out, ship turns sharply towards the bridge, heavy smoke from stacks indicating possible application of full power — could indicate drastic failure of ship systems, but could as easily indicate a deliberate ramming attack.
At the time of the egregious error, 2 American pilots controlled the ship.
Is this supposed to be a joke or is it just abysmal writing? Or maybe ChatGPT?
“ships are controlled by local “Pilots”.
But the control of the ship is always in the ship’s masters
command. He can over ride any pilot’s decision.
It will also put the Port of Baltimore out of business for a long while!
The bridge came out of nowhere, struck the ship and vanished in the fog!
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