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To: Melian
A massive container ship chartered by Maersk and moving outbound from the Port of Baltimore struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge around 0130 ET. The bridge collapse has paralyzed a large swath of the largest inland port on the East Coast. The port is ranked 9th for total dollar value of cargo and 13th for cargo tonnage among US ports. 

There is video embeded in the article that shows what looks like an explosion at impact.

Port Of Baltimore Paralyzed After Container Ship Strike Collapses Bridge | ZeroHedge

1,850 posted on 03/26/2024 5:52:41 AM PDT by Keflavik76 (Be good ground.)
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To: Keflavik76

ThankQ!

In El Salvador, Maersk has been accused of maintaining abusive conditions for port drivers. Charges include excessively long shifts, minimal wages and the repression of freedom of association by running union-busting campaigns, including firing and blacklisting at least 100 drivers in 2001.

Globalization Monitor, a labor rights group based in Hong Kong, has reported poor labor conditions in Maersk facilities in Dongguan and Qingdao, China. In January and May 2008, two riots reportedly broke out amongst workers at the Maersk plant in Dongguan in protest of poor working conditions and employment terms. In April 2011, Globalization Monitor stated, “Maersk’s plants in China are still far from satisfactory as long as labor and human rights are concerned.” However, Danish news articles already in November 2009 brought results from a report made by an external work environment consultant, Crecea, which stated that the environment of the Maersk factory in Dongguan was above average in China.

Overcharging allegations of US Government in Iraq and Afghanistan
In response to a complaint from whistleblower Jerry H. Brown II, the US Government filed suit against Maersk for overcharging for shipments to US forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a settlement announced on 3 January 2012, the company agreed to pay $31.9 million in fines and interest but made no admission of wrongdoing. Brown was entitled to $3.6 million of the settlement.

On 27 June 2017, Maersk IT systems were the victim of a malware attack utilizing NotPetya, which was designed to appear to be a ransomware attack. The cyberattack was perpetrated by the Russian military cyberorganization, the GRU, and designed to attack Ukraine, but in fact almost destroyed Maersk Shipping. Wired magazine described the malware attack as the ‘Most Devastating Cyberattack in History.’ In March 2020 Maersk revealed they would be terminating the employment and outsourcing the work of the UK based IT team that helped them successfully fend off and recover from the ransomware attack that shut down operations, as Maersk was forced to rebuild its IT infrastructure in 10 days and sustained losses of more than US$300 million to put on its tax relief as expenses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk


1,856 posted on 03/26/2024 6:08:52 AM PDT by Melian (✳✴️ Reminder: Memes are made to make you think or laugh. Verify for yourself before reposting. ✳️✴️)
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To: Keflavik76

yikes...nice find...thanks for that. I wonder if crew is DEI


1,895 posted on 03/26/2024 10:05:52 AM PDT by stylin19a (Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?)
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