Posted on 03/26/2024 9:47:56 AM PDT by House Atreides
What's Going on With Shipping? March 26, 2024
In this episode on the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb🍺, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Somali Basin, and Strait of Hormuz, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the allision between MV Dali and the Baltimore Key Bridge.
It's on the Internet!
No doubt some of the deep thinkers will post that this is all interconnected. Maybe even throw in a passing reference to the Kraken as well.
In a conspiracy, there's no end to the possibilities that can be be spun.
Should they have renamed the ship the ""Dalit"?
We know now the ship dropped its port anchor as it was backing down, but it had no effect. We also know that there are ships in the Port, which cannot leave until the bridge wreckage is cleared (weeks, months at a minimum) and that there are 2 anchorages of ships waiting to get in, which will have to be diverted somewhere, plus all hazardous material carriers which used the bridge will have to be diverted, as they are not allowed to use the tunnels
It seems a key question would be, did the ship lose power anytime between leaving its berth, outward bound and the two known outages, just prior to the collision which could be “perfect timing”.
Thanks for the post.
Good question.
“… have to be diverted somewhere, plus all hazardous material carriers which used the bridge will have to be diverted, as they are not allowed to use the tunnels.”
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Oh, goody, now and for many moons they’ll have to use the western side of the Baltimore beltway… as if that doesn’t already have too much traffic congestion.
Multiple power outages, vessel does not maintain a GPS track of where it it suppose to be, excessive speed approaching the bridge.
Maybe that’s all normal, but something does not seem right with this.
“ Getting to the root cause is necessary.”
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Yep, they need to thoroughly investigate it. It could be nothing more than piss poor maintenance and long worn out equipment…. the one penny wise and pound foolish.
Nonsense, the Ukrainian guy was on the Dali in 2016
Watched this morning, well explained and made sense.
IIRC-—EVERY SHIP entering or exiting a port has a local MASTER PILOT aboard-—who knows where every Rock & piece of seaweed is.
LOOK UP “MASTER PILOTS” FOR EVERY PORT
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My guess is simply bad timing on the engines and that accidents happen.
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