Container Ship Gashed In Collision With Bay Bridge

KTVU ^ | November 7, 2007

[yorkie]

SAN FRANCISCO -- A 920-foot container ship, heading out of the San Francisco Bay from the Port Of Oakland, collided with a supporting tower of the fog-shrouded Bay Bridge early Wednesday, damaging its hull but it was not known if it caused any damage to the vital traffic artery.

The collision happened at about 8:15 a.m. during the morning commute but did not disrupt traffic on the bridge.

[yorkie]

Spell checkers: I know. It should be “Collides”. ;-)

[varyouga]

Uh Oh

[Petronski]

[yorkie]

There is an oil spill, but it doesn’t look like any major damage to the bridge.

[rightinthemiddle]

Oil spill in San Francisco!

This is, of course, Bush’s fault.

[Yo-Yo]

"This is a 920 foot container ship, and I say again alter your course, or we will be forced to ram you."

"This the Bay Bridge. Your call."

[theDentist]

"All is well. Nothing to see here. All is well."

[Just another Joe]

Well, SFers better find an alternate route.
Maybe container ships used as auto barges.

[gridlock]

Which support did it hit? If it hit that center support or one of the towers on the SF side, I think there is not much to worry about. If it hit something on the Oakland side, that might be a different matter.

[bmwcyle]

Too bad they can’t use that new invention radar.

[yorkie]

Here is the latest report from NBC (eleven minutes ago):

“The ship was an outbound vessel, Hunter said, but its destination is unknown. It hit the fourth of five towers on the San Francisco side of the bridge. That is the second tower from Treasure Island.”

http://www.nbc11.com/newsarchive/14532048/detail.html

[Joe Boucher]

Brings to mind when the phosphate hauler ran in to the Sunshine Skyway taking the bridge and a whole lot of folks with it.

[So Cal Rocket]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=san+francisco,+ca&ie=UTF8&ll=37.801612,-122.374306&spn=0.023838,0.040169&t=k&z=15&om=1

[Bear_Slayer]

With all the anti-terrorist surveillance equipment in this country I wonder if there are pictures of the collision.

[cogitator]

That's what I was thinking. So Tampa Bay is no longer the only place where "the ship hits the span".

Which is not to make light of a tragedy in which 35 people died.

[FDNYRHEROES]

If two moving vessels collide, it’s a collision. If a moving vessel strikes a fixed object, it’s technically called an allision

[yorkie]

Here are four pictures, but it is hard to see the actual impact area:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/11/07/BAH3T81G7.DTL&o=0

[neodad]

Looks like it hit the base of the tower. That pilot’s going to be looking for a job.

[americanophile]

I think in all fairness to the environment, all shipping in the sensitive bay area should be stopped.