The container ship is 29,000 tons, kinda small for that category.
Regardless of which ship had the right-of-way both, and esp the smaller more maneuverable ship, have an obligation to avoid a collision.
IMO the Fitzgerald is at fault.
Hope the captain had a good major in college, he’ll need it.
You may be correct Vince. Curious why the container was making a sudden hard torn to port in such close proximity to another vessel traveling opposite, in an established sea lane to boot. As someone previously pointed out, the AIS in both bridges should have given ample SA. Possibly the unusual abrupt course change into the sealane contributed. Too bad nobody used the radio.
TC