And criticizing him, when inappropriate, is missing the people that might be more involved, giving them cover by distraction.
Personally, I don't see how anyone beyond the shipping company have any culpibility in the matter. Sure sounds like the pilot and ship crew did good work, the port and bridge folks were incredibly responsible. I find criticism to be wrong at this point.
Now, the clean-up, recovery, reopening the port, and then rebuilding the bridge, those are worth scrutiny. Looks like the Army Corps of Engineers is in doing the clean-up, maybe a good start. Getting the new bridge designed, funded, contracted, and built, that'll be popcorn time if it is any like the experience with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has a lot to do with the port authority, the shipping, and Hawkins Point at southwest end of the FSK Bridge.
The City of Baltimore has an expectation of him, that he will stand up for the city and represent the city.
The commerce in the harbor is important for the success of the city and the residents.
Same for the port functions and access to, from, the Port of Baltimore and many physical harbors therein.
On the morning of March 26th, at the initial news conference, he may have been in a bit of a pique because of the disaster that had NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE. His being a politician with stock in DEI and the Democrat Party.
But time will reveal how much of a leader he is, instead of “civil rights leader” on the matter of recovery from the FSK Bridge loss.
IMHO
“I don’t see how anyone beyond the shipping company have any culpibility in the matter.”
The ship had serious electrical problems in port. I have not read what those problems were. I wonder who signs off on a ship being safe to head out to sea. Is there any sign-off authority by the port staff or is the shipping company the only approval needed to leave port?