Posted on 03/31/2024 10:30:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Maybe they should just hand off the salvage to all those gangs stealing copper wire and catalytic converters. Let em sell whatever they take away.
I find it decidedly convenient that suddenly pete butthead now has a pedestal from which to garner media attention.
The answer to that question should be pretty simple to figure out.
The jerk should contact the U.S. Navy (they know a lot about ships) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(they know a lot about bridges and roads).
No, it's only 2800 feet.
China would be done by now, and have half the bridge back up.
Yes there is:
Three Ready Reserve Force (RRF) supply ships for the US Marines are stuck behind the fallen Key Bridge.
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11 ships are stuck inside the Port of Baltimore besides the Dali, officials say
From CNN's Matt Egan
Federal authorities now said there are 11 ships, in addition to the Dali cargo vessel, stuck inside the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The Transportation Department told CNN on Wednesday that it corrected the data to reflect an additional vessel stranded behind the fallen bridge
Officials now say that the following vessels are stranded at the port:
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Three bulk carriers
One vehicle carrier
Two general cargo ships
11 ships are stuck inside the Port of Baltimore besides the Dali, officials say
Tighten Up (1968)
Shotgun (1965)
The 4 MARAD US MArine supply ships blocked in Baltinore port are listed as
Cape Washington
Cape Wrath
Antares
Denebola
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2021-10/RRF%20Mooring.pdf
You Previously posted that “The supplies and ordnance for three US Marine Expeditionary forces are pre-positioned in the Port of Baltimore”.
There 4 RRF ships are there, but they are empty - NOT loaded with supplies and ordinance.
Thank you very much for your on the ground knowledge.
We still need to know what caused the loss of power. I’ve seen people reporting a fuel issue but haven’t seen any evidence. Fuel is usually tested when they take bunkers. The ship would have known if they had problematic fuel. It could have been from using an ultra-low sulfur fuel due to the emission control area (ECA Zone). That ULSF can act like a detergent and wash all the crap from heavy fuel off the pipe walls and clog filters. Again, difficult to say since they would have switched over to the ULSF when entering US waters 200 miles out and would have still been on it.
Interesting that the pilot called for a tug a few minutes befire the collision. None on call or just too little time for the tug to get there?
Its great to hear from someone familiar with the port.
If it was not a fuel issue it mayhave been a master breaker or wirong issue, bioth the operating and emergency power systems went off apparently , and they could not reset them.
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