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Container Ship Gashed In Collision With Bay Bridge
KTVU ^
| November 7, 2007
Posted on 11/07/2007 10:15:03 AM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baybridge; containership; copyandpaste; oilspill; stupidpoliticians
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To: yorkie
Yikes... that’s a good bit of damage to that ship. Looks like he scraped it pretty hard.
Any word on whether they’re closing the bridge or not?
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posted on
11/07/2007 12:53:31 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: yorkie
A supporting tower is a pier
42
posted on
11/07/2007 12:53:35 PM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
To: editor-surveyor
Of course the ship was empty. You don’t think we’d be exporting anything. But I’m glad to see some of the empty containers being returned. There are huge stacks of them here in the Tidewater Virginia area.
To: Just another Joe
44
posted on
11/07/2007 1:07:29 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Illegal Immigration, a Clear and Present Danger.)
To: mad_as_he$$
19 years, Santa Cruz.Ah HA!
;^)
45
posted on
11/07/2007 1:11:44 PM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: B4Ranch
I think we are going to hear something about mechanical failure. That bridge and any currents would be like the back of your hand to a local pilot.
46
posted on
11/07/2007 1:17:18 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." ))
To: B4Ranch
There’s something really wrong here. The channel leading out of the port is very clear on sonar, and has submerged reflectors that light up like beacons on the display.
47
posted on
11/07/2007 1:38:43 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: Ramius
The bridge supports have massive wooden pilings surrounding them
This is what the ship hit. They inspected and have not closed the bridge.
48
posted on
11/07/2007 2:10:00 PM PST
by
pbear8
(Padre Pio please pray for Tony Snow)
To: Just another Joe
*shrug* I live maybe 10 km from The Bay (there's only the one Bay on earth), and 100 km from San Fransisco. Should I not consider myself as living the the Bay Area?
BTW, I'm lobbying to change the name of that body of water. 'San Fransisco Bay' is such a mouthful, where as 'San Jose Bay' is alliterative and rolls off the tongue...
49
posted on
11/07/2007 2:16:23 PM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: null and void
Yeh, I know, but most people only know San Jose from the song.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
For most people, the San Francisco Bay is all about San Francisco.
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posted on
11/07/2007 2:21:50 PM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Just another Joe
Yeh, I know, but most people only know San Jose from the song.Renaming the Bay (or even the controversy about renaming it) would fix that...
51
posted on
11/07/2007 2:24:43 PM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: yorkie
Well no wonder some hot-doggin' steersman tried to go through sideways!
He almost made it
52
posted on
11/07/2007 2:25:04 PM PST
by
Syncro
To: pbear8
There was little damage to the bridge in part because of the bridge’s bumper system but also because the ship was going outbound to South Korea with hardly anything loaded but empty containers. Had it been inbound the inertia of the ship might have been more serious. Ships are required to hire special local pilots who know the area when they get here to enter the bay so this was probably a SF crew screw up. Sometimes there is a tug boat assist for better steering in the narrow channels but not usually for outbound.
53
posted on
11/07/2007 4:29:03 PM PST
by
Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: pbear8
He might be able to do a song and dance to the Coasties. Depends on who he is and his record.Or it might be a she....There are female ships pilots as well in SF Bay...
54
posted on
11/07/2007 7:43:41 PM PST
by
FDNYRHEROES
(Always bring a liberal to a gunfight)
To: FDNYRHEROES
No, it’s a guy. He’s really well thought of in the Bay. He’s been a pilot since 81. I won’t name him here but I talked to someone who has an official capacity and short of instrumentation problems...well, it doesn’t look good.
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posted on
11/07/2007 8:09:00 PM PST
by
pbear8
(Padre Pio please pray for Tony Snow)
To: theDentist
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posted on
11/07/2007 8:43:16 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: pbear8
The word is out, it was Capt. John Cota, j.cota@sfbarpilots.com
Bar pilot on errant ship had several mishaps in past
I feel bad for guy, everyone makes mistakes, but I bet he will be retiring early over this one. I'm curious, what's a captain's career like as far as pay and work hours and time away from home? Is it a union job? Do captains want their children to follow in their footsteps?
57
posted on
11/09/2007 7:31:37 AM PST
by
Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: null and void
"
'San Fransisco Bay' is such a mouthful" Maybe Otis Redding had it right: "Frisco Bay."
58
posted on
11/09/2007 8:05:03 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: trumandogz; Just another Joe
"
People that live in San Francisco have no reason to take the Bay Bridge." A popular misconception.
The reverse commute is about half of the main flow, but it is substantial. I've had several employees that lived in SF and commuted across that bridge.
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posted on
11/09/2007 8:14:16 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: rockinqsranch; yorkie
"
FWIW the vessel is South Korean. Just in case some might think the name implies Chinese." Not so!
The Busan is owned by the Chinese Ocean Shipping Co. which is a subsidiary of the Red Chinese Army.
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posted on
11/09/2007 8:16:37 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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