The ship was still in the harbor which should be a controlled area. Until it cleared that bridge it should have had escort tugs which serve to guarantee it stays in the deep channel. As soon as the ship started turning right one of those bigaxx tugs should have been on it. And they are powerful enough to keep it straight.
Looks to me like another case of working on the cheap.
Remember the Evergiven ship that hit an island just south of here, close to the Naval Academy, awhile back? It had left its escort behind and wandered out of the channel. Lot of dumbassness involved.
That’s actually a really interesting point. I don’t know what the situation is with those docs. Do things usually get tugs? Are they escorted through there? I don’t know. Certainly a tugboat or 2 would have really useful there, they are the true emergency brakes of big ships.