The issue with the tunnels is that trucks hauling hazardous materials can not use them. They will all have to go through Baltimore or go around the east side of the beltway. It’s going to really mess up trucking traffic for years.
I just hate to think the 6 people who died, need a better explanation for their deaths than the nonsense the MSM and their EXERTS are going on about talking about the History of the ship and where it is from and where it was going, who cares about any of that distraction it the actual turn that created visible leaning! it is the ship leaning that gives it all away. Watch the video again! If it’s not already too late! before they remove the art proving the turn was under power, for the ship to lean during the turn shows it was a deliberate turn toward the bridge under power creating the momentum resulting in the lean, then adjusting their course to prevent missing the bridge supporting structure, if they had not straightened the course the ship might have missed the pier but taken out the end of the bridge, the main span of the bridge might still have collapsed even without a direct hit into the pier, this action was not a drifting turn,<
When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Why were there no tug boats along side the vessel? I'm from Cape Cod, the distance from Baltimore to the FSK bridge is about the same distance as the Cape Cod Canal, and you'll never see a freighter or tanker go through the canal without a tug boat or 2. Seems like this could have been easily avoidable. Very sad.
Im from a river town and tugs push barges around bridges here all the time. They should have a spare boat er two just to help steer.. incase of power outage er somethin like that.
If you look at AIS data, you'll see 2 tugs move the ship off the pier and then disengage once the ship is pointed in the right direction. If you look closely, you can see the tugs racing back to the Dali as soon as she begins to veer off course when she made the distress call. Apparently they aren't required to go under the bridge. That will change I'm sure.
It did lose power. Authorities were at least notified, granted not a whole heck of a lot of lead time, but at least when Po Po got the words, they prevented people from getting on the bridge. Looking at the video, you see the ships lights go on/off.
I just hate to think the 6 people who died, need a better explanation for their deaths than the nonsense the MSM and their EXERTS are going on about talking about the History of the ship and where it is from and where it was going, who cares about any of that distraction it the actual turn that created visible leaning! it is the ship leaning that gives it all away. Watch the video again! If it’s not already too late! before they remove the art proving the turn was under power, for the ship to lean during the turn shows it was a deliberate turn toward the bridge under power creating the momentum resulting in the lean, then adjusting their course to prevent missing the bridge supporting structure, if they had not straightened the course the ship might have missed the pier but taken out the end of the bridge, the main span of the bridge might still have collapsed even without a direct hit into the pier, this action was not a drifting turn,<
When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Thanks Wayne, I am 15 minutes away from the bridge and would cross always wondering what would happen if this bridge was hit. We got use to it being there but never knew how sturdy it was. I can see a much taller bridge or another tunnel possibly. No more looking to my right on 895 and seeing the Key!! Prayers to the family.
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Thank you for showing us where this bridge was located. I saw the videos this morning. It all collapsed so quickly. Unbelievable. That said, I read an article from a specialist today, saying that no bridge could resist to such a collision. This ship was too big for the structure and the room under the bridge was too narrow for today's enormous ships. I bet they will rebuild something different. Wider, higher.
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Very informative video... thank you! I can't for the life of me understand why there arent strict procedures to prevent this from happening. Tugs/barriers etc... anything mechanical can fail and at the worst time and ships constantly navigate that bridge from what I am learning. Sounds like this was an accident waiting to happen sadly... it always takes a disaster for procedures to be put in place unfortunately.
Reference the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over the entrance to Tampa Bay. A similar accident in 1980 took it out and many lives were lost as there was no warning to motor traffic. The new bridge is stunning and as a sailor I can tell you that its structure is protected by many bollards. I can’t say how long it took to build but I suspect that it will be given a HIGH priority.
Just a gut feel on restoring shipping. The bridge debris needs to be removed before ships can navigate the channel. It will be the highest prior to restore that shipping channel, and huge ships and barges will soon be there to remove the bridge from the water. My guess is 30 days or less to remove the bridge, and restore the shipping channel.
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
@@geoffreytoomey682 - I hear your comments. However, I think the Port will be open again within 1-2 months, as there is a big federal salvage operation to remove bridge debris and ship to resume normal port operations.
Wow, thank you for sharing the video.. you explained it in a way that made sense. It was an unfortunate accident. They did what they could. Greatful they shut down the bridge before it was hit by cargo ship. My prayers go out to you, the state of Maryland, Baltimore residents, and the construction crew. This certainly was a beautiful bridge, sad to see it gone. God bless.
This happened in San Francisco in 2007. The Cosco Busan collided with the bay bridge support. The local pilot was held responsible. He misinterpreted a map and was apparently on some strong medications.
Thank you! This is the first and only explanation I’ve found as to where the ship was going. It doesn’t look like it’d be able to go under the bridge from the videos.
Would you consider doing a series similar to what the “Minorcan Mullet” did on his TH-cam channel to document the Golden Ray wreck removal.? Think there is a huge ongoing 4-5 year story on the removal and construction of the replacement bridge.
I'm curious as to whom is on the hook for repairs? The shipping Co. or the state? Our supply chain is so fragile, in general. Thanks for today's special edition. 💙
I'm sure the federal government will initially cover the cost of replacement. This is going to have to be expedited and cannot wait for long protracted Court battles. That will come later.
I’m in Texas and the port of Corpus Christi have been trying to build a bridge for at least10 years and are no where near completions. A new bridge will take at least 10 years to get built. Just wondering how many ships are stuck on the harbor side that can’t get out to open sea
I didn't think there were concrete pillars out front to protect the actual bridge columns. But there were protecting pillars. Yet, the ship managed a hook turn, missed the protection pillar and hit the bridge. Miraculous! A large, long vessel that loses power, would not turn abruptly. It would tend to go straight like a hockey puck. The ship seemed to turn before the lights went out. The rudder does very little with no power. The rudder does not extend below the bottom of the vessel. Perhaps it was a cyber-attack on the ship and the crew didn't actually have control. The lights going out doesn't require the engine to be off. The whole thing just looks very very suspicious to me. The water was somewhat glassy indicating very little wind. There would have been little to no crosscurrent at that point in the harbor. I didn't think too much of it until I saw the concrete protection pillar. The ship hooked around it to hit the column of the bridge head on. It could not have been planned any better. The latest in a long series of questionable events, seriously impacting our supply chain.
I don't think ships coming into Baltimore were as big when the bridge was built. The just got larger cranes a few years ago to handle the bigger container ships. I agree the replacement bridge will likely have more clearance.
Clearance was not the issue. The ship lost power, therefore no rudder or engine control. Also the ‘skyline bridge’ over Tampa bay that was destroyed by a ship hit. Was replaced to include under water ship deflecting obstacles. I am a retired structural engineer/building moving contractor in Michigan.
Here in Michigan, we have a tunnel that runs under the Detroit river to Windsor Canada been there for many years, never had problems or issues. Virginia has a lot of tunnels.
We have two tunnels nearby but with all the heavy industry in this area those tunnels are restrictive in height/width and the types of fuels and chemicals that are allowed to travel through there.
I moved to Maryland in 1971 so I saw that bridge from start to finish. I always thought it was an odd design. Here’s the problem you have a massive port on the other side with ships coming and going day and night and that channel opening in the center is very narrow, and it exposed the pilings on both sides to possible collision. . For a long time when I had my boat in Baltimore, Marine center, I noticed that tugs would be on standby near the bridge to assist if anything went wrong. Apparently that does not occur any longer. I wonder who stopped doing that and it had to be with regard to money. . I think it would be the responsibility of the authority to supply those tugs so this is probably decision at the state level to no longer have tugs on standby by the bridge. Their purpose was specifically to assist any ship getting into difficulty near the bridge pretty simple, straightforward, risk management . But that is really lacking in most of today’s world, especially in the aviation and shipping industry because it all comes down to money paying tugs to be there when ships are coming into port is apparently just not worth it . or at least they thought that was the case they found out otherwise Pennywise and pound foolish as seems to be the case throughout our country today . But the other issue as I used to go under the bridge was the lack of proper design. The channel was too narrow. This bridge should’ve been built as a suspension bridge with the only peers basically on the shoreline of both sides. . That would’ve been a very intelligent design, because there would be no structure to hit, and the peers on either side would be totally immune to collision as they would be in shallow water and area, not capable of any major ship getting to them . I am dictating this, so there may be spelling mistakes but I think you will understand it. . When they replace this bridge now it Hass to be a suspension bridge with a clear span all across the river. . This was a fragile bridge with budget friendly construction. It worked for 50 years until it didn’t. . Now, until the channel is clear, the port is completely dead. Baltimore Marine center and all other marinas are essentially out of business until the channel is cleared. The impacts are going to be enormous all the containers in the port now have to be loaded on the trucks and ship to other ports, no new containers will come into the port, because no new ships will come into the port. . The list of consequences is huge. I hope the people who made the decision not to have standby by the bridge, which should’ve been a standard throughout its life because of the possibility of collision. They are no doubt, smug government employees who saved money . the state is going to lose billions of dollars and a new suspension bridge. Will take 3 to 5 years to build. The channel will be cleared probably sometime this year but until then the port Baltimore is closed for business.
What surprised me was that the span on the right (in the video of the collapse) still had two supports, at either end, yet it fell as well. I would assume that each section would have enough structural integrity / rigidity to stand on its own, which was totally wrong on my part.
It was a continuous truss. While there were three spans across the four pylons, there were not three sections of the truss. There was one truss, supported at four points.
I used to live on Rivera beach in the 90's. Went over the bridge a number of times myself. As far as I remember there are no docks on the Anne Arundel side of the river. There's going to be some serious supply chain issues. The smoke stack you see in the background is the Brandon Shores coal fired power plant that supplies 40% of the electricty to the area. How are they going to get coal?
The issue wasn’t a narrow channel width, it had plenty of room. The problem was that there was no real fender system to protect the vertical piers. If you look at images of the concrete supports it’s astounding that it’s completely bare of any sort of bumper-guard as you would see on most major spans. This was a terrible engineering oversight. What was the state of Maryland thinking?!?..
My problem is Gov. Moore is talking circles around the truth and reality... and the State and Bridge Authority should have seen this coming and strengthened those piers...
When this all happened, I was thankful it wasn't the bay bridge. If it had been, deaths would have been much higher, and the impact to the eastern shore economy would be significant.
A longer video shows solid black smoke as they come into that head on video. They blasted up to 10 knots then failed at Worst possible point. I’m thinking fuel starve , maybe algae in the fuel tank that floats like a plastic sheet on surface. Or water in fuel , electric failure, etc . The slow left turn as power and smoke come on from dark indicates Full Reverse. Probably overrevved when it failed again . The Harbor Pilot also advises Captain who do control their own vessels but doesn’t physically take command. So easy to armchair pilot but using Forward instead of trying to stop may have deflected some energy and not put 2900 40’ containers plus a million gallons of fuel/ oil / lube loaded on a ship against a bridge on a handful of unprotected structures. I have not heard audio of ship horn which is odd .5 blasts if trouble…….
I saw a news report that they did drop the anchor and that may have caused the ship to turn into the pillar because of the forward speed. Probably never know for sure
I know it will probably be a long time before we know what happened - but the anchor may have been dropped, a distress call may have been made, and they may have been doing absolutely everything they could possibly do to try to prevent this from happening.
Do we know why they don't use tugboats in this harbor? I have no ship knowledge. But it looks like that would be basic even if you had a "familiar captain/navigator.
They use tugs to get them lined up in the channel and then local pilots are on the ships guiding them through here and out into the Chesapeake Bay. I have a feeling at the very least they will change how the tugboats are/aren't used and how ships navigate this channel.
This bridge exists because Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) govern the transport of hazardous materials through the existing tunnels. Vehicles carrying bottled propane gas in excess of 10 pounds per container (maximum of 10 containers), bulk gasoline, explosives, significant amounts of radioactive materials, and other hazardous materials are prohibited from using the Fort McHenry Tunnel (I-95) or the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (I-895). In addition the bridge was used for oversize vehicles as the tunnels have more strict height and width restrictions.
Ship trackers show the ship was originally on course to be in the center of the channel. Ships come at this bridge from an angle and the channel is relatively narrow. Latest news seems to indicate the ship issued a Mayday call when it started to stray off course but there wasn't enough time to get the ship stopped or get the tugs back to the ship.
@@WayneTheBoatGuycould tugs actually push a ship that big back on course over a short distance? I mean both tugs would have to get on the "correct" side, or only one is going to be able to push
The collapse was made worse because car companies push electric windows on almost every car. You fall in the water and the windows are stuck closed. What does the average cat have to break the windows to get out? A Pringles can? A cellphone? This is not the only time cars wind up in the drink and people drown. I had one car with electric windows. Never again.
I predict,... that the litigation to compansate is estimated to be in the Millions of $$$$. ,,, deservingly so! R.I.P to the Victoms. GOD Bless America. 🙏...from, Down Under AU.
seems like the wimpiest bridge also, hard to believe it collapsed so easily. ive seen news of other bridges getting hit and got bent bumpers only. that the boat was going slow enuf to, seemingly to lose power also, and still able to steer right into it. deliberately. still had enuf time to close down the bridge, cuz they knew it was going to steer into the tower? and then so much of it fell? seems like another inside job, planned.
That bridge looked like it was designed by a 10 year ole with legos. knock out one support and ... well u seen it.. should have been a suspension bridge
The truth of the crash may never come out lest Insurance/Compensation be denied sctions for the Pilots/officals erranous when faced with an emergency situation, other than big talks like moving heaven & earth & we shall do this & that,
@@WayneTheBoatGuy Very good, so no point in uploading anything because there are 684 other channels saying the same thing, you got no content, not even continually twisting your hands around in the air.
@@WayneTheBoatGuy No, it is about what is correct, people use TH-cam as their toilet uploading stuff that is no good to man or beast, Google do nothing about it and including 'pornography' or violence that any child that is able to use a computer can see. For me, l need pay to watch so l do not want uneducational stuff, offensive to me or ebeggers who think they have a high life scamming others. If someone stole your copyright you would be the first to cry foul. When you seen one ship hit a bride you seen all ships hit bridges. The only that sums up the ship possibilies is an actual licenced engineer on a similar ship, the rest are worthless.
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The issue with the tunnels is that trucks hauling hazardous materials can not use them. They will all have to go through Baltimore or go around the east side of the beltway. It’s going to really mess up trucking traffic for years.
Yeah the trip around is a long one for the trucks
"West" side of town. 🙂
The bridge was built for that purpose Built for the trucks hauling Haz mat stuff.
I just hate to think the 6 people who died, need a better explanation for their deaths than the nonsense the MSM and their EXERTS are going on about talking about the History of the ship and where it is from and where it was going, who cares about any of that distraction it the actual turn that created visible leaning! it is the ship leaning that gives it all away. Watch the video again! If it’s not already too late! before they remove the art proving the turn was under power, for the ship to lean during the turn shows it was a deliberate turn toward the bridge under power creating the momentum resulting in the lean, then adjusting their course to prevent missing the bridge supporting structure, if they had not straightened the course the ship might have missed the pier but taken out the end of the bridge, the main span of the bridge might still have collapsed even without a direct hit into the pier, this action was not a drifting turn,<
When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Why were there no tug boats along side the vessel? I'm from Cape Cod, the distance from Baltimore to the FSK bridge is about the same distance as the Cape Cod Canal, and you'll never see a freighter or tanker go through the canal without a tug boat or 2. Seems like this could have been easily avoidable. Very sad.
That may be a change that is made going forward
Im from a river town and tugs push barges around bridges here all the time. They should have a spare boat er two just to help steer.. incase of power outage er somethin like that.
@@chrisherrald918my understanding is tugs are optional here. Likely no more.
If you look at AIS data, you'll see 2 tugs move the ship off the pier and then disengage once the ship is pointed in the right direction. If you look closely, you can see the tugs racing back to the Dali as soon as she begins to veer off course when she made the distress call.
Apparently they aren't required to go under the bridge. That will change I'm sure.
Tugs=$$$
Thanks for the info. Scary how fast the bridge collapsed upon impact.
It was not an accident
The gravitational constant applies to everything.
Weakest point..Savannah Bridge has it's towers on Land, Charleston I worry about.
It did lose power. Authorities were at least notified, granted not a whole heck of a lot of lead time, but at least when Po Po got the words, they prevented people from getting on the bridge. Looking at the video, you see the ships lights go on/off.
I just hate to think the 6 people who died, need a better explanation for their deaths than the nonsense the MSM and their EXERTS are going on about talking about the History of the ship and where it is from and where it was going, who cares about any of that distraction it the actual turn that created visible leaning! it is the ship leaning that gives it all away. Watch the video again! If it’s not already too late! before they remove the art proving the turn was under power, for the ship to lean during the turn shows it was a deliberate turn toward the bridge under power creating the momentum resulting in the lean, then adjusting their course to prevent missing the bridge supporting structure, if they had not straightened the course the ship might have missed the pier but taken out the end of the bridge, the main span of the bridge might still have collapsed even without a direct hit into the pier, this action was not a drifting turn,<
When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Thanks Wayne, I am 15 minutes away from the bridge and would cross always wondering what would happen if this bridge was hit. We got use to it being there but never knew how sturdy it was. I can see a much taller bridge or another tunnel possibly. No more looking to my right on 895 and seeing the Key!! Prayers to the family.
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Thank you for showing us where this bridge was located. I saw the videos this morning. It all collapsed so quickly. Unbelievable.
That said, I read an article from a specialist today, saying that no bridge could resist to such a collision. This ship was too big for the structure and the room under the bridge was too narrow for today's enormous ships.
I bet they will rebuild something different. Wider, higher.
I heard it had the same height as the Bay Bridges?
Thanks Wayne.....I too was wondering about why NO tug boats!!
Does anyone know if this is common practise in Baltimore, or if it happened only this time, that the tug boats was not used?
Sending prayers for all in Baltimore 🙏
Yes bc we know prayers can do so much....Like when kids get shot in school.
this is a horrible turn of events, praying for all involved and im glad you were not there at the time . just crazy to even think about
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
Very informative video... thank you! I can't for the life of me understand why there arent strict procedures to prevent this from happening. Tugs/barriers etc... anything mechanical can fail and at the worst time and ships constantly navigate that bridge from what I am learning. Sounds like this was an accident waiting to happen sadly... it always takes a disaster for procedures to be put in place unfortunately.
Reference the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over the entrance to Tampa Bay. A similar accident in 1980 took it out and many lives were lost as there was no warning to motor traffic. The new bridge is stunning and as a sailor I can tell you that its structure is protected by many bollards. I can’t say how long it took to build but I suspect that it will be given a HIGH priority.
Just a gut feel on restoring shipping. The bridge debris needs to be removed before ships can navigate the channel. It will be the highest prior to restore that shipping channel, and huge ships and barges will soon be there to remove the bridge from the water. My guess is 30 days or less to remove the bridge, and restore the shipping channel.
thanks for the history and the 6 people who died need to have all efforts to find the cause of their deaths, and When you consider the reason for the late at night bridge destruction, as the Video shows, it makes sense hiding the deliberate turn into the bridge at night, during the day this manoeuvre caused the ship to lean slightly during the turn under power that created the lean and then straighten up again when the turn was completed, the chance that this evil act would have been witnessed, was too risky, also, I don't believe they were aimed at mass murder, I believe their aim is about creating more global havoc, global distractions away from their WHO Pandemic TREATY plan, to steal the sovereignty of and many UN Member Countries as possible, than the WHO has total authority to name whatever they like a PANDEMIC, they can then enforce shut down, forced inject the citizens create the Vaccine passport that they tried to get within the COVID Plenned - demic, this port is 5th biggest in the US, blocking the port entrance should cause enormous problems not just for the US this year is about distraction, and somehow they must stop the American people having a chance of changing the Government in November.
@@geoffreytoomey682 - I hear your comments. However, I think the Port will be open again within 1-2 months, as there is a big federal salvage operation to remove bridge debris and ship to resume normal port operations.
I question why a vessel of large size is allowed to accelerate to 7 to 8 knots in an inner harbor approaching a narrow passage
A vessel that size is difficult to control at very low speeds. 7 to 8 knots is probably the lowest speed that will give good control ability.
Wow, thank you for sharing the video.. you explained it in a way that made sense. It was an unfortunate accident. They did what they could. Greatful they shut down the bridge before it was hit by cargo ship. My prayers go out to you, the state of Maryland, Baltimore residents, and the construction crew. This certainly was a beautiful bridge, sad to see it gone. God bless.
Awful as it is, blessing it occured at 1:30 AM
This happened in San Francisco in 2007. The Cosco Busan collided with the bay bridge support. The local pilot was held responsible. He misinterpreted a map and was apparently on some strong medications.
In that case, the bridge was undamaged, because the towers are protected by fenders around the footings.
Great explanation of the location and the issues involved. Good work, brother.
Much appreciated!
Thanks for the update Wayne.
Thank you! This is the first and only explanation I’ve found as to where the ship was going. It doesn’t look like it’d be able to go under the bridge from the videos.
Would you consider doing a series similar to what the “Minorcan Mullet” did on his TH-cam channel to document the Golden Ray wreck removal.? Think there is a huge ongoing 4-5 year story on the removal and construction of the replacement bridge.
Well done video, heart felt and without sensationalism.
I'm curious as to whom is on the hook for repairs? The shipping Co. or the state? Our supply chain is so fragile, in general. Thanks for today's special edition. 💙
Good question! I'm sure it will take quite a while to sort out
I'm sure the federal government will initially cover the cost of replacement. This is going to have to be expedited and cannot wait for long protracted Court battles. That will come later.
And several lawyers will get VERY wealthy...
@@WayneTheBoatGuy
Feds will pay, then sue the ship owner.
Thanks Wayne, good update.
Thanks for the video. I live 3 miles from FSK Bridge. The crash woke me up the other night. Thought it was a bomb.
Thanks for your local perspective! I don't normally use that bridge, but I just used it last week to go to a prop shop nearby. I am still stunned.
thank you Wayne.
I’m in Texas and the port of Corpus Christi have been trying to build a bridge for at least10 years and are no where near completions. A new bridge will take at least 10 years to get built.
Just wondering how many ships are stuck on the harbor side that can’t get out to open sea
Word is 40
I didn't think there were concrete pillars out front to protect the actual bridge columns. But there were protecting pillars. Yet, the ship managed a hook turn, missed the protection pillar and hit the bridge. Miraculous! A large, long vessel that loses power, would not turn abruptly. It would tend to go straight like a hockey puck. The ship seemed to turn before the lights went out. The rudder does very little with no power. The rudder does not extend below the bottom of the vessel. Perhaps it was a cyber-attack on the ship and the crew didn't actually have control. The lights going out doesn't require the engine to be off. The whole thing just looks very very suspicious to me. The water was somewhat glassy indicating very little wind. There would have been little to no crosscurrent at that point in the harbor. I didn't think too much of it until I saw the concrete protection pillar. The ship hooked around it to hit the column of the bridge head on. It could not have been planned any better. The latest in a long series of questionable events, seriously impacting our supply chain.
Hey man, im glad you are alright.. 🍻
Yea never know who might have been in the road
Wayne is clearly fine.
Prayers to all those affected. God bless!!!
I don't think ships coming into Baltimore were as big when the bridge was built. The just got larger cranes a few years ago to handle the bigger container ships. I agree the replacement bridge will likely have more clearance.
Yeah those new cranes were huge.
Clearance was not the issue. The ship lost power, therefore no rudder or engine control. Also the ‘skyline bridge’ over Tampa bay that was destroyed by a ship hit. Was replaced to include under water ship deflecting obstacles. I am a retired structural engineer/building moving contractor in Michigan.
That first 30 or 40 feet of bow really got it shaking good,before the hull collided with the support beam.
Well said, Wayne. I woke up today with a bunch of text messages asking if i was ok. I cant believe what happened, it seems so unreal.
Your a good and insightful caring person..
I don’t watch tv..
Had no idea what happened
Thank you..
Maybe start watching "TV" (ie News)
If you look real close you will see that it appears that the ship turned off course before the power outage. Things that make you go hmmmm
There were two local pilots on board. Are you saying this was done on purpose?
What a spidery construction that bridge was, first thought that comes to mind, budget build. So sorry for all the lives lost!
Here in Michigan, we have a tunnel that runs under the Detroit river to Windsor Canada been there for many years, never had problems or issues. Virginia has a lot of tunnels.
We have two tunnels nearby but with all the heavy industry in this area those tunnels are restrictive in height/width and the types of fuels and chemicals that are allowed to travel through there.
thank you sir
Deeply saddened for the loss of life. Went down like tinker toys! Replacement will be much better.
@gillgetter and how many lives do you understand were lost?
I moved to Maryland in 1971 so I saw that bridge from start to finish. I always thought it was an odd design. Here’s the problem you have a massive port on the other side with ships coming and going day and night and that channel opening in the center is very narrow, and it exposed the pilings on both sides to possible collision. . For a long time when I had my boat in Baltimore, Marine center, I noticed that tugs would be on standby near the bridge to assist if anything went wrong. Apparently that does not occur any longer. I wonder who stopped doing that and it had to be with regard to money. . I think it would be the responsibility of the authority to supply those tugs so this is probably decision at the state level to no longer have tugs on standby by the bridge. Their purpose was specifically to assist any ship getting into difficulty near the bridge pretty simple, straightforward, risk management . But that is really lacking in most of today’s world, especially in the aviation and shipping industry because it all comes down to money paying tugs to be there when ships are coming into port is apparently just not worth it . or at least they thought that was the case they found out otherwise Pennywise and pound foolish as seems to be the case throughout our country today . But the other issue as I used to go under the bridge was the lack of proper design. The channel was too narrow. This bridge should’ve been built as a suspension bridge with the only peers basically on the shoreline of both sides. . That would’ve been a very intelligent design, because there would be no structure to hit, and the peers on either side would be totally immune to collision as they would be in shallow water and area, not capable of any major ship getting to them . I am dictating this, so there may be spelling mistakes but I think you will understand it. . When they replace this bridge now it Hass to be a suspension bridge with a clear span all across the river. . This was a fragile bridge with budget friendly construction. It worked for 50 years until it didn’t. . Now, until the channel is clear, the port is completely dead. Baltimore Marine center and all other marinas are essentially out of business until the channel is cleared. The impacts are going to be enormous all the containers in the port now have to be loaded on the trucks and ship to other ports, no new containers will come into the port, because no new ships will come into the port. . The list of consequences is huge. I hope the people who made the decision not to have standby by the bridge, which should’ve been a standard throughout its life because of the possibility of collision. They are no doubt, smug government employees who saved money . the state is going to lose billions of dollars and a new suspension bridge. Will take 3 to 5 years to build. The channel will be cleared probably sometime this year but until then the port Baltimore is closed for business.
Hopefully there will be a lot of lessons learned and better practices applied going forward.
Thank you
Come on now.......Baltimore harbor and no collision barriers for those bridge piers????
The Newark Bay Bridge on the N.J. Turnpike Extension is the exact same type of bridge....
What surprised me was that the span on the right (in the video of the collapse) still had two supports, at either end, yet it fell as well. I would assume that each section would have enough structural integrity / rigidity to stand on its own, which was totally wrong on my part.
It was a continuous truss. While there were three spans across the four pylons, there were not three sections of the truss. There was one truss, supported at four points.
I used to live on Rivera beach in the 90's. Went over the bridge a number of times myself. As far as I remember there are no docks on the Anne Arundel side of the river. There's going to be some serious supply chain issues. The smoke stack you see in the background is the Brandon Shores coal fired power plant that supplies 40% of the electricty to the area. How are they going to get coal?
The issue wasn’t a narrow channel width, it had plenty of room. The problem was that there was no real fender system to protect the vertical piers. If you look at images of the concrete supports it’s astounding that it’s completely bare of any sort of bumper-guard as you would see on most major spans. This was a terrible engineering oversight. What was the state of Maryland thinking?!?..
I was surprised when I heard this this morning on the news, I too have been across the Key Bridge many times.
A lot of maritime experts on YT.
Normally, pilots just advise the ship's master.
A replacement bridge will use newer technology, probably a cable-stayed design.
On the plus side of things, the hellscape known as Baltimore is even harder to reach now.
Spoiler alert: this bridge took you around the city. Now you have to go through it.
Noooooooooo! 😂
Thank you Wayne
My problem is Gov. Moore is talking circles around the truth and reality... and the State and Bridge Authority should have seen this coming and strengthened those piers...
Thanks Wayne this is the first I've heard of it.
Wow, you get your news from You Tube? SMH
What do you suggest?@@PapaMav
@@PapaMavquit being a jerk, a lot of people don’t watch “tv” these days.
Thanks for info! Scary stuff!
As a Baltimorean I always felt the river ended at Hanover street. I know maps say other wise but I've always found it odd.
Yeah with the bay being an estuary some of our rivers around here don't have an obvious end point.
When this all happened, I was thankful it wasn't the bay bridge. If it had been, deaths would have been much higher, and the impact to the eastern shore economy would be significant.
Has anyone heard any comments from the pilot or pilots on this ship?
A longer video shows solid black smoke as they come into that head on video.
They blasted up to 10 knots then failed at
Worst possible point.
I’m thinking fuel starve , maybe algae in the fuel tank that floats like a plastic sheet on surface. Or water in fuel , electric failure, etc .
The slow left turn as power and smoke come on from dark indicates Full Reverse.
Probably overrevved when it failed again .
The Harbor Pilot also advises Captain who do control their own vessels but doesn’t physically take command.
So easy to armchair pilot but
using Forward instead of trying to stop may have deflected some energy and not put 2900 40’ containers plus a million gallons of fuel/ oil / lube loaded on a ship against a bridge on a handful of unprotected structures.
I have not heard audio of ship horn which is odd .5 blasts if trouble…….
Where was the ship from ? Nothing good comes out of that place ...
Tampa solved the problems after their catastrophe
It all about protecting the structure
This bridge was an accident waiting to happen
I remember that
@daviddura-And what kind of protection do you think would have been adequate for a ship that size? SMH
Our prayers for all impacted.
such a tragic event.
I learned a few things from this video. It was useful to me.
Wayne can you tell us why Nobody dropped the anchors? I would think that would have prevented this catastrophe, but maybe not. Thanks
I saw a news report that they did drop the anchor and that may have caused the ship to turn into the pillar because of the forward speed. Probably never know for sure
I know it will probably be a long time before we know what happened - but the anchor may have been dropped, a distress call may have been made, and they may have been doing absolutely everything they could possibly do to try to prevent this from happening.
Thanks!
Thanks, I heard a loud bang and now I know what it was!
Do we know why they don't use tugboats in this harbor? I have no ship knowledge. But it looks like that would be basic even if you had a "familiar captain/navigator.
They use tugs to get them lined up in the channel and then local pilots are on the ships guiding them through here and out into the Chesapeake Bay. I have a feeling at the very least they will change how the tugboats are/aren't used and how ships navigate this channel.
Maryland had a bunch of non uniform citizens involved in destroying a bridge made by your father or grandfather.
Would it be possible to build a tunnel instead of another bridge?
This bridge exists because Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) govern the transport of hazardous materials through the existing tunnels. Vehicles carrying bottled propane gas in excess of 10 pounds per container (maximum of 10 containers), bulk gasoline, explosives, significant amounts of radioactive materials, and other hazardous materials are prohibited from using the Fort McHenry Tunnel (I-95) or the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (I-895). In addition the bridge was used for oversize vehicles as the tunnels have more strict height and width restrictions.
Why wasn't in the center of the channel's I would like to see the whole video of the vessel way before it hit the bridge
Ship trackers show the ship was originally on course to be in the center of the channel. Ships come at this bridge from an angle and the channel is relatively narrow. Latest news seems to indicate the ship issued a Mayday call when it started to stray off course but there wasn't enough time to get the ship stopped or get the tugs back to the ship.
@@WayneTheBoatGuycould tugs actually push a ship that big back on course over a short distance? I mean both tugs would have to get on the "correct" side, or only one is going to be able to push
Keep watching the news, cos they'll find a way to blame Trump.
Looks like they built it cheap.
The collapse was made worse because car companies push electric windows on almost every car. You fall in the water and the windows are stuck closed. What does the average cat have to break the windows to get out? A Pringles can? A cellphone? This is not the only time cars wind up in the drink and people drown. I had one car with electric windows. Never again.
I haven’t seen crank windows in 20 years! Where do you find them?
This is mockery. Showing the infastrcuture being unstable. Just like all those train derailments. All by design.
Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster was just like this.
Wow I’ve been following you for a while a never knew we are miles away lol. I live in Baltimore.
Maybe not followed long enough then....
Locally, we just called it the Key Bridge.
Tragic.
When you build a bridge with Meccano, what can you expect?
Interesting fact ..one if Dalis paitings is called broken bridge !
I predict,... that the litigation to compansate is estimated to be in the Millions of $$$$. ,,, deservingly so! R.I.P to the Victoms. GOD Bless America. 🙏...from, Down Under AU.
The famous artist Salvador Dali painted an piece of art titled “The Broken Bridge “
Ships named Dali /and a broken bridge
WOW
I hope that captain has his insurance adjuster on Speed Dial
No protective concrete bumpers.
It would not have stopped that ship.
@@AB-bg1or stop no, deflect, probably
@@williampalchak7574 no chance. That thing is 985' long and weighed in over 100,000 tons.
@@AB-bg1or not a boater, are you?
@@williampalchak7574 being a boater is irrelevant. The laws of physics are at play here. But yeah, been a boater my whole life.
Couldn't they drop the anchor
The latest info seems to indicate that did happen but it didn't really help.
THE PROBLEMEN IS DONT HAVE BUFFER IN THE SOPORT
seems like the wimpiest bridge also, hard to believe it collapsed so easily. ive seen news of other bridges getting hit and got bent bumpers only.
that the boat was going slow enuf to, seemingly to lose power also, and still able to steer right into it. deliberately. still had enuf time to close down the bridge, cuz they knew it was going to steer into the tower? and then so much of it fell? seems like another inside job, planned.
The problem is, this bridge had no "bumpers."
@@GH-oi2jf think for urself. Not of cnn.
This gentleman looks like Rick Neilson of Cheap Trick.😊
That bridge looked like it was designed by a 10 year ole with legos. knock out one support and ... well u seen it.. should have been a suspension bridge
Take pics get the crap out of the water immediately.
sad day ...
The truth of the crash may never come out lest Insurance/Compensation be denied sctions for the Pilots/officals erranous when faced with an emergency situation, other than big talks like moving heaven & earth & we shall do this & that,
The governor of Maryland wanted to New bridge anyway
pieces are called Spans
GW bridge was built in 1890 You aint gonna knock it down LOL
God is very angry with America.
Baltimore 911 and they say nothing here,,bridge was racist. Discussed
We are Neighbor I live in Columbia md
Look up The Br*ken Br*dge and The Dream Art Work...
A big boat hit the bridge........................now you stop ebegging or give your earnings to the families of the dead
I have not, and will not earn one penny from this video. I turned off all monetization.
@@WayneTheBoatGuy Very good, so no point in uploading anything because there are 684 other channels saying the same thing, you got no content, not even continually twisting your hands around in the air.
@@CarlosAlberto-ii1li Do you spend your whole day just being mean to people or just me?
@@WayneTheBoatGuy No, it is about what is correct, people use TH-cam as their toilet uploading stuff that is no good to man or beast, Google do nothing about it and including 'pornography' or violence that any child that is able to use a computer can see. For me, l need pay to watch so l do not want uneducational stuff, offensive to me or ebeggers who think they have a high life scamming others. If someone stole your copyright you would be the first to cry foul. When you seen one ship hit a bride you seen all ships hit bridges. The only that sums up the ship possibilies is an actual licenced engineer on a similar ship, the rest are worthless.