The NTSB gives an update on the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, following the impact of a Singaporean-flagged cargo ship, the Dali.
According to the update, 56 containers of hazardous materials were on board, including corrosive flammable cells, lithium ion batteries, and other hazardous materials. Some of the HAZMAT containers were compromised and some fell into the water. The briefing also gives a preliminary outline as an outcome of an initial review of the voyage data recorder (VDR) for six hours 00:00 to 06:00 on the morning of the impact. The timeline discussion occurs at 11:00 of the video below. WATCH:
(Via Fox News) -[…] Homendy said the investigation would be a “massive undertaking” that is expected two take one to two years. She added that the NTSB will not hesitate to issue urgent safety recommendations during that time frame. A preliminary report is expected in only two to four weeks.
Part of the investigation will be determining what caused the ship to lose power before hitting the bridge. The source of that outage remained unknown as of Wednesday, Homendy said.
Homendy said tugboats were called to help the vessel leave the port and get to the main channel. The vessel does not have any tugboats at this time. Homendy confirmed that vessel did not have any tugboats helping it navigate through the waters before it hit the bridge. The VDR showed that the pilot called for tugboats just before 1:30 a.m. after the vessel hit the bridge.
The NTSB has confirmed that there were 21 crewmembers on board the vessel at the time of the accident plus two pilots. (LINK)
Why are the Communist Democrats so hellbent on turning the bridge issue into a racism issue? Why are they trying to deflect attention? Biden came out so fast to say, “We’ll pay for it, we’ll pay for everything,” I mean, faster than he did with Maui….something ain’t smelling right….so I found this. Then I realized that they don’t want us asking too many questions about the owners of this ship…..why?
“The owners of the ship at the centre of the Baltimore bridge disaster in the US had another vessel banned from Australian ports over unlawful exploitation of workers.
The Dali, a 300-metre container ship which accidentally destroyed a bridge, causing the presumed deaths of six people and blocking a major US trade route, is owned via a secretive tax haven company in the British Virgin Islands called Grace Ocean Investment Limited.
Another ship that belonged to the company was slapped with a six-month ban in 2021 for what the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said were “serious and shameful breaches” of maritime labour laws.
The operator of the Western Callao was forced to hand over about $40,000 in unpaid wages to 13 seafarers.
AMSA detained the same ship at Port Kembla in New South Wales in July 2020, finding the operator had unlawfully kept eight seafarers on board for more than 11 months.
Another of the company’s ships, the Furness Southern Cross, had also unlawfully kept 10 seafarers on board for more than 14 months.
Days after its ban from Australian ports, the Western Callao was sold off by its owner.
The Dali is run by a different operator but owned via the same tax haven company.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/ship-owner-in-baltimore-bridge-tragedy-vessel-banned-australia/103642216
I see-eye-ehh what you’re talking about!
And the company belongs to the Chao family. Yes, that one…the one married to McConnell.
McConnell??
So, the self diving ship, accidentally backed into the pond, er bridge….NOW I get it!
There are trillions of $ at stake and exposure of crimes.
this is a perfect opportunity to BUILD BACK BETTER Baltimore style and welcome Ultra Large Shipping Containers into the only port operating in Baltimore
SPARROWS POINT
https://x.com/DynamicGOP/status/1773587765612937464?s=20
Two balloons that were allowed to transverse our country without intervention making sense yet ?
Lara Logan Provides Comprehensive Baltimore Update: Experts in Behavioral Analytics, Counter-Terrorism, and National Security Analyze Recent Incident
…Thursday, Logan provided an update, referencing analyses from experts in various fields including behavioral analytics, counter-terrorism, and national security. These specialists offered a two-pronged theory on the bridge collapse.
Baltimore Update:
Analysis from specialists in predictive behavioral analytics, counter-terrorism, hazardous materials, maritime attacks, cyber, national security & intel – this is their view:
Based on their training & experience, they believe this was two types of operation:
1. Penetration testing” where they are probing/testing to identify vulnerabilities in our responses and defences,
And
2. A shaping operation to set the conditions and prepare the battlefield for a potential future event.
The concern is that other critical infrastructure disruptions/hits recently that appeared to be independent, isolated events, MAY not be. For example, the Ohio chemical disaster, train derailments, fires at food processing plants etc when taken in isolation do not appear to be that significant but when taken together, could indicate shaping or stacking operations that are paving the way for a bigger event…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/lara-logan-provides-comprehensive-baltimore-update-experts-behavioral/
Can’t wait. Been ready 30 years for this. Hoist the black flag.
Me, 2. Cut my cutlass, and eyepatch.
Never under estimate the talent and zeal of global eco-terrorists. Baltimore is a major coal shipping port.
Why is coal being imported? According to “Bootyjudge”, the Bridge is racist. If you can twist your mind to believe any inanimate thing is racist you might want to figure out why trees and grasshoppers are not also racist. Otherwise, this is another exercise in stupidity, courtesy of the Marxist ideological idiots.
Coal is exported from this port, not imported. Consol Coal exports its coal to other countries via its own export terminal here. Makes money for America here. Or at least it did.
It is in the name Francis Scott Key and the National Anthem and what it represents
coal from WV is exported not imported.
Most of those that died on the bridge were here illegally.
Seems possible. Got confirmation?
not true
Maybe their litho batteries ran out???
No, these ships are powered by kites, and the wind died,…unexpectedly.
So …. it will take 2-years to analyze the EXISTING trail of “coincidental” dots of evidence AVAILABLE now for immediate review.
Old maintenance diagnostics and repair records from past problems.
If the contaminated fuel report is correct … their should be a fuel bunker inspection report in the ships log covering a report on the fuel taken on-board by the Engineering or Deck Department.
NEW maintenance diagnostics and repair records from problems, 48+ hours prior to departure.
Black Box Recorder.
Dossiers and CV’s of Bridge crews and harbor pilots involved.
Dossiers and CV’s of Ship’s Engineering Department, responsible for handling the maintenance issues.
100’s of minutes of multi-perspective, time stamped video.
From the black box and video’s … a frame by frame annotated replay a 6th Grade Student could assemble.
The crew are ALL foreign nationals … have they at least been apprehended for questioning as material witnesses before they are taken under the wing of their respective Embassies ad shipping company lawyers??
My only 2 cents at this point in commentary is that logic says that ship would have drifted down the shipping channel and that all the “panicked” or otherwise taken actions, seen in the videos, did nothing but put the ship on a course to hit the Bridge Support.
Won’t take two years
Depending on the actual players, this is rat holed in an eternal investigation with controlling edicts issued from time to time allegedly tied to this event
No kidding …. try reading that it is the government that said “2-years”.
Well, you can’t investigate when the tools put in place to assist investigations all seemed to have issues:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/ntsb-releases-data-dalis-black-box-reveals-no/
Interesting…I’m sure it’s all coincidental. It always is according to the Man.
By tools you mean the people. //sarc
Depends on which “tools” are pulled out of the box and which idiot is pulling the tools.
This is not rocket science and the technical tools exist.
And the investigation into the death of Epstien concluded,…what?
Seth Rich,…Jfk, Rfk, MLK, …..
Lara Logan had it right from the beginning.
No she does not have it right. But it sure generates a lot of clicks to the website.
her claim about a hack shutting down GPS and other navigation is BS.
Harbor Pilots guide ships by sight not by looking at screens.
The Pilot knows exactly where they are going and does not need a digital map nor electronics to get them out of the port area.
Logan can go down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole if she wants. But i will stay rooted in reality.
This was a grave mechanical error. Most likely caused by shoddy maintenance and other human caused mistakes. Just like all the other man made disasters like train derailments and ECT happening lately.
Like the key bridge. The infrastructure of our society is Collapsing
It wont take terrorism to bring down America. We are doing a great job of destroying our country without them.
Yemen has interfered with ships navigation. Practice runs?
And masks work, as do the vaccines. Please.
Of course, it’s just a mechanical failure. Never mind all of the other weird things. Trump also told everyone to storm the Capital. Yes…of course…..all is well and so easily explained away……
I think you are riding the wrong end of the horse.
You are bringing everything from J6 to Killer vaccines into a shipwreck? Wow.
For this shipwreck to be a terrorist attack. Everything would have to gone exactly perfect for a large ship sailing with no power to hit such a small target as a bridge support. Wind, Current, tidal flow, eddies and a lot of other things that affect the course of a ship.
It would be next to impossible to plan an attack with all those variables involved, which can push the ship in any direction.
To all you accomplished conspiracy theorists out there. Please read the story linked below. It shows how fast things go wrong in large container ships. No terrorism involved!
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a36073961/ever-given-ship-stuck-in-suez-canal-timeline/
“I think you are riding the wrong end of the horse.”
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I think you’re a govt troll and enemy of freedom.
“This was a grave mechanical error. Most likely caused by shoddy maintenance and other human caused mistakes.”
I concur regarding mechanical/electrical issue. Container ships are very complex and have many redundancies built into them. A lot of holes had to line up in the Swiss cheese , both mechanical and human factor, to get by them.
With full transparency, we’d find out in time. As things are, doubtful.
“This was a grave mechanical error. Most likely caused by shoddy maintenance and other human caused mistakes. Just like all the other man made disasters like train derailments and ECT happening lately.”
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Who ya with? CIA? NSA? ODNI? FBI? DNC? Gettin’ paid or moonlighting as a troll?
They have brought it on themselves.
By abusing the trust of the public, with lie (Jfk) after lie (Viet nam), eventually they lost all credibility, and in fact have gotten to a place of “reverse credibility” where the majority of the people are confident whatever the Gummint tells them is a lie.
I am not a troll. But I do keep the chinstrap on my tinfoil hat loose enough to think.
Are you really Joy Reid?
You employ EXACTLY the same ad hominem device when confronted by a differing pov. Anyone who disagrees with you is a troll?
It’s the same, pardon me, BS.
Personally, I’m keeping my mind open until there’s more analysis and detail. There’s a lot that doesn’t line up on this incident. There’s also a lot of info on the I-Net that has proven shaky.
Dutchman is correct – the symbolic loser in all of this is (and has been) the current leadership structure. Vast swaths of our society no longer trust it.
What’s the take from that?
Find other paths to the facts.
^^This, exactly!^^
Thanks! These individual incidents don’t require conspiracies, when decades of misdirected resources and bad policies have destroyed the human and material infrastructure that made safe and efficient industrial and transportation operations the standard, rather than exception.
American competency, metaphorically, built an incredible long and strong line of dominos prior to @ 1970. They stayed up for decades, but without competent repairs and maintenance, they inevitably started to fall. I figure we’re about 1/3 down the line–a testament to the builders of long ago. But once the dominos start falling, it’s pretty much a fait accompli. Prepare!
She speaks with conviction but, as quite a few have pointed out, without any actual facts. It’s speculation on her part, based on her inside sources. All that she says makes perfect sense. Could the incident have happened the way she described, and for the reasons she gives? Absolutely. Would I believe her version over our government? Absolutely. But “facts are stubborn things,” and right now we have a real lack of them. (Our government may ensure that the lack continues indefinitely…hopefully Ms. Logan won’t…)
The Francis Scott Key bridge, how ironic, but definitely not intentional 😐
Lithium Ion batteries are actually pretty scary….I urge all readers to research them and watch a few videos….plus GET RID OF OLD ONES via proper disposal….
That old cell phone in your nightstand drawer just might burn your house down.
No, they should be properly disposed of!
Doesn’t everyone know, remove the battery from the old cell phone, and then you dispose of the battery by slipping the battery in the slot, of the Zuckerbucks bought election drop boxes?
They just fit,…oh and just before dropping them in, wrap them in aluminum foil.
Have to admit…that’s funny and clever.
How does anyone reconcile the “total loss of power” claim with the video that clearly shows black smoke spewing out of the stack/dropped anchor/rudder turned hard to starboard… wouldnt all those things require power?
The fuel pump for the engine(s)is likely electrically powered…A loss of electrical power, which happened prior to the black smoke, would have cut the fuel to the engine…
The black smoke was likely the crew/pilots frantically referring thrust to the propeller to avoid the collision with the support structure.
Reversing thrust
Large marine diesels are usually direct drive and have a series of mechanisms on the engine which allow it to run in forward or reverse direction, of course with it being stopped to change direction. Starting after a stop to change direction, particularly if over-fueled on that start, would account for the unburnt fuel smoke.
My understanding is large ship diesels run on maneuvering fuel in harbors and coastal areas and switch to bunker oil at sea. Maneuvering fuel is similar to ordinary diesel we use in vehicles. Still, it will smoke when a turbocharged engine is fueled for that component and upon start, providing it doesn’t have electronic common rail or other similar injection that accounts for the rpm ramp.
I run mechanical diesels in my rolling vehicles and tractors. I call them ‘oil burners’ because of similar type soot events.
Bunker fuel was outlawed in Jan 2020 based on sulfur content…thus is one of the reasons our inflation is sky high….the cost of diesel is elevated as a result….another Joebama regulation gone awry.
One interesting aspect of outlawing the high sulfur fuels (sulfur acts as a lubricant in the injectors and valves on a diesel engine) is the lack of the reflective value of the bunker fuel exhaust due to the lack of sulfur dioxide emitted….sulfur dioxide reflects sunlight which in turn (supposedly) reduces the effect of “global warming”. which has if course been artificially elevated to ” crisis” crescendo by the corporate media clowns.
I am employed in oil refinery operations….which doesn’t make me a guru….but I do make diesel, kerosene and nap the for a living…and I do try to stay up to date.
Does that mean all seagoing vessels now run on conventional diesel? That would be some sticker shock. Or is that particular to certain waters? I’m wondering who could outlaw bunker oil use in international waters and how it could be enforced on older vessels designed to run only on it. Fascinating stuff. I stopped working in oilfield services in the mid-1980’s so am not up on the latest, to be sure.
I run an additive in my old diesels to mimic the sulphur that was eliminated and which apparently affects the life of the old rotary injection pumps on them. That an a gallon of used motor per 40 gallons of fuel seems to work well.
They will have a soot event if overfueled and on cold start. A slang phrase called ‘rolling coal’ is used to describe intentional over-fueling.
It seems Auminer may have answered the question…but, again…referring to the website FreightWays..his/her as newer may not have been complete as references are made to US EPA fining shipping companies $75,000 per day for violations based on the sulfur content if the fuel oil…
So…I don’t know…American Thinker has at least one posted article/blog about it….I do remember that….
On my part I am located on a major upper Texas coast port and am former USN, plus A long-time oil refinery operator, so am inclined to follow issues concerning energy and shipping, if just in passing.
….arrgghhh…using a tsblet…I gotta proof-read “more better”…
Bunker fuel is still used on the high seas.
Bunker fuel is outlawed in American territorial waters. Ships in American waters must switch tanks and use Low Sulfur Diesel similar to what Ag equipment uses.
That was my understanding but, as I opined, I’ve been out of the game for 40 years now.
My job was the systems which extracted heavy crude from the ground and the equipment which it operated. Nasty stuff.
I operated in a Delayed Coker unit for about 12 years….familiar with heavy, sour crude…Hydro cracker for the last twelve years….way way better but still could be a nasty critter…
Keep it in the pipes…
For the sake of completeness…heck…plain ole fun….
I looked at epidemiological (health) data back in the day when performing some thesis work on sulfur dioxide scrubbing policy changes for industrial/power plants. It turns out there is little to no epidemiological gain once scrubbing exceeds about 90-92%. As with most such extreme mandates, however, the marginal cost becomes astronomical. The underlying logic is that for some proportion of the health impacted population – 6-10% – the avowed impacts are going to happen regardless of emission controls.
That was “back in the day”. The data may have changed as technology changes (at least on the cost side). As for the externality (epidemiological) I doubt that part of the model has changed.
Another speculation on my part as to the ships accident….but I will first direct you to a shipping website called Freight ways which will provide accurate reporting as to the bunker fuel ban…
Ok…here goes….A long long time ago I was enlisted in the US Navy…my ship…A Korean War era Minesweeper…had variable pitch props…they spun at a constant speed and the pitch of the blades was hydraulically manipulated to make more forward speed or less forward speed….or reverse thrust if required…it is an efficient and reliable system and may still be employed in shipping…I do not know whether it is or not…that was over 40 years ago…
One thing about a ship moving is that it carries a whole BUNCH of momentum…the crew/pilots of the ship in Baltimore recognized that the situation developing was dire to say the least….by referring thrust I do not mean to say they they “put it in reverse” like shifting a transmission….they reversed the pitch on the propellers and called for emergency power on the engine….
Just my speculation based on being designated master helmsman of a much much smaller USN vessel many years ago.
Two factors worth investigating and discussing….
Did/does the ship employ a direct drive marine engine which stops to reverse direction of the propeller by reversing direction itself?
Did/does the ship have bow thrusters? Method of operation and backup systems, if yes?
Watch the video closely….just prior to impact the ship was turning to starboard (right)….the smoke was boiling out of the stack indicating emergency power…by appearances reversed..the ship appeared to slow significantly but they were about 6-7 seconds too late to avoid a direct hit on the bridge support…even a glancing blow may have saved the support and thus the bridge….but that did not happen.
Not my area of expertise..that said:
Not all transport ships are designed with backup power generators? Is that correct?The devil is in the details. Once again, this is a system-of-systems issue. There is a backup power generator(s) and then there is a power distribution board that controls allocation according to a prioritized emergency systems policy. At least that is how it is done in aircraft (by analogy). The logic for power transfer has to be designed to ensure the load shift doesn’t exceed the limits and switching speed of the emergency generators. Is that somewhat close to a baseline understanding of the design?
For future planning regarding the Key bridge collapse: If the bridge is to be rebuilt, move all Baltimore area merchant ship traffic to the Sparrow Point area which is well outside the I-695 corridor. If nothing else, take over the old Bethlehem steel plant sites and adjacent park. Merchant ships and/or naval vessels should not be hamstrung by this type of disaster.
So, it couldn’t be steered; but, it could stop on a dime… At least, judging by that photo.
What is the name of the captain? These filthy leftists cause disasters everywhere. Here it is Thursday, and this clown won’t talk about why the captain turned toward the bridge columns.
If the captain was MAGA his/her name would be on billboards everywhere 🙂
Not sure if true or not it is a British channel. But the ship may have had electrical problems before setting sail.
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-26/major-bridge-in-baltimore-collapses-following-collision-with-cargo-ship
Also Re: Our government saying “We will pay for the disaster”.
Ships must carry insurance. Otherwise they will not be let into ports or major canals. The ship was tied to MAERSK one of the largest shipping companies in the world. They would have Insurance from a major company like Loyds of London, Barclays or similar. Loyds insures a majority of container ships in the world. Paying for a wreck of this magnitude could send stock prices to the basement, and totally bankrupt the insurer. It is the largest insurance claim of that type ever.
This would paralyze global shipping. Because the company that insured many major shippers could be suddenly broke and bankrupt. Ships could not enter ports, or go thru canals. because they have lost their insurance. It would be a global disaster to trade.
To stop global trade from totally breaking down. The US had to step up and say we will pay.
Not saying it is right. But to preserve global trade and keep it from coming to a halt. It is what had to be done.
Who will pay for this can be sorted out later.
The responsibility for this disaster rests with the management of the port. Ships of this size should not be allowed to navigate ports like this without tug boats assigned to them. Believe the elimination of thug boats or the reduction in their usage in this port is fairly recent.