Anyone got any more on this ?

Baltimore Ship Lost Power and Sent Mayday Call Just Before Bridge Disaster

‘DIRE EMERGENCY’
Dan Ladden-Hall
News Correspondent

Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter

Updated Mar. 26, 2024 7:20PM EDT Published Mar. 26, 2024 4:16AM EDT

 

So if that's true , someone has to answer how it was steaming on the river.

Why was that allowed.

Why wasn't she tied up to a wharf ?

Or , if she had to be moved , why didn't she have tug assistance ?

Of course someone also needs to explain what that means also .

How was it "unseaworthy"

 

Baltimore Says Owner of Ship That Hit Key Bridge Was Negligent
The owner and manager of the cargo ship that downed the Francis Scott Key Bridge asked a judge to exonerate them from liability. The city argued otherwise.

That seems a bit of a stretch on the owners part.
They are "The Owners" how can they expect to avoid all responsibility/liability ,
regardless of any others failures .

It's not like she was just going a little way for some reason .

She was destined for Colombo , Shri Lanka ,
according to published information .

That's near halfway around the world

The owners are definitely responsible for that plan

 

I thought those type of ships were required to have independent back up systems in case of power failure.

 

When it happened, I read something about this same ship having had a similar incident overseas somewhere. My immediate thought was: poor maintenance. Never mind the ship isn’t that old.

 

Yeah I've been looking for the article which exposed her history .

She had a history of electrical problems and failures,
and
Yes she hit a wall somewhere else previously.

There were also serious questions about the quality and capabilities of her crew ,
and of their attention to duties and maintenance etc
Or , lack thereof

 

Hmm, what an amazing revelation. A ship that loses all power and is unresponsive to helm commands is “unseaworthy “.

This is like saying a dead man is unresponsive.

 

It was known from day one that the ship was drifting without power at the time of collision. Why did no one order them to anchor until help could arrive? Anchoring was not the optimal solution but it could have saved lives and damages.

 

Who is the authority on the river ?

Is it the same authority in both Baltimore and at the point of departure ?

If it's all one authority ,
does Baltimore have to sue its own authority to establish culpability ?

I can imagine lawyers are going to have a field day with this .

Out of interest,
Where is the ship now ?

 

Interesting ,
I see there is 15 miles of tidal region there ,
of its 35 mile mainstream
so
Was the tide flowing in or out ?

 

[QUOTE="Question_Everthing, post: 15229600, member: 1941077"

Why did no one order them to anchor until help could arrive? Anchoring was not the optimal solution but it could have saved lives and damages.[/QUOTE]

Not nescassarilly.

In the event , had the anchor grabbed and held in time ,
the ship would almost certainly have "swung on her anchor" ,
and would have swung to starboard
(the left) ,
[because in the event , the master had ordered the port anchor dropped and put the helm to port , in an attempt to turn her away from the bridge pier. about the best he could do]

meaning ,
she would have swung into the bridge ,
quite likely with even more force ,
ending up broadside on , across the pier ,
in the river flow ,
hitting it with who knows how much more force .

 

I recall hearing something about a gas main that runs through that area of the channel so dropping the anchor and dragging it across the bottom isn’t a very good option either. I wonder if the anchor windlass even works?

 

https://youtu.be/GLr_awobEjI?si=pS8sozsyJ_VBwTo

Progress is being made.

 

With a ship named 'Dali' who knows what the captain was looking at?

 

There is of course one other major problem .
Nobody wants a ship tied up not allowed to move in thier port .
It becomes a huge problem , where to put it , what to do with it etc etc
and what to do with the crew ,
the fuel etc on board .
the cargo

( if she's just a dunger, the owners are likely to just abandon it , having it registered under a "flag of convenience"
and no realistic chance of being held to account)

[just looked up , she's under the flag of Malta , but wait ,
looking for where she is now , it says she's "currently under the flag of Singapore"


so not surprisingly ,
they really just want to see it gone ,
while
at the same time they should be preventing it from going to sea.

So according to data a few minutes ago
She is currently aground,
doing O knots , LoL
heading due North

I see she draws just over 12 meters,
so about 40 feet ,
and handy little thing to have in your river

copied;
POSITION & VOYAGE DATA
Colombo, Sri Lanka
ETA: Apr 22, 11:30
Predicted ETA -
Distance / Time -
Course / Speed 351.4° / 0.0 kn
Current draught 12.2 m
Navigation Status Aground
Position received
0 min ago
IMO / MMSI 9697428 / 563004200
Callsign 9V5283
Flag Singapore
Length / Beam 300 / 48 m
Baltimore, USA, United States (USA)
ATD: Mar 26, 05:04 UTC (31 days ago)

also found;
Jul 14, 2016) VIDEO: Mega container ship Dali collided with berth at Port of Antwerp

 

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