Key Bridge, Baltimore, has collapsed.

[ysmsa]

Is the weight of the structure resting on the front of an already fully laden ship a concern?

 

[homerdog]

Is the weight of the structure resting on the front of an already fully laden ship a concern?

No; you can see that the weight of the debris resting on the bow has caused the ship to be slightly trimmed down by the head and listing to port. It's hard to tell definitively from the pictures, but it appears that most of the damage to the ship is above the waterline and ahead of the collision bulkhead. None of those things should have a significant effect on its stability.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Beyond the potential loss of life, that bridge is THE ONLY outer harbor bridge and will create massive headaches for Baltimore and those people attempting N-S travel. The reroute through or around Baltimore will be very problematic.

Will the fiends still be able to get to the low rises?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Why don't the build a tunnel done seem that long a span

You can't get the big trucks in the tunnels plus certain goods being carried cant go in them either

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Very interesting read . . . .

 

[cleavers]

Sounds like a very unfortunate set of circumstances if true.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Sounds like a very unfortunate set of circumstances if true.

Sounds more like a company interested only in profit, unwilling to invest properly in ship maintenance, coupled with regulatory failure to force said company to comply with standards; that such a ship was allowed access to the harbor points to inadequate regulation allowing this catastrophe to occur in the first place. This isn't the first time that the ship which crashed into Key Bridge has been involved with mishap.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Lloyds names must be shitting themselves.
The ship, the containers, the port and the bridge all fully insured by Lloyd’s!

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Lloyd’s of London says the accident is unusual in being a ‘fully insured risk event’ in which the bridge, the ship, its cargo and the port were all covered

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Lloyds names must be shitting themselves.
The ship, the containers, the port and the bridge all fully insured by Lloyd’s!

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Lloyd’s of London says the accident is unusual in being a ‘fully insured risk event’ in which the bridge, the ship, its cargo and the port were all covered

www.thetimes.co.uk

It's At Lloyd's not with Lloyd's

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Lloyds names must be shitting themselves.
The ship, the containers, the port and the bridge all fully insured by Lloyd’s!

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Baltimore bridge disaster likely to be ‘biggest marine insurance loss in history’

Lloyd’s of London says the accident is unusual in being a ‘fully insured risk event’ in which the bridge, the ship, its cargo and the port were all covered

www.thetimes.co.uk

They underwrite almost every insurance company ever anyway. This is why I always get the annual hump when it comes to renewing car insurance. They all serve the same ultimate boss anyway, its a game and a load of shit