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A cargo ship crashed into one of two main supports for the 2.5km long bridge at around 1:30AM EDT.

There is an ongoing search and rescue effort and authorities are looking for upwards of seven people.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why no tug boats to assist the vessel? I find it odd that the ship was allowed to depart on its own.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I assume it was already under way (or whatever).

I watch commercial shipping all day out my office window, almost all tugs are used to just move the ship away from the wharf, something on the order of a boat-length.

I don't know what the layout of the harbour in this incident, but the boat could have been kilometres from the wharf where it docked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for replying. I’m looking at it from the perspective of proximity to critical infrastructure, but your reply makes plenty of sense. It does make incidents like this more a case of when and not if.

I’m not from the region (let alone the same country) but I would think this is going to have a significant impact on the port operations, assuming it can continue to operate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Apparently it almost happened again in Sydney today.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I watch ships in Astoria. I never see tugboats. The ship operate under theiR own power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'm reasonably sure it's up to the harbour master of the port in question, or whatever governing body in whichever jurisdiction applies.

I imagine every port in the world has its own distinct set of regulations.