re: Ya might try reading the entire post.......

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I have friends that are River Pilots who all have said that when the power goes out you have about 2 minutes in an inland water way to get things started up again before bad things start happening.

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There's this thought and then there's another thought from the other thread that it is extremely difficult to urn such a large vessel once it's under way.

These two thoughts seem to cancel each other out, prima facia.

Also, at this point at least, there is no report of a May Day -or any other- communication from the vessel.

Again, there is about zero info being released/reported.

The Search and Rescue/Recovery operation has been confirmed to be the priority and that the Coast Guard currently has jurisdiction over the ship and crew.

I would be surprised if we get a lot detailed info before tomorrow - not saying it wasn't an accident, just saying we don't have any info.

These numbers from expert interviewed by local Baltimore TV live:

US Commodities most affected by import/export at Baltimore Ports: Sugar*/Gypsum*/Coal**/AutoParts***
* #1 Port Importer
** #1 Port Exporter
***#2 Port Importer