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Massive cargo ship narrowly avoided 2 Mississippi River crashes in Louisiana in 2 days
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:18 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:18 am
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The U.S. Coast Guard has opened an investigation into an alleged "near-miss" with the Nashville Avenue Wharf in New Orleans late last month after a large cargo ship lost power.
The Coast Guard also confirmed this week that the probe would include allegations that the same ship, a British-flagged cargo ship named Anglo Marie Louise, was nearly hit by another ship, which had lost power, while it was docked in Convent the day before the New Orleans near-miss.
A Coast Guard spokesman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Randisi, confirmed the investigations after The Advocate provided the agency with a social media post with detailed and animated vessel traffic data by a marine dispatcher for Moran Towing Corp.
"The Coast Guard understands the potential magnitude of both situations. We acknowledge they occurred, and we are looking into both instances as appropriate," Randisi wrote in response to questions from the newspaper late last week.
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Kind of a dumb question, but does the OT know if the bridges in Louisiana are designed to take a hit from these larger ocean freighters? I know the big bridges in Louisiana like the CCC, Huey P Long, and the I-10 bridge are designed to handle barge hits pretty regularly. They do get hit sometimes by those barges. And I know we've seen the superstructures or cranes on board smack the bottom of some of the bridge decks, but they get repaired without any major issue.
Would really suck to lose a busy bridge for a week for repairs (or worse...full replacement after a tragic, deadly accident).
They get 700-800' vessels as far north as Exxon in Baton Rouge pretty regularly. They certainly look big enough to inflict some serious damage.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:23 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:19 am to goofball
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This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:20 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:20 am to goofball
If the bridge goes in BR, just divert traffic to the loop.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:20 am to goofball
So two ships losing power? After that ship in Baltimore lost power and hit the bridge?
Is hijacking/cutting a ship's power some new terrorism tactic or something?
Is hijacking/cutting a ship's power some new terrorism tactic or something?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:21 am to CocomoLSU
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Is hijacking/cutting a ship's power some new terrorism tactic or something?
Probably just these new DEI hiring policies.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:22 am to CocomoLSU
Are we just hearing about things like this more now?
This seems odd for this to happen back to back.
I’m not a conspiracy guy, but this stuff is strange.
This seems odd for this to happen back to back.
I’m not a conspiracy guy, but this stuff is strange.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:22 am to goofball
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Probably just these new DEI hiring policies.
Probably capitalism cutting maintenance corners to squeeze out another $
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:23 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:24 am to goofball
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Probably just these new DEI hiring policies.
I bet everyone on board those ships or at that warf in the OP's picture gets paid more than Caitlin Clark.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:25 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:25 am to goofball
How in the hell is an E-4 considered a spokesman for the Coast Guard?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:26 am to BabyTac
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the bridge goes in BR,
I can’t even begin to think of the size and scope of a shite show that would be
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:29 am to Yaboylsu63
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I’m not a conspiracy guy,
I don’t think this is the taboo it once was. The CTs are just ahead of the game.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:32 am to goofball
The bridge incident in Baltimore had all the Facebookers losing their shite about driving on bridges...
Trolling through my wife's FB page, I've never seen so many posts about the Causeway bridge.
Goes to show you what social media has done to society.
Trolling through my wife's FB page, I've never seen so many posts about the Causeway bridge.
Goes to show you what social media has done to society.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 7:36 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:32 am to Honest Tune
I'd absolutely support an immediate appropriations to install blocks or concrete dolphins to deflect ships away from the bridge piers.
It's too bad we just allocated $100 billion to Ukraine and Isreal. On top of the $60 billion we sent to Ukraine last month.
It's too bad we just allocated $100 billion to Ukraine and Isreal. On top of the $60 billion we sent to Ukraine last month.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:39 am to frequent flyer
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It's too bad we just allocated $100 billion to Ukraine and Isreal. On top of the $60 billion we sent to Ukraine last month.
I would like to know what the Ukrainian fat cats in government are doing with that kind of scratch. 160 billion dollars in two months is a lot of money for a small country that pretty much every one evacuated before the war.
Wasn’t one of the big government big wigs seen driving around in a sports car in war torn country?
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 9:04 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:40 am to Tarps99
I’m also curious how common total loss of power on ships was prior to the Baltimore disaster.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:45 am to MoarKilometers
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Probably capitalism cutting maintenance corners to squeeze out another $
Found the communist who supports DEI.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:49 am to Oilfieldbiology
I like the part where the Marie is sitting there docked, minding its own business, almost gets hit by another ship, and yet the Marie is the one under the investigation.
I also like the part how The Advocate thinks they alerted the Coast Guard to these incidents. Stupid fricks.
Probably why an E4 was assigned to respond to this.
I also like the part how The Advocate thinks they alerted the Coast Guard to these incidents. Stupid fricks.
Probably why an E4 was assigned to respond to this.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:53 am to dewster
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I bet everyone on board those ships or at that warf in the OP's picture gets paid more than Caitlin Clark.
to be fair, that cargo ship and employees aren’t being subsidized by the NBA.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:54 am to Oilfieldbiology
It's not super-rare.
Some of these ships are poorly maintained, and/or very old.
They're apt to have an issue or two.
Some of these ships are poorly maintained, and/or very old.
They're apt to have an issue or two.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:57 am to Yaboylsu63
quote:Yes. Journalism is about what gets clicks. Once Baltimore happened, they started asking around about other similar instances because now a story like that will get eyes and ad revenue. This isn’t some conspiracy; it’s just the media being the media.
Are we just hearing about things like this more now?
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