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Post by cvillestokie on Mar 26, 2024 7:55:56 GMT
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Post by cobhamstokey on Mar 26, 2024 7:57:01 GMT
Just seen this. Fingers crossed there’s no casualties.
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Post by franklin on Mar 26, 2024 8:07:15 GMT
Just seen the footage on the news now its incredible how the whole bridge collapsed and I think I saw many vehicles on the bridge when it fell.
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 26, 2024 8:10:12 GMT
Just seen this. Fingers crossed there’s no casualties. At that time in the early hours of a weekday morning (01:30 I think it was), you’d hope there weren’t many cars or pedestrians on the bridge. Anyone in a car that fell into the river though is surely a goner unless they didn’t panic and applied quick thinking underwater. |
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Post by musik on Mar 26, 2024 8:12:43 GMT
Absolutely dreadful. There are reports here on cars and people in the water, if so lots of dead people, I assume.
Have the speculations started yet? Terror?
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 26, 2024 8:22:57 GMT
Just seen the footage on the news now its incredible how the whole bridge collapsed and I think I saw many vehicles on the bridge when it fell. Just saw the footage, aghast. There were loads of cars, unless those were just lights lining the bridge. |
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Post by franklin on Mar 26, 2024 8:23:52 GMT
Just seen the footage on the news now its incredible how the whole bridge collapsed and I think I saw many vehicles on the bridge when it fell. Just saw the footage, aghast. There were loads of cars, definitely more than the reported 7. I thought so too mate lots of vehicles on it. |
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Post by cvillestokie on Mar 26, 2024 8:27:36 GMT
Absolutely dreadful. There are reports here on cars and people in the water, if so lots of dead people, I assume. Have the speculations started yet? Terror? I’m sure that there will be some. My first thought was poor visibility but I’m sure that there will be a lot of investigations to determine one way or the other. It’s a huge blow to the State of Maryland. That port handled $80 billion of cargo last year so anything that makes transport harder will affect tens of thousands of jobs. |
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Post by deeside2 on Mar 26, 2024 8:28:20 GMT
Shocking to see that. Hopefully casualties and sadly deaths will be at an absolute minimum.
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Post by raythesailor on Mar 26, 2024 8:37:07 GMT
The ships insurers, possibly UK based, will be panicking this morning.
Large commercial vessel's like this entering and leaving ports are required to be handled by a local pilot, he to is going to be very worried.
I would imagine there must have been engineering or steering problems.
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Post by flea79 on Mar 26, 2024 8:52:04 GMT
The ships insurers, possibly UK based, will be panicking this morning. Large commercial vessel's like this entering and leaving ports are required to be handled by a local pilot, she tois going to be very worried. I would imagine there must have been engineering or steering problems. we just said exactly that, that bell in Lloyds will be ringing away this morning |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 26, 2024 9:02:02 GMT
Very troubling that, it collapsed like a pack of cards.
Thoughts to everyone involved and I pray the casualties are as few as possible.....
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 26, 2024 9:04:58 GMT
Horrific.
Described by local officials as a “mass casualty event”.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 26, 2024 9:17:42 GMT
Blimey, its weird that as its not as if the gap that was needed to be navigated wasn't a bloody big target 😳 there might be more to this..
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 26, 2024 9:30:55 GMT
Blimey, its weird that as its not as if the gap that was needed to be navigated wasn't a bloody big target 😳 there might be more to this.. It does look suspicious. Not even a glancing blow. This might be what happens if any Stoke strikers become mariners when they retire… |
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Post by swampmongrel on Mar 26, 2024 9:31:29 GMT
According to reports all the ships crew including the two pilots on board are safe.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 26, 2024 9:36:11 GMT
Horrific. Described by local officials as a “mass casualty event”. The second video seems to have been edited. The actual collapse of the bridge is far faster than the first video. Very strange |
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 26, 2024 9:37:08 GMT
Blimey, its weird that as its not as if the gap that was needed to be navigated wasn't a bloody big target 😳 there might be more to this.. It does look suspicious. Not even a glancing blow. This might be what happens if any Stoke strikers become mariners when they retire… It was a Singaporean ship, apparently on its way to Sri Lanka! Why on earth do you need to travel through Baltimore to get to Sri Lanka?! I’m wondering if some daft, inexperienced fucker literally fell asleep at the wheel and when they woke couldn’t steer out of the way on time. |
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 26, 2024 9:40:47 GMT
Horrific. Described by local officials as a “mass casualty event”. The second video seems to have been edited. The actual collapse of the bridge is far faster than the first video. Very strange What seems apparent from the second video is that there was traffic on the bridge moments before impact… but thankfully, when it collapsed the bridge was clear. I certainly hope so anyway. |
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Post by cvillestokie on Mar 26, 2024 9:44:26 GMT
Apparently, they are looking for about 20 people (their city fire Dept correspondent). I suppose that’s guess work based on average numbers of cars on the bridge at the time. Outside temp was 30F. The water would have felt a hell of a lot colder (reported to be at 48F) even if they survived a 185 foot drop.
Utterly horrific.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 26, 2024 9:45:05 GMT
It does look suspicious. Not even a glancing blow. This might be what happens if any Stoke strikers become mariners when they retire… It was a Singaporean ship, apparently on its way to Sri Lanka! Why on earth do you need to travel through Baltimore to get to Sri Lanka?! I’m wondering if some daft, inexperienced fucker literally fell asleep at the wheel and when they woke couldn’t steer out of the way on time. I don't know how boats this big work but surely there's enough people on the bridge of the ship to avoid sleeping or drunk rogue captains? And how unlucky does one have to be to time their journey across this bridge just as a bloody big ship hits it. All very sad.. |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 26, 2024 9:47:08 GMT
The second video seems to have been edited. The actual collapse of the bridge is far faster than the first video. Very strange What seems apparent from the second video is that there was traffic on the bridge moments before impact… but thankfully, when it collapsed the bridge was clear. I certainly hope so anyway. I hope you're right but its a long bridge. Also hoping there's no homeless communities under the bridge 😞 🙏 |
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Post by wannabee on Mar 26, 2024 10:09:17 GMT
Surreal pictures to one of the largest Truss Bridges in the World
Apparently video pictures show the ship desperately trying to maneuver astern which would rule out sabotage plus there were two Pilots on board at the time of the catastrophic collision
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Post by dirtygary69 on Mar 26, 2024 10:17:07 GMT
Potentially looks like the engines have failed as smoke was apparently seen beforehand, and they've drifted into the bridge - however, surely it would take a good few minutes and a signal would have been raised? Maybe it was and we'll learn more as it develops.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Mar 26, 2024 10:19:28 GMT
According to reports all the ships crew including the two pilots on board are safe. They are bound to be, its unlikely the ship was damaged |
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Mar 26, 2024 10:21:02 GMT
What seems apparent from the second video is that there was traffic on the bridge moments before impact… but thankfully, when it collapsed the bridge was clear. I certainly hope so anyway. I hope you're right but its a long bridge. Also hoping there's no homeless communities under the bridge 😞 🙏 Unless the Man from Atlantis had hit hard times I doubt it... |
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 26, 2024 10:24:48 GMT
The ships insurers, possibly UK based, will be panicking this morning. Large commercial vessel's like this entering and leaving ports are required to be handled by a local pilot, she tois going to be very worried. I would imagine there must have been engineering or steering problems. we just said exactly that, that bell in Lloyds will be ringing away this morning The ship was chartered by Maersk between the East Coast and east Asia, but it was owned by Grace Ocean in Singapore. Would a Singaporean ship owner use a British organisation to insure its vessels? |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 26, 2024 10:27:37 GMT
It does look suspicious. Not even a glancing blow. This might be what happens if any Stoke strikers become mariners when they retire… It was a Singaporean ship, apparently on its way to Sri Lanka! Why on earth do you need to travel through Baltimore to get to Sri Lanka?! Wouldn't it be pretty safe to assume that it had loaded it's cargo in Baltimore? |
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 26, 2024 10:33:50 GMT
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Post by flea79 on Mar 26, 2024 10:35:32 GMT
we just said exactly that, that bell in Lloyds will be ringing away this morning The ship was chartered by Maersk between the East Coast and east Asia, but it was owned by Grace Ocean in Singapore. Would a Singaporean ship owner use a British organisation to insure its vessels? more often than not Lloyds holds the insurance on shipping risks, the reinsurance which will almost certainly be kicking in at this point is a really murky pond though that could be held anywhere and they will do anything to get out of paying! |
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