insert_link Opinion Pieces I’ve captained ships into tight ports like Baltimore, and this is how captains like me work with harbor pilots to avoid deadly collisions Piloting large container ships under bridges is very difficult. AP Photo/Matt Rourke By Allan Post, Texas A&M University Details are still emerging about the disaster that happened in the early morning of March 26, 2024, when the Dali, a large cargo ship on its way out of the port of Baltimore, hit a major bridge and caused it to collapse. The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, […] todayMarch 27, 2024 13
insert_link Environment Baltimore bridge collapse: a bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change By Colin Caprani, Monash University When the container ship MV Dali, 300 metres long and massing around 100,000 tonnes, lost power and slammed into one of the support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the bridge collapsed in moments. Six people are presumed dead, several others injured, and the city and region are expecting a months-long logistical nightmare in the absence of a crucial […] todayMarch 27, 2024 18
insert_link World Emergency declared in Maryland after bridge collapse Several people are missing after a bridge collapsed after a container ship collided with it in Baltimore in the United States. Multiple vehicles fell into the Patapsco River beneath. The Francis Scott Key Bridge broke into pieces after the impact. Simon Marks reports. todayMarch 26, 2024 24
