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We've just been hearing from Ian Firth, a structural engineer and bridge designer.
He says a heavy ship like the Dali will impart a very large load of many thousands of tonnes when it hits something solid, such as a bridge support.
"The support is a very, relatively, flimsy structure when you look at it, it's a kind of trestle structure with individual legs", he says. "So, the bridge has collapsed simply as a result of this very large impact force."
The vessel should have been going, of course, down the centre of the channel some 350 metres (1,150ft) wide, Firth says, "but for whatever reason it must have strayed off and has hit the support".
Looking at photos of it before the collapse it seems remarkable that there was no protection for the piers given that it crosses a major shipping lane.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But the lack of protection for the base is odd.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Sorry.
That must have been horrific for those poor souls.
Just a wild guess, but maybe that ship was involved somehow??
Then goods already either on the harbour side/storage waiting to be loaded/shipped, plus other cargo ships, now 'trapped' and ready to leave
Believe Baltimore is one of the largest commercial ports on the east coast
Then how do the unions arrange payment to Baltimore workers with 'nothing' to do
A less comedic title for the thread might be in good taste too