thewayne | Baltimore Bridge Collapse: owners of cargo ship say 'ain't our fault!'

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Uh, yeah! That bridge came out of nowhere! Clearly it had been drinking!

The two outfits that own the Dali filed a court claim stating that the bridge collapse “was not due to any fault, neglect, or want of care on the part of Petitioners, the Vessel, or any persons or entities for whose acts Petitioners may be responsible.”. Also that a 19th century maritime law limits their liability to the value of the ship involved in the collision, $42.5million US.

Yeah, pull the other one, it has bells on it.

Considering the ship had previously been involved in collisions and previous reports of power loss, somehow I don't think that's going to hold up after investigation.

https://gizmodo.com/owners-of-cargo-ship-behind-baltimore-bridge-collapse-1851380182

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silveradept

It will be an interesting question for the investigators. It's pretty clear that as soon as the power was lost, the operators did everything they could to try and prevent the ship from causing contact and warning the people in their path to clear out. So in that sense, they did what they could. What needs to be figured out is whether the situation that caused the power outage was preventable, or was caused by improper repairs, or some other thing where there could be liability involved.

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thewayne

The ship, the Dali, is quite new. Built in 2015 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries. And the previous collision was the next year, 2016. Very curious, apparently sloppy ship handling to blame. There is one problem with the design of the ship: it has a single screw. This isn't really relevant to this collision, but if they had managed to regain power, they might have thrown the ship into full reverse, which would have resulted in huge torque steer and could have slammed the bow into the bridge pier with even more force. If the ship had two screws, they would counter-rotate and cancel each other, no torque steer. It also has a bow thruster for manouvering in-port.