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KY_EnviroGuy

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Tue Mar 26, 2024, 08:43 AM Mar 26

Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore [View all]

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Source: What's Going on With Shipping?

In this episode on the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb🍺, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Somali Basin, and Strait of Hormuz, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the allision between MV Dali and the Baltimore Key Bridge.

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Video clip show lights going out on that cargo ship just before collision with the bridge. That could mean loss of steering control and/or communications.

Looks to me like a section of the Key Bridge fell onto the ship's bridge, so there may be fatalities or serious injury there in addition to those who were on the bridge.
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