Bridge Collapses in Baltimore
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I'm seeing this on fb already too. And I thought I had culled those types out a while ago. Iowa resident, even.
Because you know most terrorists put out Mayday calls to warn of a catastrophe
And attack one of the smallest ports in the country, during its slowest time of the year.
Because it is not necessary and is costly. Kind of what a lot of engineering is about, spending limited resources only where necessary. You could offer to fix them I guess.
Ever notice we're the most in debt country in terms of dollars by a mile?
It was mentioned that the tug boats had left the vessel at their typical position.
Really Rabbuk you don't have search engines or awareness? (I'm sure you actually know this.) There are a handful with higher debt to GDP, but way out there in debt.
One thing that hasn't been discussed is how the ship was able to radio out a distress call and they were able to stop traffic on the bridge. Saved a lot of lives. As far as I know the 6 pothole workers are the only known casualties. Haven't looked at the story for a few hours so maybe others have or will be found, but good work likely by the Harbor pilot on board and the authorities. Also was surprised the ship was only built in 2015, I thought it would be older with a power/propulsion failure.
| United States | $30.89 Mn |
| China | $13.77 Mn |
| Japan | $12.78 Mn |
| United Kingdom | $3.14 Mn |
One thing that hasn't been discussed is how the ship was able to radio out a distress call and they were able to stop traffic on the bridge. Saved a lot of lives. As far as I know the 6 pothole workers are the only known casualties. Haven't looked at the story for a few hours so maybe others have or will be found, but good work likely by the Harbor pilot on board and the authorities. Also was surprised the ship was only built in 2015, I thought it would be older with a power/propulsion failure.
President Biden said our Country would pay the bill to rebuild the bridge. Why not talk to the owners, and the company that manages the ship?
695 (FSK Bridge) in Baltimore is a Toll bridge. Fires on ships happen very often. (way more than anyone realizes) I assume that's what happened, and it's just not being reported yet.
Because even though they may be held liable eventually and have to repay the costs (if they are even able to without going bankrupt), that will take years and years to play out in court and this piece of critical infrastructure needs to be replaced as soon as possible.
I mean that doesn't really prove we are over spending on infrastructure as a country. I assumed it was some stupid argument like this you were making.
If people need some perspective on the size of the ship:
Because Maritime Law usually protects them. Not always, but usually.
And the US collects billions in harbor maintenance fees on customs entries to pay for such things.
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And wait ten years for a court to decide? You build it immediately and try to recoup the funds later.
Will be an interesting case, foreign carrier and likely insured by a foreign group like Lloyds but this isn't in international waters. Hell, it's not even off shore territorial waters of the USA , it's on a river in one of our states.
Seems to me a Rail Road company that had an ugly derailment is going to pay out a lot of money. So tell them to cough up. I understand fixing and building infrastructure in this country. If you or I cause a bad accident and 6 people die, we won’t get off Scott free.
Again though, i'm sure efforts will be made to claw back money from them. With it being a foreign entity we will see what challenges there are to that.
But regardless that will be a civil case, and those take years. And even if that case is won, the entity that owns this ship may not have the billions of dollars it would need to pay this anyway (again, being subject to another country's laws could also make this part tricky). There's only one way the funding appears rapidly so that cleanup, design, and construction can begin right away, and that's with the government stepping in and putting up the funding.
I would guess similar would happen with a critical piece of railroad infrastructure as well, but it would be a lot easier to go after a railroad as well as it would be a domestic company.
