I wonder if it'll have any effects on regulations regarding commercial shipping near bridges.The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after being struck by a large vessel.
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That works too.I personally see it as a symbol of how our country has been run over the last 30+ years.
Deepest condolences.The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after being struck by a large vessel.
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Woke up to the Breaking News Alert earlier this morning. Big leadership test for Maryland Governor Wes Moore on crises like this tragedy of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.I wonder if it'll have any effects on regulations regarding commercial shipping near bridges.
Can you not.This is Trump's fault.
It won't be that long.So I've seen some break down of this; the nearly the entire port of Baltimore is now out of commission, including Naval Station Savannah, for weeks at least.
New bridge is like 10 years out, at best.
Whomever was responsible for the ship and it's condition just fucked that area for decades, and is going to cost billions, maybe trillions, of dollars in damage.
I hope you are right, that is a very, very important port and bridge to have out of action for any time at all.It won't be that long.
The port of Baltimore is way too important to both the state of Maryland and the US as a whole. Basically the instant that the S&R operation is over the investigators will pull the VDR log and start clearing.
The shipping channels will be cleared on what is essentially a crash priority basis with crews working 24/7 and zero fucks given about permits, environmental studies, etc. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see the military get involved in a fairly big way.
As for rebuilding the bridge, that will take longer but it won't be ten years. The money will be appropriated in basically thirty seconds (the only real wrangling will be how much the federal government eats vs. the state of Maryland) and again the permitting will get done on the "fuck you, this is actually important, we don't care about the red tape" priority.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the owners/operators of the Dali get sued into oblivion as well.It won't be that long.
The port of Baltimore is way too important to both the state of Maryland and the US as a whole. Basically the instant that the S&R operation is over the investigators will pull the VDR log and start clearing.
The shipping channels will be cleared on what is essentially a crash priority basis with crews working 24/7 and zero fucks given about permits, environmental studies, etc. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see the military get involved in a fairly big way.
As for rebuilding the bridge, that will take longer but it won't be ten years. The money will be appropriated in basically thirty seconds (the only real wrangling will be how much the federal government eats vs. the state of Maryland) and again the permitting will get done on the "fuck you, this is actually important, we don't care about the red tape" priority.
They are insured all the way to their maximum possible liability. Liability is also limited by multiple treaties.I wouldn't be surprised to see the owners/operators of the Dali get sued into oblivion as well.
Sure, there was a pilot on board, but the ship suffered catastrophic failures (apparently), cause still unknown, that resulted in the impact.
I'm curious on how long that will take. Is the money paid out to the city? The state?They are insured all the way to their maximum possible liability. Liability is also limited by multiple treaties.
Maritime law is its whole own thing and has fairly substantial differences to most law people more used to.
Total hit to the insurance company will likely be in the single digit billions.
Leave it to Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network pinning the Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy to inflation & the open Southern border:I wouldn't be surprised to see the owners/operators of the Dali get sued into oblivion as well.
Sure, there was a pilot on board, but the ship suffered catastrophic failures (apparently), cause still unknown, that resulted in the impact.