A cargo ship crashed into one of two main supports for the 2.5km long bridge at around 1:30AM EDT.

There is an ongoing search and rescue effort and authorities are looking for upwards of seven people.

  • deadbeef79000English
    7·
    6 个月前

    I assume it was already under way (or whatever).

    I watch commercial shipping all day out my office window, almost all tugs are used to just move the ship away from the wharf, something on the order of a boat-length.

    I don’t know what the layout of the harbour in this incident, but the boat could have been kilometres from the wharf where it docked.

    • Firenz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 个月前

      Thanks for replying. I’m looking at it from the perspective of proximity to critical infrastructure, but your reply makes plenty of sense. It does make incidents like this more a case of when and not if.

      I’m not from the region (let alone the same country) but I would think this is going to have a significant impact on the port operations, assuming it can continue to operate.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeEnglish
      27·
      6 个月前

      I watch ships in Astoria. I never see tugboats. The ship operate under theiR own power

      • deadbeef79000English
        1·
        6 个月前

        I’m reasonably sure it’s up to the harbour master of the port in question, or whatever governing body in whichever jurisdiction applies.

        I imagine every port in the world has its own distinct set of regulations.