I don't know who the contractor was for the new Explosive Handling Wharf (EHF) at the Bangor Sub Base but they installed the over head crane for moving missiles, among other items, in backwards. That was probably part of the massive delay in getting it operational. They barely started using it before I retired.In the late 80s, I worked at the USS/Posco steel mill in Pittsburg, CA. We installed a brand-new overhead crane in a building...it was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries...nice crane, but it just never worked quite right. Electrical problems that couldn't be solved 100%...blew breakers at the most inopportune times...like under a critical load, always one wheel on the bridge that never quite touched the rail until it was heavily loaded...but travelling with that heavy load always put a strain on the electric motors...and when you least expected it...that could blow breakers. The mill's electrical crews worked on it for the entire year I ran it...never did quite get it right.
Doesn't appear to be the case here. Sounds like it a direct shaft driven screw and only one screw.Navy ships have an aft steering compartment that's always manned in the event of loss of bridge control. I wasn't in engineering, but I assume every ship also has enough backup propulsion to maintain course.
Saw this in person early in my career. The company I worked for was doing a refurb of a paper mill and they had to cut out an old elevated tank. They supported it with a 800ton crane while the guys took the magnesium burning bars and cut through the concrete and steel supports.They are doing exothermic cutting.
Doesn't appear to be the case here. Sounds like it a direct shaft driven screw and only one screw.
I'm not an expert here, at all, but it seems like the crabbing boats on the deadliest catch have more propulsion redundancy on them than this ship had.
They are also loud.Saw this in person early in my career. The company I worked for was doing a refurb of a paper mill and they had to cut out an old elevated tank. They supported it with a 800ton crane while the guys took the magnesium burning bars and cut through the concrete and steel supports.
Exothermic cutting looks like a light saber. It burns through just about anything at least until the bar is consumed.
As long as flags of convenience can be used to avoid major regulations, I'm not sure what passing a rule would do, beyond increasing costs of US flagged vessels.Obviously any large commercial ship operating in US waters needs to have redundant systems. Even a battery powered backup for the rudder and screw would have done the trick here. I wonder if this is something the DOT can change by rule or if Congress needs to act?
As long as flags of convenience can be used to avoid major regulations, I'm not sure what passing a rule would do, beyond increasing costs of US flagged vessels.
There are 50k plus containerships on the high sea, so accidents will happen.This is multiple incidents in recent years with these things (Suez Canal anyone?)
It seems the container ship companies would over engineer to prevent failures and breakdowns given the fact that the sole purpose of these things is to make money. You would think they'd want to be sure they make money and not cost money in incidents.
As long as flags of convenience can be used to avoid major regulations, I'm not sure what passing a rule would do, beyond increasing costs of US flagged vessels.
Maybe they can, but I get the impression that flags of convenience are used to avoid all sorts of (real or imaginary) burdensome regulations and laws.I wasn't aware of that. I assumed the government could impose safety standards on any commercial vehicle (airplane, ship etc) operating in its territory.
What's DEI?Maryland Gov tells people to stop all the nonsense blaming the bridge collapse on minorities. Saw him interviewed on Fox News Sunday. I wish he had called Fox out on the air since they are some of the ones spreading those DEI conspiracies. Missed a golden opportunity to fight back against misinformation.
Diversity Equality Inclusion. All the things Fox doesn't like.What's DEI?
For reusing the steel. It would cost more to recertify the steel than to just get new steel. You can't just se steel on a bridge without knowing its quality. The bridge steel needs to scrapped and reformed.
How big of a crane barge are you if your own barge tender has a tugboat of its own!?!? HFS.That might be the crane out of Mexico that later came through the canal and up to Seattle. It was commissioned in 1969 and at 1000 tons, the biggest thing going.
When it got to Seattle it had a helipad like that, but it is long gone in remodeling. I remember it has a pretty good machine shop onboard.
Right wingers are calling the Mayor of Baltimore and Gov of Maryland DEI hires. It's the new n-word for them since saying it in public is still fairly unpopular with most people. Forgetting for a moment the Mayor won an electionWhat's DEI?
For reusing the steel. It would cost more to recertify the steel than to just get new steel. You can't just se steel on a bridge without knowing its quality. The bridge steel needs to scrapped and reformed.
Maryland Gov tells people to stop all the nonsense blaming the bridge collapse on minorities. Saw him interviewed on Fox News Sunday. I wish he had called Fox out on the air since they are some of the ones spreading those DEI conspiracies. Missed a golden opportunity to fight back against misinformation.
You sound all defeated...buck up, fella!Looks like what's happening inside the conservative bubble has gone full-time racist, Christian nationalist and an abuse of the blame blame blame game because they have nothing else to offer the working class folks of America. They have the HOR to prove what they can do for the commoners of the nation, for our allies abroad and for promoting a working House that produces real positive results via bipartisan cooperation yet they've been ordered by Trump to wreck everything in sight to pave the way for his Walk on Water reentry into the White House.
The House Freedom Caucus still have the chance to right their wrongs but that cabal of rabble rousing obstructionists have chosen to pursue a strategy that produces destructive rather than constructive results with the blessing of the folks who voted to put these political saboteurs right where they could do the most damage and chose the most dangerous rapist racist narcissist despot to manage it all.
Bye bye America. It was nice while it lasted, but there's over 70 million Americans who think it's better to install leaders that want to create a gov't similar to Russia's, China's and North Korea's for the singular reason of winning a losing battle if it were fought the traditional democratically run way.
So like... A waterfall? That could be fun, bonus if everyone is in a barrel before they go over.Meh, build a tunnel for the container ships to pass under the sound. It would be expensive but the water slide going into the tunnel would be something for the crews to look forward to.
Why not both?^^ For the ships, or the motor vehicles?