OT Key Bridge nonsense.

I'd blame you before the pilots. Especially the trainee one.

Obviosely, this ship had a maintenance problem.

You actually think the pilots are pushing the buttons?????

Does the captain push the buttons?

"Basically, captains do not steer ships. There is a helmsman, usually an able bodied seaman, that handles the wheel when maneuvering in a narrow channel. The helmsman executes helm orders from an officer. The captain gives helm and engine orders usually when approaching a channel to a port from the sea."

That might be the case for an American aircraft carrier with 5,000 sailors on-board. Modern container ships operate on minimum staff. There is no reason not to have a button on the bridge to cut power. Everything is fly-by-wire on a gigantic container ship like that.

When piloting a ship to navigate a channel to avoid underwater obstacles, the most efficient way is for the pilot to personally turn the wheel instead of the pilot telling another person to turn the wheel.

This ain't WWII. Everything is fly-by-wire now. The control room of a container ship can control everything just from that room.

Show me the button

That 2016 incident occurred as the Dali was leaving port in Antwerp and struck a loading pier made of stone, causing damage to the ship’s stern, according to VesselFinder.com, a site that tracks ships across the world. An investigation determined a mistake made by the ship’s master and pilot was to blame.

No one was injured in that crash, although the ship required repair and a full inspection before being returned to service. The pier – or berth – was also seriously damaged and had to be closed.

VesselFinder reports that the Dali was chartered by Maersk, the same company chartering it during the Baltimore harbor incident.

The 9-year-old container ship had passed previous inspections during its time at sea, but during one such inspection in June at the Port of San Antonio in Chile, officials discovered a deficiency with its "propulsion and auxiliary machinery (gauges, thermometers, etc)," according to the Tokyo MOU, an intergovernmental maritime authority in the Asia-Pacific region."

Your ignorance is incredible and I mean that literally. You cannot be so stupid; it's merely a trolling device.

Harbour pilots are way more skilled at steering ships than any seagoing helmsman ever would be. Plus they are extremely familiar with their turf.

The return of power was probably the emergency lighting generator(s) kicking in. They will not provide propulsion, just lighting, hence they wouldn't/couldn't prevent s*it happening.

See above. The delay in the return to power would indicate emergency systems coming into action. Those emergency generators don't always have an instant startup. That said, I have worked in places where the emergency generators started within seconds of a power outage and could go to full power and speed from cold.

Unlikely. That's not how ship engines are started and stopped.

The pilot cannot be blamed if the ship has no propulsion. No propulsion equals no steering. It would be worse heading downriver on an outgoing tide. You really have no clue about how ships operate, eh?

Common sense most likely determined that. Here, a video to educate yourself on the process of *starting* a ship's engine.

A ship does not operate like your car.

Funny, I was wondering that exact same thing about you!

I have seen extremes of stupidity: he *can* be that stupid!

Correction, the rudder *might* have been working Had power resumed) but would be ineffective when the ship has lost propulsion and drifting. Tides can worsen matters greatly. For instance, an outgoing tide would mean the ship drift and the water flow might match - result - no steerage at all.

Yup, no propulsion = no steerage regardless of whether the rudders themselves can be physically actuated.

rbowman wrote on 4/4/2024 1:26 AM:

You are the incredibly ignorant one here. An anchored ship always faces the anchor. That means when a ship in forward motion drops the anchor, the ship would eventually swing around to face the anchor. After the engine is turned off, the ship's heading will always be against the current and facing the anchor.

An anchored ship always faces the anchor

rbowman wrote on 4/4/2024 1:26 AM:

You are the incredibly ignorant one here. An anchored ship always faces the anchor. That means when a ship in forward motion drops the anchor, the ship would eventually swing around to face the anchor. After the engine is turned off, the ship's heading will always be against the current and facing the anchor.

An anchored ship always faces the anchor

rbowman wrote on 4/4/2024 1:23 AM:

Another pilot mistake. Belgium also hires "Homer Simpson"-type of pilots. The "stern" of a ship is the rear-end of the ship. Apparently the pilot put the ship in reverse by mistake and rear-ended ship against the pier.

Apparently you are wrong again. Do you know how ships steer? Unlike a car, it is the the back, not the front.

At least you used the word "eventually". Ships don't pivot very fast and the anchor would help stop for forward motion until about stopped. Then the currents take over and eventually it will swing around.

Once stopped, they can pull the anchor up and drift with the currents if that is better at the tine and position.

People say "a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing". That applies to you.

For humanity's sake, instead of wasting time arguing till the cows come home, why don't you watch the collision of the ship against the base of the Baltimore Key Bridge? It's all over the internet.

Before the collision, the ship appeared to have lost the lights, and then the lights came back on. Then the ship suddenly pulled to the starboard side (right hand side) and impacted the bridge.

The only reasonable explanation for the ship suddenly jerking to the starboard side is that the anchor had snared the sea bottom and the anchor chain was thus pulling on the right hand side of the bow, because reportedly the ship had deliberately dropped the anchor.

People say "a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing". That applies to you.

For humanity's sake, instead of wasting time arguing till the cows come home, why don't you watch the collision of the ship against the base of the Baltimore Key Bridge? It's all over the internet.

Before the collision, the ship appeared to have lost the lights, and then the lights came back on. Then the ship suddenly pulled to the starboard side (right hand side) and impacted the bridge.

The only reasonable explanation for the ship suddenly jerking to the starboard side is that the anchor had snared the sea bottom and the anchor chain was thus pulling on the right hand side of the bow, because reportedly the ship had deliberately dropped the anchor.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A ship's propeller can spin backward, just like your car tire can spin backward when in reverse gear. Are you really that dumb, or merely trying to drive up your number of posts to catch up to Peeler's?