An example of the type of publicity the general public gets presented to them: [image] Poorly regulated foreign vessels could cause a repeat of Baltimore bridge... Foreign flagged vessels often take advantage of lax standards in other nations. PS> At least th…

ombugge, From the second article. Out of the mouths of babes……… “ These near misses, along with others here and around the country, raise questions about whether enough safety precautions are in place and if officials could do more to protect bridges with collapse-prone designs from the possibilit…

It will be a sequel of Hebei Spirit They are already bulding up the hype. Call for retired or “have beens” who regurgitate dubious opinions and this is where it is heading. Call some all knowing ladies who spread hear say and other bs. It is going to get really ugly. They smell blood and w…

[image] ombugge: PS> At least they got one thing right: Cannot expect too much accuracy on Maritime matters from a Health Reporter.

[image] Flag State / Class / Port State Contorl that most people consider the flag as the most important element representing the safety standard of the vessel. I suspect that most people neither know nor care about the flag or anything else related to shipping. A while back there was book ab…

Invisible until a bridge falls over, THEN people get interested for a time. Kind of like how they couldn’t care less if a cargo airplane crashes unless it lands on their house :roll_eyes:

How large of part of the general public is gong to do deep dive into flag state, SOLAS or PSC and so forth? Very few. For most people, once they have a vague idea of how such a thing could happen they’re going to get on with something else.

[image] ombugge: PS> At least they got one thing right: Not to be pedantic, but the Dali was not “flying” under any flag, unless she had become airborne at some point.

Flags fly not the ship. One flies a kite ( we don’t want the child flying) . It is also in common usage in New Zealand for rigging a spinnaker.

Flags may be “flown” or “worn”. In British English, however, ships as well as personel may indeed fly ensigns, flags and burgees, as evidenced by the quote below. I concede, that even this will not make the ship take off and fly :wink: The Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Navy CHAPTER 91 STANDARD…

Considering how often they’ll be watching a ship go under the Bay Bridge while they are on it, I am betting this will be of interest to everyone around here for some time to come.

Media Coverage of M/V Dali and Key Bridge

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Media Coverage of M/V Dali and Key Bridge

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