Thanks Aus
I always used indirect above 10 kts
And in all fairness it was only when I screwed up.
Or was in need taking a bend in really bad weather
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That’s incredible.
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There were no tugs in attendance according to the AIS. My question is…….why did she not have a tethered CLA escort tug whilst transiting under the bridge?
Because it’s not required. The tugs show up with the docking pilot.
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And why is it not required? That is my point.
Different ports have different rules.
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yacht-sailor,
Great find. Interesting that the dispatcher specifically indicates that the vessel had lost steering. One would assume that came from the Pilot.
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Posted earlier, but here is is again:
No. & Capacity of Generators (kVA): 5 AC 20,850
https://www.classnk.or.jp/register/regships/one_dsp.aspx?imo=9697428#
From WaPo today:
Source: https://wapo.st/49kiRN6
And there you have it Bug……
“ Schafer, who said he used to teach about the bridge in his Johns Hopkins classes since it was “one of the signature bridges of Baltimore,” called the collision “a huge infrastructure failure,” but not because of the bridge collapse. He said the shipping industry needs systems to keep a ship on track when it loses power.”
I might have been a little out of date with new engines. In a ship with CPP in my experience it was normal to run in pilotage with two generators run on ships load and the shaft generator supplying power to the deck load of reefer. When the bow thruster was run up the shaft generator supplied the power and the reefers were shut off.
When the word ‘escort’ is used thats typically with a tanker with cargo. Any ports have escort tugs other than with a laden tanker?
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You feel bad for the maintenance team on the bridge.
If they had been contacted immediately they might have had a chance of getting off.
There was no sense in urgency to contact them in those radio messages.
There should have been better procedures in place for contacting workers on the bridge.
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Many Australian ports employ tethered escort tugs from berth to entrance and vice versa on all tonnage.
The SCA also state in their Rules of Navigation that certain vessels are to be escorted by a certain number of tugs. These escort tugs are untethered.
The “Ever Given” had no escort tugs in attendance in contravention of SCA rules.
My money says this will be one of the recommendations in the NTSB report. Tug companies will not object I am sure.
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Mandatory tethered escorts under bridges for ships of a certain size or greater will be coming to many ports in the near future, I think.
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That is two big ones in two years for the MPA.
No doubt they will be under the microscope.
And to that I say great! It is long overdue!
Has the VHF traffic recording been released yet?
Will there be one? I don’t know if I’ve ever heard one. Is there a VTS in Baltimore that would have it?