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The Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel is fully operational again, response officials announced Monday, more than two months after a massive cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key ...
The Singapore-based company owns the Dali, the massive container ship that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in late March after it lost power, causing a large section of the bridge to ...
The shipwreck and what was left of the bridge then blocked the channel, bringing shipping in and out of the port to a gridlock. The disaster also cut off a highway, blocking commuters.
In order to reopen the port, the Coast Guard says it will first clear debris from the deep draft channel, remove the ship, then clear debris from the bridge across the waterway.
The Spyros disaster was a major industrial disaster that occurred in Singapore on 12 October 1978, where the Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong Shipyard, killing 76 people and injuring 69 others. It remains the worst accident, in terms of lives lost, in Singapore's post-war history. It is also Singapore's worst industrial accident. [1]
Two of the victims were confirmed to be Singaporean. [46] Two victims were from India, living in Stamford, Connecticut. [47] Two of the victims were students at an elite Santa Cruz high school. [48] It is believed that the youngest was age 16 and the oldest were in their 60s, with a majority of the victims from Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. [49]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people, have agreed to pay $102 million to the federal ...
Construction on the bridge was on the planning boards by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT)as far back as 1962. Originally planned with a 400-foot (120 m) mainspan, it was rejected by the Army Corps of Engineers for fear that the narrow main span was a hazard to ships on the Ship Channel. So, a 600 feet (180 m) main span was in the ...