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MV Summit Venture was a Japanese-built bulk carrier, built in 1976, which collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980, causing the partial collapse of the bridge, which killed 35 people. The ship was repaired and returned to service and was subsequently resold, trading as Sailor, Sailor I, KS Harmony and Jianmao 9.
Federal regulations for bridge protection systems from ship collisions were updated in 1991 after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse in 1980, but existing bridges were exempted by a grandfather clause, and the Francis Scott Key Bridge piers lacked the level of fender system or island barriers required of newer bridges.
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities. [1] [2] [3] An Iris-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota.
A deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore. A bridge in southern China cut in half. Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina.
Follow live updates: Baltimore's Key Bridge collapses after ship hits it; construction crew missing: Live Updates. During the press conference at about 10 a.m., a United States Coast Guard ...
FILE - The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. (AP Photo/Mark ...
The collapsed bridge and MS Star Clipper: Sunshine Skyway Bridge: near St. Petersburg, Florida: United States 9 May 1980: Steel cantilever bridge The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay 35 killed, 1 injured
Live Updates: Baltimore's Key Bridge collapses after ship hits it; construction crew missing. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., whose district includes the bridge and the port, called the collapse an ...