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| Container ship APL Qingdao loses power and slows to a halt near NYC's Verrazzano Bridge 12 days after cargo vessel crash in Baltimore left six dead |
| 2024-04-08 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
A Coast Guard spokesperson told the New York Post that they received a report of the errant shipping container around 8:30 pm. 'Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service New York received a report from the M/V Qingdao around 8:30pm, Saturday, that the vessel had experienced a loss of propulsion in the Kill Van Kull waterway'. The spokesperson added that the 'vessel regained propulsion and was assisted to Stapleton Anchorage by tugs'. According to vesselfinder.com, the Qingdao is 12 years old and is operated by French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM. According to John Konrad, power loss incidents in shipping containers like the Dali and the Qingdao are on the rise. Konrad claimed that the Verrazzano was spared the Baltimore bridge's fate because of the presence of Vessel Traffic Services in New York. 'One major difference between Baltimore and New York is the US Coast Guard operates Vessel Traffic Service in NY'. The maritime-trade expert further explained that 'VTS is like air traffic control. They monitor all ships and tugs and can respond quickly to emergencies'. 'Baltimore did not have VTS service'. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Chinee cilcut boald carr home. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-08 17:53 |
| #5 More of that "bad luck" |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2024-04-08 17:46 |
| #4 ^ You got it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-08 17:00 |
| #3 What is it? Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and three times is enemy action? Something like that? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-04-08 16:53 |
| #2 Sounds like too much |
| Posted by: Bubba White2425 2024-04-08 13:54 |
| #1 It as if no ship lost propulsion before the Key Bridge incident. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-04-08 13:29 |