Baltimore Shipwreck....insurance......deliberate?

[weaponoffreedom]

Seems to me, from the video, that the ship "steamed ahead" and changed course, direct to the bridge. Many videos show engine exhaust plumes at the moment of direction change. Seems to be a bit off.


Also, Joe Biden, has promised that taxpayers pay the bill. The issue I have with this is: if the incident was an accident, and not deliberate, than the ships insurance company would be on the hook, 100%. So why the quick federal response to "pay for it"?

If it was an act of "terrorism" it is likely that insurance would not pay for it.

The captain of the boat was Ukrainian.

Is there any insurance people on this forum who could explain in better detail?

 

[Jayhacker]

We will never be told what actually happened. Just another day in the most corrupt country on the planet.

 

[TopHook]

If we pay for it then there is no reason to investigate.

 

[PawPower1981]

The Captain may have been Ukrainian, but the guy driving the ship in that areas would have been one of the local harbor pilots and knows that bay like the back of his hand. You could see the boat lose power twice, I don’t think it was intentional. However, taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook

 

[TopHook]

The Captain may have been Ukrainian, but the guy driving the ship in that areas would have been one of the local harbor pilots and knows that bay like the back of his hand. You could see the boat lose power twice, I don’t think it was intentional. However, taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook

Losing power wouldn't have affected steering.

 

[PawPower1981]

Losing power wouldn't have affected steering.

Steering doesn’t do anything if the prop isn’t moving

 

[TopHook]

Steering doesn’t do anything if the prop isn’t moving

Been told those ships can still stear when power goes out.

 

[Golbez]

IMHO the ship was hacked and they don't want to reveal it.

 

[hmt5000]

IMHO the ship was hacked and they don't want to reveal it.

I think China has Biden bought off. The US banned some Chinese co's a couple months ago and then we had the Cell phone outages... I could see this being more of a "hey mofo... we paid you money and expect return on investment".

 

[Golbez]

That is fact, not just an opinion.


The AT&T outage is also very compelling timing when there was "nothing to see here folks" when the Feds immediately jumped all over that one too.

 

[weaponoffreedom]

We will never be told what actually happened. Just another day in the most corrupt country on the planet.

No but by talking it out on open and free forums can we perhaps extrapolate. Sometimes you have to look at the result to determine a cause....

 

[weaponoffreedom]

So the story I got on why the ship seemed to run into the bridge, is because they went to full reverse propeller. Due to rotation, the ship went starboard, and slowed but still hit the mofo.

Sounds reasonable.

 

[Joe King]

videos show engine exhaust plumes at the moment of direction change.

So the story I got on why the ship seemed to run into the bridge, is because they went to full reverse propeller. Due to rotation, the ship went starboard, and slowed but still hit the mofo.

Sounds reasonable.

That's called the paddle wheel effect. The rotation of the prop puts some amount of torque on the vessel that must be accounted for. In forward motion, it spins clockwise. That adds a bit of sideways pull on the stern to the starboard side, and in reverse to the port side. If the stern goes a bit left, that points the bow a bit to the right.

The visible exhaust plume you mentioned was likely caused by them going full astern.
Going full astern caused the paddle wheel effect, but in the opposite direction. Add in 9 knots of forward momentum, and the bow swings right toward the bridge pier.

What they shoulda done (imho) was give it a quick bump of forward thrust (that puts more water across the rudder, causing a quicker response) with a hard left rudder to kick the bow away from the bridge pier. It seems as though everything they did resulted in the ship turning towards the bridge. But it's easy to say stuff like that only after you've time to really look at the situation. In the two or three minutes they had, ya do what seems best and then hope it all works out that way.

 

[weaponoffreedom]

That's called the paddle wheel effect. The rotation of the prop puts some amount of torque on the vessel that must be accounted for. In forward motion, it spins clockwise. That adds a bit of sideways pull on the stern to the starboard side, and in reverse to the port side. If the stern goes a bit left, that points the bow a bit to the right.

The visible exhaust plume you mentioned was likely caused by them going full astern.
Going full astern caused the paddle wheel effect, but in the opposite direction. Add in 9 knots of forward momentum, and the bow swings right toward the bridge pier.

What they shoulda done (imho) was give it a quick bump of forward thrust (that puts more water across the rudder, causing a quicker response) with a hard left rudder to kick the bow away from the bridge pier. It seems as though everything they did resulted in the ship turning towards the bridge. But it's easy to say stuff like that only after you've time to really look at the situation. In the two or three minutes they had, ya do what seems best and then hope it all works out that way.

I think you are on point for sure.


Now for that comment of Biden, that WE THE TAXPAYERS are going to pay for the fucking bridge.......and not the shipping company or their insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WTF