Protection around America’s bridges has been thrown into question in recent weeks after a massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. Now, it’s emerged that the safety standards many U.S. bridges are built to are actually based on antiquated models developed in West Germany decades ago. Weekend … Read more
A massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, killing six people and shutting one of America’s busiest ports in the process. The company that operates the ship is now trying everything to get out of paying up for the mammoth task of extracting the stricken vessel and … Read more
Officially, the U.S. government has no proof that sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena are the result of alien activity. Apparently, though, the definitely-probably-not-aliens have been observed operating unidentified submerged objects in our oceans, Fox News reports. They fly, too, but when they want, they… Read more… FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here … Read more
After the MV Dali brought down the Franklin Key Bridge in Baltimore, folks wondered how this could happen, and could it happen again? As if to answer this unspoken question, it almost immediately happened again: the APL Qingdao lost power near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York Harbor earlier this month. The Honda Passport Is … Read more
Image: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Baltimore District The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted its survey of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore using sonar images, and has concluded that it can have the debris removed and the shipping channel re-opened by May. The images, released earlier this week, show much of … Read more
A Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command image of response crews remove shipping containers using a floating crane barge after the cargo ship Dali struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 7, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Handout | Getty Images News | Getty Images The process of removing shipping containers from the … Read more
Gov. Wes Moore says “aggressive timeline” to reopen channel after bridge collapse is realistic – CBS News Watch CBS News Less than two weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed and the Port of Baltimore closed, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore tells “Face the Nation” that there is a plan to reopen the channel for … Read more
Just days after CSX announced a new rail line in response to the Port of Baltimore closure, the Baltimore-bound containers that were diverted to the Port of New York and New Jersey are back being unloaded in Baltimore. “We will keep this in play for the duration of the port closure,” said Mark Schmidt, vice … Read more
Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed over a week ago, we’ve gotten a ton of photos and videos of the wreckage. Much of it has been either from land or the water. Now, we’re getting our first look at what the disaster looks like from the bridge itself. Neolun Concept First Look : … Read more
Kentucky declares state of emergency as storms pummel area – CBS News Watch CBS News A massive storm system is leaving behind a trail of damage as it moves through parts of the Midwest and Northeast. Justin Michaels from The Weather Channel has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking … Read more
