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
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
“It’s a very classical mode of failure. It was breathtaking. You study these things and learn about them and teach them to students, but you rarely see it happen, which is a good thing.” — Khalid Mosalam, a professor of civil engineering at UC Berkeley, after watching video Tuesday of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge … Read more
All 22 crew members, almost all from India, have remained aboard the vessel and have been questioned by a team of the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators have obtained the ship’s data recorder and so far ruled out foul play. 01:18 US bridge collapses in Baltimore after ship collision, leaving several people missing US bridge … Read more
By Amy Cassidy | CNN Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday. The crash claimed the lives of 45 people and one is seriously injured, the country’s transport department said in a statement. The sole survivor is an eight-year-old … Read more
“Never let a good disaster go to waste” is the guiding principle of the conspiracy theorist. It’s been only 12 hours since the cargo ship Dali slammed into the Baltimore Bridge, and already Alex Jones, Andrew Tate and all their fellow clowns in the extreme right media sphere have declared the collapse of the Francis … Read more
This year, the number of motoring tourists, particularly those with electric vehicles, increased, resulting in long queues at ferry terminals for passages for their cars. A Hainan official who refused to be named said places for EVs on ferries were limited under safety guidelines issued by the provincial transport department. According to Hainan Strait Shipping, … Read more
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