From Badlands NewsBriefs
Container ship that hit Baltimore bridge ‘potentially atop high-pressure underwater gas line’
The federal government authorized $60 million for salvage efforts for the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge at the Port of Baltimore, which collapsed on Tuesday after being struck by a large container ship. A massive CIA-linked floating crane has arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, along with other cranes, and it will soon begin clearing the mangled bridge from the shipping channel, which has paralyzed the entire port.
The salvage operation may not begin as seamlessly as government officials hoped. As Captain John Konrad, CEO of gCaptain, a website specializing in tracking the shipping industry, states, the 984-foot Singapore-flagged container ship Dali is apparently “sitting atop a high-pressure underwater gas line.”
“Sources at ICS reports ship salvage effort will likely be delayed while line is surveyed and additional risk can be assessed,” Konrad wrote on social media platform X. — ZeroHedge
Our Take: “In last Thursday’s Badlands News Brief, we discussed the sheening on the water near the Dali crash site, and Grace Ocean’s immediate contention that there was no pollution as a result of the marine disaster.
Now we’re learning that the Singapore-flagged container ship may have damaged its hull to such an extent that moving the ship is a challenge. As a reminder, the ship is carrying 1.8M gallons of fuel. We are also learning that the ship may be sitting atop a gas line, raising multiple questions:
Does the damage to the hull impact the fuel storage? Was the gas pipeline under the bridge damaged? Will moving the ship create ‘spill conditions’?
This disaster may not be over yet.” — Ashe in America
Over 40,000 U.S. Bridges in Need of Repair
More than 40,000 of the nation’s smaller bridges need repairs,three times what the government has pledged to repair in its infrastructure plan.
The Baltimore bridge collapse has brought renewed attention to bridge safety. The Department of Transportation says bridges are worst in West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota, and Rhode Island.
You can see the condition of bridges in your state on this Federal Highway Administration map, which allows you to zoom in on any city or state and see which bridges are rated good, fair, or poor.
You mean those bridges and infrastructure repairs that Obama promised us with his speech? Where is that money that was appropriated? Just asking.
All spent on turning his linebacker boyfriend into a l”soft-spoken” sultry woman… just my opinion…