Ekkie Thump
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A large ship has hit the primary bridge in Baltimore causing the entire thing to collapse. Many cars Thankfully it seems like only a few vehicles were on the bridge at the time.
08:20 here:
Francis Scott Key Bridge:
Traffic situation: fecked.
08:20 here:
Francis Scott Key Bridge:
- 3rd longest single span bridge in the world
- 11.5m cars annually (30k per day)
- Forms part of the Interstate 695 Baltimore beltway (ring road).
- Opened in 1977
- Took 5 years to build
- cost $110m at the time
- Moves 35bn tonnes of freight a year
- With a total worth of around $75bn.
- 15k direct jobs, 140k indirect jobs affected.
- Ship name: Dali
- Type: Container Ship
- Built 2015
- Owner: Stellar Marine LLC
- Managed by Synergy Marine Group
- Time chartered to Maersk
- Singaporean flagged
- 300m long
- Maximum deadweight: 117,000 tons
- Navigational status: Stopped
Traffic situation: fecked.
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