USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Go Kart]

Wow… thoughts go out to those families.

 

[Porter]

This is the most unbelievable footage I have ever seen. I've driven over that bridge a hundred times, that's Interstate 695 that bypasses downtown Baltimore. It has active traffic 24 hours a day!

 

[VL3X]

This is the most unbelievable footage I have ever seen. I've driven over that bridge a hundred times, that's Interstate 695 that bypasses downtown Baltimore. It has active traffic 24 hours a day!

Absolutely insane. I've never seen anything like this. I've crossed that bridge many times as well.

 

[CoryC]

Absolutely insane. I've never seen anything like this. I've crossed that bridge many times as well.

This is unbelievable.

 

[Nova]

This is tragic news. I worked for many years in the White Marsh area and have crossed that bridge many times. I hope they recover the victims to bring their families some peace.

 

[kitkat]

My fear of bridges has been amplified, those poor people.

 

[Porter]

My fear of bridges has been amplified, those poor people.

There was also apparently a construction crew working on the bridge at the time. I can't imagine how horrific it must have been.

I'm just aching for all of these poor people. It's a busy bridge even at night, I fear the "20 vehicles" figure they are quoting may be optimistic.

 

[24EmiraUS]

For the love of Christ someone please tell me the ship named Dali is not one of the boats shipping Emiras

 

[Porter]

For the love of Christ someone please tell me the ship named Dali is not one of the boats shipping Emiras

It is not. The ship in the incident was a Maersk ship carrying Conex containers.

 

[4MIR3]

So sad... 6 people missing 1 rescued. The ship managed to alert the bridge and they closed prior to impact. So could have been much, much worse.

 

[Porter]

FYI: Current status of the Atlantic Container Line ships that typically carry Lotus shipments to the US:

Atlantic Sky - Docked in Norfolk, VA. Left Baltimore yesterday.
Atlantic Sea - Docked in Halifax, NS. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 1. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sun - Docked in Liverpool, UK. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 8. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sail - Docked in Antwerp, Belgium. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 14. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Star - Left Halifax, en route to Hamburg, Germany.


FYI in 2021 Baltimore handled 824,000 autos through the port. That's 1/3 more than the next closest port by volume (Brunswick, GA). It's going to be a nightmare to divert that volume of cars to other east coast US ports.

 

[Porter]

MarineTraffic stats on the Atlantic Sky indicate that it left Baltimore yesterday evening (10pm) and docked in Norfolk this morning.

Ship ATLANTIC SKY (Ro-Ro/Container Carrier) Registered in Malta - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9670602, MMSI 215804000, Call sign 9HA5293

Vessel ATLANTIC SKY is a Ro-Ro/Container Carrier, Registered in Malta. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of ATLANTIC SKY including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO...

www.marinetraffic.com

 

[robrmon]

MarineTraffic stats on the Atlantic Sky indicate that it left Baltimore yesterday afternoon and docked in Norfolk this morning.

Ship ATLANTIC SKY (Ro-Ro/Container Carrier) Registered in Malta - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9670602, MMSI 215804000, Call sign 9HA5293

Vessel ATLANTIC SKY is a Ro-Ro/Container Carrier, Registered in Malta. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of ATLANTIC SKY including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO...

www.marinetraffic.com

Agreed i misinterpreted some data. When I looked it looked liked it was stuck the wrong side of the bridge

 

[CHEESE]

FYI: Current status of the Atlantic Container Line ships that typically carry Lotus shipments to the US:

Atlantic Sky - Docked in Norfolk, VA. Left Baltimore yesterday.
Atlantic Sea - Docked in Halifax, NS. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 1. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sun - Docked in Liverpool, UK. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 8. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sail - Docked in Antwerp, Belgium. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 14. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Star - Left Halifax, en route to Hamburg, Germany.


FYI in 2021 Baltimore handled 824,000 autos through the port. That's 1/3 more than the next closest port by volume (Brunswick, GA). It's going to be a nightmare to divert that volume of cars to other east coast US ports.

Hmm, so the only one of those that is not currently docked is on its way to Germany?

Many of us received news over the weekend that our CARB cars are "on a ship en route" or "on the water." I would assume this means that they aren't just docked. Could they possibly have made it to the Baltimore port and already unloaded?

 

[Porter]

Agreed i misinterpreted some data. When I looked it looked liked it was stuck the wrong side of the bridge

Dude, either way it was a crazy near miss. 3 hours?

 

[Porter]

Hmm, so the only one of those that is not currently docked is on its way to Germany?

Many of us received news over the weekend that our CARB cars are "on a ship en route" or "on the water." I would assume this means that they aren't just docked. Could they possibly have made it to the Baltimore port and already unloaded?

Very possible. The Atlantic Sky just unloaded at two different terminals in Baltimore starting on Sunday, and left the second bound for Norfolk last night, so it had a busy two day offload.

 

[robrmon]

Dude, either way it was a crazy near miss. 3 hours?

Absolutely

 

[Nova]

It's still possible that Emiras were on Sky, but it's looking unlikely. Atlantic Sea was supposed to arrive on 4/1 but it was making better progress and was slated to arrive at Baltimore 3/30 and at Dundalk RoRo on 3/31. This matches what the emails communicated to us.

 

[4MIR3]

Talk about a logistics nightmare. Curious what they will do? The port will be out of commission for quite a bit of time.

 

[DF_Toronto]

There was also apparently a construction crew working on the bridge at the time. I can't imagine how horrific it must have been.

I'm just aching for all of these poor people. It's a busy bridge even at night, I fear the "20 vehicles" figure they are quoting may be optimistic.

Would have been 50/50 crossing that bridge on my upcoming road trip. The Jays are playing the Orioles on the 15th and I’ve been contemplating driving to Baltimore on day 1 of the trip to go to that game and spend the night on the harbour then get up early and drive to Blue Ridge mile post 0.