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water. I also was shocked to hear tonight on news that a fully loaded tanker comes to within less than a foot of dragging the river bottom there. They said they must get every last scrap up before they can safely open the river to traffic from the port or risk tearing a hole in the bottom of the next tanker through.....What a horrific thing and accompanying mess!

Posted: 03/28/2024 at 07:06 PM ET

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I haven't heard this mentioned but in hindsight tug boats should have been -- IB4TECH Mar 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM ET

IB4TECH • 03/28/24 11:21 AM ET

I was very surprised they AREN'T tugged out past the bridge into open-> ◄ -- HOKIERIT Mar 28, 2024 at 07:06 PM ET

HOKIERIT • 03/28/24 07:06 PM ET

I expect that a tug requirement will be one of the things that ... -- Hokie in CT Mar 28, 2024 at 06:14 PM ET

Hokie in CT • 03/28/24 06:14 PM ET

Also read that there should have been bumpers on the bridge pilings -- Vienna_Hokie Mar 28, 2024 at 03:28 PM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 03/28/24 03:28 PM ET

pylons to guard the bridge pylons** -- HokieDan95 Mar 28, 2024 at 12:20 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 03/28/24 12:20 PM ET

apparently not uncommon there for tugs to pull away once the ships get in -- BRVT Mar 28, 2024 at 11:29 AM ET

BRVT • 03/28/24 11:29 AM ET

which is why they have harbor pilots -- Vienna_Hokie Mar 28, 2024 at 02:54 PM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 03/28/24 02:54 PM ET

i spent a summer working tug life, it takes an interesting breed -- BRVT Mar 28, 2024 at 03:01 PM ET

BRVT • 03/28/24 03:01 PM ET

Evidently this bridge was designed to handle hazardous loads that would be -- Tuckahokie Mar 28, 2024 at 11:28 AM ET

Tuckahokie • 03/28/24 11:28 AM ET

If you look at the pics, there is one on each side of each piling -- Vienna_Hokie Mar 28, 2024 at 03:37 PM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 03/28/24 03:37 PM ET

Money** -- HokieJamie Mar 28, 2024 at 01:12 PM ET

HokieJamie • 03/28/24 01:12 PM ET

I think it would probably take too many bollards to stop a ship that size -- Synaesthesia Mar 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM ET

Synaesthesia • 03/28/24 11:58 AM ET

200 million tons. That's a lot of bollards** -- MAHokie69 Mar 28, 2024 at 12:54 PM ET

MAHokie69 • 03/28/24 12:54 PM ET

Gubmint mindset** -- TomTurkey Mar 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM ET

TomTurkey • 03/28/24 11:31 AM ET