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TomTurkey

Posted: 03/28/2024 at 11:31 AM ET

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

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