The “black swan” allision between the container ship MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday has prompted questions about global shipping processes and emphasizes the need for better maritime infrastructure, writes Salvatore R. Mercogliano.
The allision between the container ship MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday has prompted numerous questions — not only about how this tragedy occurred, but also about our global shipping processes.
How then do we explain events like Ever Given, Ever Forward and now Dali? While Baltimore has invested in deepening their channel and harbor and new ship-to-shore cranes to offload ships, some aspects of the maritime infrastructure remained frozen in time, such as the Key Bridge, which was designed over 50 years ago. We need to fortify critical infrastructure like the bridges over our waterways.
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