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So after doing some reading for a few days on this port, it's traffic and the proximity of the bridge I have to say that I'm dumbfounded by the laxness of the navigation standards used. This thing was pretty much inevitable.
The freighters in question here are ultra massive structures that range from 100 thousand to as much as 200 thousand tons of floating force. To put this in perspective a Nimitz class aircraft carrier weighs about 120, 000 tons. We're talking major inertia here. You don't just put on the brakes and come to a screeching halt.
I'm not sure what the configuration of the Dhali's power train is ... It might be direct drive or it might be diesel to generator to DC motor. The latter being the more popular design today. There's a lot of maintenance in any of these systems and even with the maintenance no one can predict when a failure will happen. Having said that I find it almost inexcusable that such a huge vessel, a veritable floating juggernaut... is not strictly attended by at least two heavy tugs (probably more ) when it is passing close to bridge structures in a bay.
When you're dealing with that kind of power and weight not having a plan b is just plain stupid.
The freighters in question here are ultra massive structures that range from 100 thousand to as much as 200 thousand tons of floating force. To put this in perspective a Nimitz class aircraft carrier weighs about 120, 000 tons. We're talking major inertia here. You don't just put on the brakes and come to a screeching halt.
I'm not sure what the configuration of the Dhali's power train is ... It might be direct drive or it might be diesel to generator to DC motor. The latter being the more popular design today. There's a lot of maintenance in any of these systems and even with the maintenance no one can predict when a failure will happen. Having said that I find it almost inexcusable that such a huge vessel, a veritable floating juggernaut... is not strictly attended by at least two heavy tugs (probably more ) when it is passing close to bridge structures in a bay.
When you're dealing with that kind of power and weight not having a plan b is just plain stupid.
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