The pilot was heard calling for tugboat assistance several minutes before the crash, the first indication of distress to harbor officials, followed by a radio report that the ship had lost ...
The pilot on board the Dali issued a last-ditch request for tugboats as the ship drifted toward the Key Bridge, but it was too late. “They were just too close,” he said.
The pilots recently have been guiding cruise ships under the bridge for repair at a dry dock in Portland. On one recent journey, a cruise ship’s funnel had to be partly removed before it ...
Twenty-three people, including two pilots, were on the ship when it crashed, she said. The vessel was also carrying 56 containers of hazardous materials including corrosives, flammables and ...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) -The pilot of the cargo freighter that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss minutes earlier, federal ...