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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
OK, I know nothing but the very basics of container ships, so I have a question.
I do know a local pilot is almost always "driving" the ship in port or on the river like this time. Does that pilot just say whoopsie, sorry about that, see ya later? Is that pilot responsible for the grounding and does he have some massive insurance like malpractice?
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Yes and yes.
Very weird. I've been thru there a bunch in pleasure craft. Very well marked, giant buoys that are clearly visible on radar and sight. The channel does go from channel depth (60 ft??) to 25 ft outside at low water fairly abruptly, but that's normal. If it wasn't mechanical, it was avoidable. It was fairly windy Sunday earlier, but it looks like winds had dropped at time of grounding. Winds were a factor in the Suez incident, all those containers stacked act like a sail.
To make things worse, NOAA issued a warning of low water levels throughout the bay yesterday, which didn't help things.