Baltimore Key bridge collapse: Largest crane on Eastern Seaboard in place to clear wreckage

[@mechax1]

To say this is the largest crane on the eastern seaboard is a joke. That is just a land crane.

[@Michaelbos]

They ( news 🤡) can’t stop telling bullshit.

[@lorenwilson8128]

Correct - they need the much larger ocean-going cranes that are mounted to a much larger barge. These are used to assemble oil platforms. The dangerous part will be cutting the bridge into pieces small enough to fit on a barge for removal.

[@mechax1]

@@lorenwilson8128 they need to be careful with that operation cutting that bridge incorrectly could cause serious consequences

[@fullraph]

Chesapeake 1000 has arrived today around 5 AM yet there isn't a single glimpse of it in this video. Yet they spend an hour showing a tracked Liebherr LR1300 on a barge lol, what a fail...

[@mechax1]

@@fullraph The news will always get things wrong in these situations 🙄

[@s.mccarthy]

That crane is a liebherr 1300. It's a 330 ton capacity crane and is not the large crane that is coming. Probably just there as an assist crane.

[@skoggiehoggins1445]

probably to pick up smaller debris, maybe shipping containers, assist in lifting crew or equipment.

[@fullraph]

Chesapeake 1000 has arrived today around 5AM yet there isn't a single glimpse of it in this video, what a fail...

[@flyinpolack6633]

the power lines have more protection than the bridge did...

[@rocistone6570]

The power lines have been properly maintained. The bridge, however, was built (1977) when cargo ships were only 1/4th as big as MV Dali. My question at this stage would be: Why were updated protective measures for the Key Bridge not updated over the years as ships got bigger, along with the risks that go with collision?

[@JohnHallgren]

@@rocistone6570 and while finished in 77, was likely designed around 70-72 so definitely back when ships were smaller and not as wide either. And finally, as I understand it, they’re adding dolphins to the Delaware Memorial Bridge…decades later.

[@j49]

Well, the real question is, after Bethlehem Steel and the ship yard were closed, why didn't the ports start moving to that area on the other side of the bridge?@@rocistone6570

[@fullraph]

@@rocistone6570 I did some math's and at 100 000 tons, doing 8 knots, the Dali presented an actual weight of 402 000 tons to that bridge pillar. I don't think there's any man made structure on earth that wouldn't get dislodged by such a hit. Those power lines would have come down and so would have the channel markers.

[@hefoxed]

@@fullraph per ntsb briefing, the bridge is a type without reduency (and a lot of bridges in US are still such...). More modern bridges tend to be built both with those dolphins or similar protectors to try and take the impact and reduency so if one part fails, the rest can take the load on so if they can survive the hit. Iirc

[@robertj.davidson362]

The true lifting crane that is arriving soon is The Donjon Marine owned : 1.) Chesapeake 1000 Crane Barge (capable of lifting 1,000 short tons with its 231 ft-long boom and 2.) Tug, Atlantic Enterprise, pulling it. You can find a photo of it on the internet. Just type in the owner and the crane’s name as I’ve listed.

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

The Donjon Marine owned Chesapeake 1000 Crane Barge is exactly the WRONG kind of crane for this work. Over kill. Too slow. And that barge mounted land crane we see here is pathetic! Google Manson Construction Company Derrick 24 for the crane that is ideal.

[@mechax1]

@@DennisMerwood-xk8wpI can agree with that

[@kimsmith6469]

MONEY MONEY MONEY........"""MMOONNEEYYY"""

[@Runehorn]

If that is the largest crane they can muster, they are in trouble

[@fullraph]

It's absolutely not, it's just a tracked Liebherr LR 1300. Who ever filmed this is a complete idiot. Chesapeake 1000 arrived this morning around 5 yet there isn't a single glimpse of it in the video.

[@Paul-yv3wm]

Where do you start this project? How much planning is required before it begins? Unreal!!

[@HeatherRose2023]

A LOT of planning!!

[@blakespower]

I always thought the bridge was scary how it was such a steep climb to the center of the bridge

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

If they replace it with a suspension bridge, the arch will probably be a lot higher.

[@jmg8246]

Took NYS 7 looooooooooooong years to replace Tappan Zee bridge, I won't hold my breath to see this bridge be rebuild in less than 5 years.

[@andretorben9995]

They can spend $61 billion that they were going to give to ukraine. Money much better spent here.

[@PatriciaManning-i6h]

LARGEST crane on the east coast ? YOU MUST BE JOKING ! THATS A TOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ErnestConnett]

The company should be out of business and sued for the faulty maintenance and two not having tug boat escorts and being mandatory of this size ship and previous maintenance failures in fix since around 2015 that's poor transportation business! And cost to clean up the mess now and fast and looking for survivors!

[@fullraph]

What you showed is absolutely not the "Largest crane on eastern seabord". What you spent so much time showing is the Liebherr LR1300 a large but very common tracked crane. Chesapeake 1000 has arrived this morning, why didn't you show it?

[@NomenClature-o8s]

Nope. This was the closest crane available. It’s been working on the Chesapeake Bay bridge for weeks now.

[@alangeddes268]

The Versabar 10,000 is what's needed. Did great job on the Golden Ray in South Carolina. It is now in the Gulf and I don't believe it is in use at this time.

[@Skidderoperator]

COMMANDEER BIGGEST CRANES

[@timtrewyn453]

Good idea. Probably enough bridge section would need to be removed by other methods so the Versabar could position on the remaining section. Definitely would speed things up and improve safety. Awesome that it can transport between the Gulf and South Carolina. If it can do that, then it should be able to get to Maryland before hurricane season.

[@cactusyaya]

This is not the largest crane on the eastern seaboard. It depends on how they want to do it but were it me, large sections of the bridge would be lifted onto large barges and floated to the shore for demolition. Need something McDermott sized, Lampson Transi-Lift sized, American 11320 Sky Horse or a couple Manitowoc 4600's. In the world of heavy lift, this isnt all that big of a project.

[@rckc.1719]

let me say this, this bridge reminds me of the rt 440 outerbridge crossing in nj which needs to be upgraded yesterday .

[@27750hwy]

This has to be a crane used to assemble the large one.

[@mechax1]

Most likely a supporter crane for the much bigger crane that will arrive as that crane is just a land crane

[@dhpstudios2009]

Hopefully the cranes are very steady on these big ponts! Remember the cranes who lifted a bridge in Alphen aan de Rijn ? Those cranes were also on ponts

[@gchukma]

This crane will be used to move equipment in place as the heavies move into position. They will need dozens of welders and people to operate them. Cutting crews, divers, barges, cranes, tugs will be working non-stop 24/7 from now on. Just providing the lighting will be a challenge. Not to mention mitigating danger for casulties during the process. It goes without saying this job is a heavy lift. Maybe if available an off shore mega drilling rig those guys are huge. Comments please.

[@HeatherRose2023]

It may be the biggest crane on the eastern seaboard, but is it big enough to do the job?

[@JeffreyStrader]

Why were there no IMPACT BARRIERS around the bridge supports??.............That is STANDARD BRIDGE CODE!!!

[@markstoudenmire4935]

Exactly what they did in Tampa Bay with the replacement when the original bridge came down under same circumstances.

[@kristinkasprzak1898]

When you think about the massive amount of steel, concrete and roadway that is also underwater, and must be broken up before it can be lifted and put on a barge.....the scale of this clean up is astounding. Add to it that they must be extremely careful until the rest of the road crew are recovered. Lord only knows where they are at this point.

[@saltzmann1]

The way that bridge went down you would think the steel was made in China. That Crane is not looking so big.

[@sherryramirez6329]

LOL RIGHT

[@nammie12345]

You really dont understand engineering. This bridge was built decades before chinese steel existed. Idiot.

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

That crane is pathetic. Google Manson Construction Company. Derrick E P Paup.

[@wangvincent9156]

The bridge was build in 1970's! No steel was made in China exported to USA!

[@Skidderoperator]

This bridge will be in china soon.

[@blightedgrounds]

How many bodies are in those shipping containers?

[@maestoso47]

Bless these workers. They have their work cut out for them.

[@John_Falcon]

So this is why the National Debt is so insanely rediculous.

[@Digital_Piss]

Question: How deep is the water the bridge stands in??

[@JohnHallgren]

Shipping channel is dredged to 50 ft.

[@Digital_Piss]

@@JohnHallgren thank you John

[@JohnHallgren]

@georgeveghte6459 wrong….Maryland government site says 50 ft channel depth.

[@brandonthailand2062]

Nothing compared to herman the german in California.

[@fortunecollector]

I was wondering why my Temu package is so late

[@ciebriel79]

I think they should have brought in the Island Victory support ship Or Navy Salvage ships for this.

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

Way overkill. Google Manson Construction Company. Derrick E P Paup.

[@Skidderoperator]

Where are all the cranes?

[@marcellawhalen3776]

I seriously have a phobia of bridges. Tunnels that go under water too. I don't travel much lol. Feel safer flying

[@dshogan6174]

Thats it? Thats the largest barge crane on the east coast? That thing is tiny. The US has fallen so so far behind in capacity in various industry. Such a shame.

[@Michaelbos]

Well this was boring.

[@ralphneale]

I'm seeing the Baltimore is showing up there..I figured on the Annapolis. Ive never seen the Baltimore work before..McClean is good local company

[@pjreynoldsa1]

click bait!

[@jondear772]

I hate to put it this way, but having not found most of the bridge work crew, they need to watch the sea gulls. If you see them going crazy in the next few days, flocking around something in the water, it could be a body... prayers for the family of the missing. From an old salt.

[@dgatsf]

They must not destabilize that ship. And no one seems to be addressing leakage, if any.

[@fullraph]

There's a boom around the ship. It was installed only hours after the accident.

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

nation a witt

[@dreamer4life772]

Wait the ship was there in the first couple clips and then it's gone and the crane appears cuz they cut that part out

[@chrisstart4714]

No sound from reporter

[@zenlam5523]

That is the biggest crane on the eastern seaboard? The east coast has a different definition of large then the rest of the world. Try working in an oil refinery, those a large cranes.

[@HardNorthOutdoors]

very doubtful this is the "LARGSST CRANE".... thats small AF... the port of MTL has one that's 10x this size lol

[@jamesthomas4868]

So I wonder which engineer, beurocrat, or environmental nut ball went against pier protection for this bridge?

[@dgatsf]

BRAVE CRANE OPERATORS/TUG BOAT CREW. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE.

[@orellaminx3530]

The fucking power lines have better impact protection than the bridge pylons. Cheaped out on the construction, knowing full well megaships traverse that waterway, and now the federal government is going to pay to build a new one. Screw that, make the state pay for it, they are the ones who built a poorly defended bridge in the first place.

[@Skidderoperator]

No mega container ships existed in nineteen seventy seven

[@traincndr1]

The last I checked that not the largest crane out there it doesn't have the capability to lift that bridge what they need to do is reach out to the people who operate the heerema sleipnir which is the largest crane out there

[@hansvenhoeven935]

1000 tons of lifting capacity is not that bad at all. There are larger crane vessels such as the Sleipnir. However, the Sleipnir is located in Rotterdam. Over 4000 nm from Baltimore. In addition, the Sleipnir has a draft of 36 meters. That's probably way too much for this location. The problem is that almost all larger crane vessels are currently in the North Sea. The Seven Borealis, a 5000 ton crane vessel, is currently the closest in Bridgetown Barbedos. But that too is still 1800 nm to Baltimore

[@Manigo1743]

These drone images are lousy. Why can't they just keep the drone still? It is annoying that they keep circling around. Put a camera on the crane instead.

[@davidbryant3532]

Seriously? This is the crane they sent? Failure already

[@chrisshockey8883]

And your engineering degree is from where?

[@pl-mn2ro]

This is a perfect reflection of the administration who is taking the decisions.

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

That crane is pathetic. It's not even a proper floating derrick crane. A land crawler on a barge! Hopeless lash up! Google Manson Construction Company. Derrick E P Paup. Or Derrick 24

[@davidbryant3532]

@@chrisshockey8883 University of Houston....and yours?

[@elainecrawford6891]

@@chrisshockey8883 He should probably be making his way down there as soon as humanly possible and immediately put himself in charge. Not sure how they're going to get it done without his experience and expertise in these types of situations.

[@michelwong1]

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[@kimmarsh5387]

Rember that the steel would be under tension and twisted so when cut it could flex and explode

[@Pecanut]

Who is paying the bill for this?

[@kimmarsh5387]

Dangerous and difficult., they are going to need a lot of support.

[@gopalnarayanasamy8243]

Singapore could help with a huge crane "Asian Hercules " Max Load 3200 ton.

[@Kenji-ds9rf]

People died here, yet the reporter acts as if shes in a carnival

[@papa-dt1cv]

many heavy duty crane vessels are available globally to clear the shipping lane fast Also there are also Plas­ma cut­ting robots can make pre­cise cuts in a vari­ety of met­als and thick­ness­es. These plas­ma cut­ters use nitro­gen, which enables them to cut steel, alu­minum, and oth­er metals.

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

south north were connecting

[@brianpreston8483]

Just another distraction

[@ErnestConnett]

This is apsolutly being handled so dam poorly and disgrace where is the search and rescue people after this happen and in any survivors! And why did coast guard not get called to not let ship inter the port without tug boat escorts and pre check of ship or send back where came from!

[@albertkroon8855]

Mammoet heeft veel grotere kranen dit is maar kleintje

[@RSole9999]

True, but the bigger ones are on the way. Are any Mammoet cranes stationed in U.S.A. waters or are they in Europe?

[@larrywheeler9797]

Pitiful reporting! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@janetphillips2875]

Be careful with your silly thumbnail pics. People take them literally.

[@chrisstart4714]

No sound from helicopter

[@jonnelson9760]

It looks like the ship was so loaded with containers that they couldn’t see where they were going.

[@donaldindividual-1]

Do you see how far apart the power line bases are? Easily avoided by large ships, then look at the vehicle bridge, why so close when engineers can design better.

[@BreakTheWicked]

It seems the power line bases are that far apart due to the length of the wires.

[@JohnHallgren]

The main span was 1200 ft so not that close…gave about 300 ft on each side of the two shipping lanes. Which is equivalent to new Sunshine Skyway after old bridge was similarly hit.

[@kristinkasprzak1898]

@@JohnHallgren I lived in South St. Petersburg when the Sunshine Skyway was hit, and now I'm in Baltimore, working in Sparrows Point when the Key Bridge was hit. Yikes.

[@JohnHallgren]

@@kristinkasprzak1898 um, so which bridge is next when you move?

[@Peteraddavideo]

The cars dont travel on the power lines, unless they're electric.

[@John_Falcon]

They're using a land crane to fish out a bridge in water? Whose bright idea was this, Pete Bootijugger?

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

chief went ? in the wind!

[@lb7wade518]

That is a wimpy crane!!

[@vsop521]

Bullshot. I've got a larger crane in my backyard, in Baltimore.

[@ociliacanton2017]

I just left Times Now also showing the mishap , and it's night there . in yours its day break there .

[@Dr.Pepper001]

What a waste of time this video is.

[@UQRXD]

Great video. The lanes of the road way on ship give a idea of scale. How could anything be protected from a ship of that size or larger hitting it. You would need something the size of a pyramid. Dolphins are just window dressing no matter the size. Tug escorts is the answer or we will just do the chance game. In the long run the chance game is cheaper my calculator says.

[@markpirotta3230]

One crane to fix all this what a joke

[@jeffdragna316]

Baltimore needs someone who knows what there doing they are clueless

[@moisheshekleberg1358]

I've heard that the mayor is proposing naming the new bridge The George Floyd Memorial Water Crossing.

[@wthorwirth]

Let Mammoet oder Smit Salvage do the job

[@timallan3018]

I could care less about the cranes and more about why the American tax payers are on the hook for the reconstruction. Why isn't the container shipping company not paying for it.

[@j49]

Oh, look, the Earth is round?!🤪

[@ashleyperez554]

The simis picture all😭

[@jeffdragna316]

Tiny cranes

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

disgrace vestal achievments

[@scottmaytham3578]

Looks like a job for the US Navy and some demolition experts don't you think.😗🤔🤠

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

VESTAL lil bit gs graced

[@Peteraddavideo]

Tourism will boom to Baltimore. What it looses on the ports will be made up by the sightseer.

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

GHOSTS

[@danielvanmourik]

i here nothing what see talk about

[@chrishoedt]

What a load off crap

[@edgarandrews3691]

Bringing in weeks marine

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

Bring in Manson Construction Company. Derrick E P Paup.

[@byungna2566]

Just an idea. Can a big ship like Dali be temporarily used as a bridge-span post to quickly reopen auto traffic while rebuilding the bridge for years?

[@HeatherRose2023]

No.

[@Peteraddavideo]

Nord Stream pipeline karma come back to you CIA

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

ship ta Ukraai cry cryin boo

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

EW YORK SHOULD FIX YA ya

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

part to I u realRAEL tite they rite that spot

[@JeffreyStrader]

That crane is 100% USELESS!!!

[@ThatOldBlackMagic_YouAppear]

COUD THE MERRIMAC HUMPTIED WHAT BUILT A BRIDGE

[@marythomson9610]

TRUTH WILL SHINE, for all to know. God is on top of all.

[@loadblock4995]

Waste of chopper time

[@ChrisBronson-gn5yd]

🌟🤔🌟

[@chobson8602]

mayor pete💓

[@lasvegasbound6167]

Mr. Musk can have this repaired in less than 2 years as a set of tunnels, but, just for EV cars and EV trucks like his Tesla 'Semi'. The dangerous ICE vehicles can be rerouted to the West of B'more.

[@deltatango7465]

TRUMP CAN HAVE A NEW BRIGE UP IN UNDER 1 YEAR HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO FIX THE CENTRAL PARK RINK IN UNDER 6 MONTHS IF ANYONE CAN DO IT TRUMP CAN DO IT HE CAN BUILD IT BACK WAY BETTER

[@arizonapicker1836]

🤡

[@maestoso47]

How’s Muskrat’s hyperloop projects going? 😂