"Gus" and "Chessie" work to remove bridge wreckage from water

It’s the largest hydraulic grabber in the country, hooked up to the largest salvage crane on the Eastern seaboard. Together, the pair will remove the thousands of tons of steel that remain in the Patapsco River, and on top of the Dali. "This over here is the Chessie - largest crane as we were just mentioning. This right here is the Chessie's partner, Gus,” Governor Moore said as he showed reporters an image of the two pieces of equipment during a Tuesday press conference. “Chessie,” refers to the Chesapeake 1000 crane.
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[@r.grosvenor998]

Why is it more important to focus cameras on the news readers with minimal shots of the actual removal effort?

[@hbjon]

That pilot couldn't have messed up that bridge worse if he tried to.

[@lindap.p.1337]

It is the “Big Mac” of grabbers.

[@grassmanBoca]

Why do they have all these police with governor seems you would have people actually working on project?

[@jimmylieb5225]

160 tons!!

[@leonardcollings7389]

It is a 200 ton salvage grab.

[@markcenci8000]

Keep talking about the salvage progress so you don’t have to explain why no one ever thought to protect the bridge from collision.

[@GardenDude1]

Why didn't you fix that? I mean, sure, it was fine for 50 years, but still, you should have foreseen all possible future scenarios and prepared for them no matter the cost. Gotta love the MMQBs.

[@zeenaabdura5686]

Was hoping they would have found the missing two men by now. Terrible.

[@wendyharbon7290]

If they cutting up and removing small sections of the very large fallen bridge section laying on the port side of and bow of this Container Ship first. Then afterwards move over to the Starboard side of the Container Ship, to start cutting up and removing small sections of the other very large fallen bridge section on the Starboard side and bow too There is a risk of the Container Ship being more damaged, or the bow being pushed sideways into the main channel or into the soft bottom. Instead they may work from both outer ends of these two very large fallen bridge sections, which are in the water and towards the Container Ship's Port and Starboard hull sides and bow. in the hope the remaining fallen bridge sections section fall away from the Container Ship not towards it, then it becomes much easier to remove bridge sections from the water and bottom, than from on top and around the Container Ship with less risk to the ship's bow and hull too. It still will be a fine balancing job, of cutting and supporting remaining very large bridge sections too. It maybe a good idea though, to remove as many or all the above deck undamaged Shipping Containers, from the Container Ship as possible, first on to barges and return them to the Port of Baltimore too, to lighten this Container Ship for refloating and fulling out backwards by tugboats. the one question no one answered, once the Container Ship is refloated and clear of the bridge too, what happens to this very damaged Container Ship and where will she being taken too? As no way is she sea worthy or safe to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, go through the Suez Canal, then risk the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Afters cross the Indian ocean into the South China Seas heading for Singapore her home port, or go back to South Korea where she was built, for major repairs! So is there somewhere on the American Eastern Seaboard, this Container Ship can be taken under tow and escort from tugboats, for repairs and dry docking (which can hold a 1,000 feet plus long ship) for inspection alone? As the only American Dry Dock facilities that are that big, on the Eastern Seaboard, are the ones for US Navy Aircraft Carriers, are they not? So what does happen to this Container Ship, once refloated, just left somewhere in Baltimore at anchor or long side a pier etc for the next coming months or years?

[@leonardcollings7389]

Problem is; Army Core determined that structure is like a spring wedged between the ship and floor of the river.

[@arthurjock4179]

Keep Moore from talking. Let the people that know what is going on talk.

[@wernerpanchenko6542]

Feed gus

[@jamesalles139]

"The grab"

[@dlc2112dlc]

Go away governor.

[@waynegarrison2481]

Chance for photo ops..duh

[@randymerzbacher879]

It must be miserable to be you. To wake up every morning and find something to complain about. Touch some grass.

[@Weyni77]

Scenario; maybe those 2 missing men might be aware that something is wrong.(jumped overboard) and somehow in the accident "washed" downstream?

[@coldspring624]

The Governor should just step back. Everyone knows he is planning nothing he is just along for the ride and camera time

[@waynegarrison2481]

Photo ops...

[@dirtfarmer7472]

He’s a politician, just hot air

[@lindap.p.1337]

He seems to be the spokesperson for this tragedy.

[@MasterEngineerWong]

The grabber not the right equipment for the job.

[@justbecause9645]

OK

[@donstash4295]

Please less blah blah blah and faces more machine in action.

[@motomania5985]

Arătați și muncă , nu numai vorbe . De vorbe sunt sătul .

[@ralphwhittington989]

Only in America y r u taking your time to get ship out and get bridge moved if u got British team to do it with bigger crains it would of bean done by now but 5 weeks on still going stop having 🍩 breaks and how mutch of the 60 million have u got left to spend British team would of done it and spent 40 million