A large container ship misplaced energy within the waters round New York Metropolis and got here to a relaxation close to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Saturday evening — lower than two weeks after failure on one other large cargo vessel triggered it to break down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The US Coast Guard confirmed that its Vessel Visitors Service obtained a report that the 89,000-ton M/V Qingdao misplaced propulsion about 8:30 p.m. because it traversed Kill Van Kull waterway — the transport lane between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey.
A picture shared on X by John Konrad, CEO of maritime-focused information outlet gCaptain, reveals the 1,100-foot Qingdao floating uncomfortably near the span that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Konrad stated the Qingdao was being escorted by three tug boats, however wanted three extra to carry it underneath management.
The vessel was reportedly positioned “simply north” of the bridge.
“Coast Guard Vessel Visitors Service New York obtained a report from the M/V Qingdao round 8:30pm, Saturday, that the vessel had skilled a lack of propulsion within the Kill Van Kull waterway,” a Coast Guard spokesperson informed The Submit in an announcement Sunday.
“The vessel regained propulsion and was assisted to Stapleton Anchorage by tugs.”
The Kill Van Kull waterway is a slender 3-mile lengthy tidal strait separating Newark Bay — dwelling to the Pork Newark Container Terminal — and Higher New York Bay, and is likely one of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s busiest waterways.
The Coast Guard required the vessel’s propulsion system to be licensed that it had repaired and was absolutely operational.
The crew was additionally required to supply an in depth casualty report documenting exactly what contributed to the lack of propulsion.
After assembly these necessities, the vessel was allowed to renew its voyage to Charleston, South Carolina.
Regardless of the unsettling optical phantasm, the picture immediately brings to thoughts final month’s lethal Francis Scott Key Bridge catastrophe in Baltimore, by which six development employees had been killed when cargo ship Dali rammed one of many 1.9-mile bridge’s helps, sending it tumbling into the Patapsco River.
The collapse floor maritime transit to a halt within the important Port of Baltimore. Talking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday morning, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore stated it was “life like” that standard operations would resume on the waterway as early as Could.
“It’s an aggressive timeline, however we’re going to work across the clock to verify we hit this timeline,” Moore stated.
Alarmingly, the Dali additionally suffered lack of propulsion main as much as the Baltimore crash.
The Qingdao is registered in Malta and owned by French transport and logistics firm CMA CGM. It was certain for Norfolk, Virginia on the time it misplaced energy.
CMA CGM couldn’t be reached Sunday. Konrad didn’t reply to messages from The Submit searching for remark.
