Larger ships don’t necessarily increase accident rates, but the damage they cause can be more catastrophic. The massive container ship that toppled Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge isn’t anywhere ...
Since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in Baltimore after a nearly 1,000-foot-long ship lost power and crashed into a pillar last month, engineering experts have raised questions about whether ...
There is still a lot we don’t know about Tuesday’s shipping accident in Baltimore that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Six people are presumed dead and federal investigators have recovered the ...
Since 2006, the average container ship has doubled in size to 4,580 TEU and ships with a capacity of more than 12,000 TEU has accounted for 51% of the fleet’s capacity expansion. Today, just 626 ships ...