"Delta Mariner" collision: Ship in wrong channel? Saturday, 28.Jan.2012, 23:32 (GMT+3) Coast Guard officials said the "Delta Mariner" was in a
recreational channel with less clearance than the shipping channel it
should have used, where the lake depth is regularly maintained to allow
for such vessels to pass.
Coast Guard officials said the "Delta Mariner" was in a
recreational channel with less clearance than the shipping channel it
should have used, where the lake depth is regularly maintained to allow
for such vessels to pass.
When the vessel struck, it pulled down much of
a 322-foot span of the bridge.
Ship owner Foss Maritime said it’s too
early to say what caused the collision and that the ship made the trip
many times in the past 10 years and had an experienced captain and local
river pilot on board to help guide it.
It appeared there was no release of pollutants and no damage to its
cargo of rocket boosters used by Air Force, NASA and private companies
to send satellites into space.
The Transportation Cabinet checked if the
span of the bridge over the navigation channel can be passed under by
watercraft including barges that use the busy commercial waterway.
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