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Baltimore bridge collapse has automakers scrambling at nation's biggest port for cars - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dragontamer to c/cars

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I didn't realize Baltimore was so important for the car market of the Midwest and East Coast. Apparently 800,000+ cars are delivered per year through the Port of Baltimore, but with the bridge collapse today it sounds like shipments could cause some car market issues for a swath of the country.

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[–] Fecundpossum 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I love my work. But like one of my old timer buddies says a lot “it’s amazing the kind of sketchy shit you get used to”.

[–] dragontamer 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This looks doubly dangerous, as the 1000+ ton crane is not just a big-ass crane, its also on water.

Lets hope for fair weather and good seas. They'll need all the stability that they can get!

This is the Chesapeak 1000, the 1000 ton capacity crane barge that's been conscripted to clean up the bridge debris.

[–] Fecundpossum 1 points 7 months ago

Oooooh super fucking cool. I’ve never been around a barge crane. I know guys that ran big crawlers on barges. Barge work is a whole different ball of wax. You have separate capacity charts to factor how much the barge lists when the crane is loaded. Giant brass balls on the guys doing that shit.