The most recent incident occurred on 5 April, less than two weeks after the Baltimore catastrophe. A huge container vessel suffered propulsion failure near a bridge linking New Jersey to New York.
The APL Qingdao — stretching over 1,100 feet — experienced engine failure while navigating a narrow Kill Van Kull passage underneath the Bayonne Bridge, which several thousands of commuters use daily.
Maritime chatter refers to it as a “dead...