Cooper River

Charleston Harbor Pilots avert potential box ship strike on bridge

The skill of Charleston Harbor Pilots may well have saved the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River from potentially suffering the same sort of fate as Baltimore’s Key Bridge.

The incident began yesterday when Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center watchstanders received a report at 12:17 p.m. from the Charleston Harbor Pilots dispatch of a containership, the MSC Michigan VII, experiencing a malfunction with the systems controlling its propulsion on the Cooper River while...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/charleston-harbor-pilots-avert-potential-box-ship-strike-on-bridge/

Bank effect eyed in $29.5 million tanker strike on pier

The “bank effect” was in play when the 49,662 dwt tanker Bow Triumph, operated by Odfjell Management, struck a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina, on September 5, 2022, the National Transportation Safety Board reports. The contact resulted in $29.5 million in damages. No pollution or injuries were reported.

Damage to the 600-foot Bow Triumph included a punctured bulbous bow and damage to side shell, frames, and stringers in way of the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/bank-effect-eyed-in-29-5-million-tanker-strike-on-pier/