Nick Sloane of Costa Concordia fame has the engineering expertise to fix Baltimore disaster
02 April 2024 - 14:19
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Demolition crews cut the top portion of the north side of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge into smaller sections for safe removal by crane in the Patapsco River, in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on March 30, 2024. Picture: US COAST GUARD/KIMBERLY REAVES/HANDOUT via REUTERS
The loss of life is unfortunate and we give thanks it was not worse. Given the port’s economic importance there is no time to lose in getting things back on track.
A heavy lift barge is required to lift the superstructure off the container ship so that tugs can tow it back to port. The bridge can then be lifted, sectioned and removed.
The sooner the main channel is cleared the sooner the port can be back in business. It’s not rocket science, it’s engineering, and Nick Sloane of Costa Concordia fame is good at it.
SA to the rescue?
Bernard Benson Parklands
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Nick Sloane of Costa Concordia fame has the engineering expertise to fix Baltimore disaster
The collapse of the Baltimore harbour bridge made for dramatic television (“Governor pleads for federal funding to get Baltimore bridge rebuilt,” April 1).
The loss of life is unfortunate and we give thanks it was not worse. Given the port’s economic importance there is no time to lose in getting things back on track.
A heavy lift barge is required to lift the superstructure off the container ship so that tugs can tow it back to port. The bridge can then be lifted, sectioned and removed.
The sooner the main channel is cleared the sooner the port can be back in business. It’s not rocket science, it’s engineering, and Nick Sloane of Costa Concordia fame is good at it.
SA to the rescue?
Bernard Benson
Parklands
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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