Where were the tug boats?
It’s just one of the questions that makes me wonder. When I was in the Navy serving on a far smaller ship—a destroyer, about 300 feet in length—tugs were aways around whenever we were departing or entering the harbor. And the distance to the open sea from our berth was a lot shorter than the Baltimore harbor.
My thought is that the tugs might have been able to prevent the cargo ship from ramming the bridge after losing power. Tugs are needed anyway to maneuver the ship into and out of its berth. It’s beyond my understanding why there were no tugs as the ship was sailing under the destroyed bridge
Or perhaps tugs couldn’t have done anything. Redirecting a ship of that size has to be a gigantic endeavor, possibly beyond the abilities of the tugs.
I’m confident that the National Transportation Safety Board will find the answer. The NTSB, in my view, is the most competent of all federal agencies.