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| lanbuilder |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 12:31:50
A ship full of cranes 14 stories tsll is coming in.
http://www.wtop.com/1015/2910469/Bay-Bridge-set-to-close-Wednesday |
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| froggy3k |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 20:15:49
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Originally posted by Reel Antsy
Cranes are from China while steel plants in 3 states shut down...gotta love our state representatives.
http://dundalk.patch.com/blog_posts/2000-workers-laid-off-while-state-buy-cranes-from-china
http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/rg-s-sparrows-point-steel-plant-to-be-idled
Really sad. I have much more to say but I won't on a public forum. |
| Reel Antsy |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 17:17:21
Cranes are from China while steel plants in 3 states shut down...gotta love our state representatives.
http://dundalk.patch.com/blog_posts/2000-workers-laid-off-while-state-buy-cranes-from-china
http://dundalk.patch.com/articles/rg-s-sparrows-point-steel-plant-to-be-idled |
| Chesagansett |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 17:09:04
<<>..."Since they passed under the Bay Bridge headed for Baltimore they had to come in from the ocean end, not the C&D."...>>>
Mike, you're right. I had a "dee da dee" moment in thinking. Man, the heat is really getting to me today.
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| ranger42c |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 16:49:47
AIS says it made it to Bal'mer... no report on status of the Key Bridge, though 
It was anchored in an odd place all this last week... not exactly in the normal Annapolis anchorage area, but rather closer to Bloody Point...
-Chris
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| Easter |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 16:06:20
Saw the ship on the Bay yesterday anchored, impressive to look at.
I can't imagine it on heavy seas.
Sadly, the cranes were made in China and shipped here. They left April 14 and arrived in the Bay last week. Apparently cleared the Bay Bridge by 6 feet! Next is the Key Bridge going into Baltimore. |
| rnbenton |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 14:48:04
I wonder how high the roll center is for that vessel/load.
Bob
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| MikeeH |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 14:44:11
Since they passed under the Bay Bridge headed for Baltimore they had to come in from the ocean end, not the C&D. |
| j-d |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 14:35:07
We were part of the escort for deliveries of container cranes to two new terminals in Jacksonville FL. Ours came in on special barges and passed under the "Dames Point" (N.B.Broward) bridge over the St. Johns River. Dames Point has a 175-foot vertical clearance. They had a spotter on top of one of the cranes when they passed under at low tide and he was ablet to touch the bottom of the bridge. |
| Chesagansett |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 13:36:12
I heard on the traffic report thatthey stopped traffic on the Ches bay bridge beause they thought it wold distract drivers, as well as it was going to be a tight fit under the bridge.
Where were these things coming from? They couldn't have come through the C&D Canal from areas such as Philly or from the Atlantic, becuse the clearance on the bridges on the C&D are quite a bit less than the Ches Bay bridge.
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| froggy3k |
Posted - Jun 20 2012 : 13:22:50
Looks cool.
"zoom in on the Chesapeake Bay to find the Zhen Hua 13......"
I certainly hope they weren't made in China!
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