#shipping infrastructure

[odinsblog]

The crew of a massive container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday warned of power issues before the collision, which caused the bridge to collapse into the frigid Patapsco River, officials said.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the warning from the ship’s crew likely saved lives.

“We’re thankful that between the mayday and the collapse, that we had officials who were able to begin to stop the flow of traffic so more cars were not on the bridge,” Moore said. He called those officials heroes.

Moore noted that the bridge was up to code at the time of the collapse. He said the collapse was a “shocking and heartbreaking” event for the people of Maryland who have used the bridge for 47 years.

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[femtien]

Remember boatstuck? Remember how it brought international shipping to its knees?

many similar choke points.

There’s so much work and coordination it takes to execute a genocide. It’s not something that just happens and the world is helpless to stop it. I need you to remember this as you sit there and excuse the world leaders. They claim helplessness while putting in an incredible amount of work to maintain and execute this violence.

[aroaceleovaldez]

i think the thing i'm most disappointed about with riordanverse fandom now versus like 2014 is not only has the fandom not gotten any less racist or queerphobic or ableist (in fact in some regards its gotten worse!) but now it's just boring too. like there's no fandom infrastructure anymore - the community these days is almost entirely source material-driven - and you deviate from canon even slightly people get weird about it. whatever happened to the post-HoO fanon boom. the fandom needs to get weirder again. and self-sufficient. and less offensive.

[unbfacts]

[supplyside]

LNG terminal

[alexanderpearce]

can you people start spreading that the treasurer of tasmania michael ferguson is going to resign or be vote of no confidanced as minister for infrastructure. i need to make it word on the street so that it comes true

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

just got a call for an interview and answered the phone with The worst voicecrack of my life, im Wheezing

[thenamesblurrito]

May we see O-3 with your coswave pairing?please and thank you ouo

did two of these since Soundwave doesn't have a mouth and also i've already made adult designs for Frumbles

Soundwave deigns to show Cosmos the stars for a few stolen moments and Cosmos thanks him with a surprise kiss. for once, Soundwave is still and quiet not from his internal bickering stalemate, but from shock

much, much later, after [major spoilers] upends the world and gives the twins some time to figure out who they are without being Soundwave, it's still easy to lose track of time with Cosmos. she still looks at the stars with the same wonder that's so encouraging to be around, and now maybe they can return the favor

[corvidaedream]

sometimes i get very passionate about my job and how important it can be to give an accurate history of a moment in american history that's frequently referenced but which the general public in america has a lot of misconceptions about

and other times i spend an unproductive day trying to explain outdated tax law to a child who isn't equipped to understand, but who is very intent on asking "why?" repeatedly and i think maybe i understand why this protest specifically gets misrepresented and glossed over in schools.

[worstloki]

I don’t think people realize how impressive it is that Palestinian resistance forces manually aim and fire at ground and air vehicles and hit them — or that they allegedly work their own production lines to have the weapons. Or that the Yemeni forces blockading the Bab al-Mandab didn’t lose the previous US-UK-EU-supported war against them.

[garthnadermemestash]

Too soon?

[just2bruce]

Carbon Capture for ships - current state

Some people think carbon capture onboard is going to be important in meeting emissions goals for ships. There is some entrepreneurship, and some interest by large oil producers and purveyors. However, many problems remain to be solved. There is essentially no ‘supply chain’ to handle the liquefied carbon product the ships produce onboard from running the carbon capture equipment. Liquid CO2 has…

[dougielombax]

Just how many canals in strategically significant locations are there?

Beyond the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal I mean.

I feel like I’m missing a few others.

[supplyside]

close maneuvers

[galliaestomnis]

Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard No. 112 (Судостроительное предприятие "Кра́сное Со́рмово"), is one of the oldest shipbuilding factories in Russia, located nearby Nizhny Novgorod.

Photo by me, edited with photoshop.