Was the Evergreen incident really an accident?
The recorded track says "no".
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Anybody notice how the ship hugs the left bank before turning right to maximize the blockage?
Yeah, just saw that. Would seem to indicate they were attempting to ram it into the right bank. And all was well up until that point so the loss of power excuse I heard doesn't seem plausible.
I don't know much about these huge container ships, but can't the rudder still be operated theoretically without power if you use a large enough gear ratio? You would think it would be the sort of failsafe that you should plan to include in your design...
No... No no no. Your sense of scale is way off. There are a couple of the biggest hydraulic pumps you can imagine moving that rudder. It can be manually pumped from the engine room. Very slowly.
Edit: at a glace this looks to be a similar sized container ship:
https://www.damenmc.com/en/projects/5x20000-teu-container-vessels-for-cosco-containers
So if it can be manually pumped in the engine room then theoretically the ship's course could have been maintained and this was either ineptitude or done purposefully.