Play video to 24:00 minutes past the hour. Ship has barely entered frame, external lights on, no visible exhaust, however has already started turning according to track at 24:54.
External lights off (not all lights off though) at video 24:33 past the hour. On the track at 25:27, ship continues to noticeably turn. Does not seem to slow down, does not seem to strafe.
Lights back on at video 25:31, 10 seconds after lights come back on there is now visible exhaust, this exhaust will remain. Lights off again at video 26:37. Following track 26:25 to 27:31, the ship does not slow down, and does not begin to strafe, but seems to continue turning, in the video and the track.
Lights go back off at video 26:37 and back on at video 27:10. During this time track 27:31 to 28:04 continues to show no noticeable decrease in speed, and seems to barely turn at all.
At approximately track 28:50 ship appears to begin to slow down. That would be video 27:56. Despite the decrease in speed from video 27:56, ship does not appear to actually begin turning away until approximately video 28:35.
Fine I will be that guy.
https://rumble.com/v4lkzli-cargo-ship-appears-to-turn-toward-bridge-support-before-trying-to-turn-away.html (play at quarter speed to get close to real-time) and https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-76.533/centery:39.225/zoom:17 (playback track) Video Impact 28:44. Track impact approximately 29:38. Delta 54 seconds.
Play video to 24:00 minutes past the hour. Ship has barely entered frame, external lights on, no visible exhaust, however has already started turning according to track at 24:54.
External lights off (not all lights off though) at video 24:33 past the hour. On the track at 25:27, ship continues to noticeably turn. Does not seem to slow down, does not seem to strafe.
Lights back on at video 25:31, 10 seconds after lights come back on there is now visible exhaust, this exhaust will remain. Lights off again at video 26:37. Following track 26:25 to 27:31, the ship does not slow down, and does not begin to strafe, but seems to continue turning, in the video and the track.
Lights go back off at video 26:37 and back on at video 27:10. During this time track 27:31 to 28:04 continues to show no noticeable decrease in speed, and seems to barely turn at all.
At approximately track 28:50 ship appears to begin to slow down. That would be video 27:56. Despite the decrease in speed from video 27:56, ship does not appear to actually begin turning away until approximately video 28:35.
According to https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8574680 at approximately 01:24 local, tide was lowest at 1.79ft. Wind was 0.19kn gusting to 0.78kn from NW.
How steering works on container ships and the amount of analogue redundancies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-wFfPm37U
More details of bridge equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tgmH4rZTL8
According to https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2909694 the DALI has a DWT of approximately 116,000 tons. According to http://1worldenergy.com/ship-sizes-speeds-voyage-times-maritime-regulations/ that would make it most likely a panamax, reinforced by recent port call according to https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9697428
Code of Maryland Regulations Title 08 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Subtitle 18 - BOATING-SPEED LIMITS AND OPERATION OF VESSELS : https://regulations.justia.com/states/maryland/title-08/subtitle-18/
I pictured you watching this on a different screen and typing out what you were seeing.
Accurate.