http://netvouz.com/gcaptain/tag/sanfrancisco?feed=rss gcaptain's bookmarks tagged "sanfrancisco" on Netvouz http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/may-9-1980-tampa-skyway-bridge-disaster/ In light of the recent San Francisco Bay Bridge, ship allision here s a look at the nations worst maritime bridge disaster. gcaptain Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:53:13 GMT http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2007/11/container-ship-.html At 8:30 am this morning, the Cosco Busan, an 810-foot container ship, collided with the base of one of the towers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while the ship was under the control of a Bar Pilot. The crash created a huge gash in the side of the gcaptain Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:51:03 GMT http://www.flickr.com/photos/fetching/1993884853/ Photo of damage to the ship Cosco Busan taken after hitting San Francisco s Bay Bridge and spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel oil. gcaptain Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:07:53 GMT http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-and-san-francisco-oil-spill-photo-slideshow/ Images of the Cosco Busan and San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Clean-up courtesy of Flickr photographers in the Bay Area. gcaptain Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:22:19 GMT http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/13/MN1QTB4I2.DTL At some point, according to the automatic identification system, the ship steered left, away from the course that would take it to the channel between the two bridge towers.It is not clear why this happened. Sometimes, the seaman at the helm will misunder gcaptain Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:48:58 GMT