(Baltimore's Composite Electric) The Maryland government is preparing to launch cleaning operations at the collapse of the Baltimore Bridge, searching for the remains of the missing workers and the wreckage of the underwater bridge.
Moore Governor Moore Moore on Friday (March 29) said at the press conference after inspecting the disaster scene: "Close observation, you will realize how arduous this is."
Dali, a container of the Singapore flag, hit the "Francis Scott Key Bridge" of Baltimore's "Francis Scott Key Bridge", causing the bridge to collapse.On March 26, the cargo ship sailed along the Patapsco River to Sri Lanka. At 1:24 in the morning in the United States (1:24 pm in Singapore time), the cargo ship suddenly stopped and hit the pier after three minutes.The eight workers who carried out pothoral repair projects fell into the river. The two were rescued, and the body of the two was found.
Moore said that looking for the remains of the missing workers is the primary task, and the wreckage of thousands of tons is a difficult challenge.He said: "We cannot rebuild the bridge before clearing the wreckage. This will be a long road."
The cargo ship is equipped with thousands of containers and is trapped in the wreckage of the bridge.Moore pointed out that the length of the DALI is almost equivalent to the height of the Eiffel Tower, and it has a three or four thousand tons of steel.
Three heavy floating cranes have arrived in Barr's Port.Cammen Cava, a spokesman for the United States Coast Guard, said that the crane with a lifting of 1,000 tons may start picked up the wreckage in the water on the morning of the 30th.
Major General Xiangnon Gillris said: "We must set the right plan before we can remove the bridge into the size we can remove."Carry out: Disassemble the truss on the bridge to allow the ship to sail uniformly; lift the wreckage of the bridge on the container to remove the container ship; and clear the steel and concrete fragments on the river bed.
The Minister of Transport in Maryland, Wedfield, said that the Ministry of Communications has planned to start the construction of Xinqiao, "considering innovative design, engineering, and construction methods so that we can quickly deliver this project."
Within a few hours of Moore's request for emergency funds, the federal government allocated $ 60 million (about S $ 80.94 million) to Maryland on the 28th to remove emergency tasks such as wreckageThe importance of shipping and transportation.US President Biden said he would go to Baltimore to inspect the scene next week.
To build a new bridge, the capital must be approved by Congress.According to the data of the Economic Analysis Company IMPLAN, the cost of rebuilding the Baltimore Bridge was initially estimated to be $ 600 million.