From its Vessel Traffic Center, the Coast Guard oversees ship activity and safety threats by using a technology called Automatic Identification System, or AIS.
SEATTLE — After a container ship crashed into a support for the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse, officials said the vessel had lost power and control.
“Our hearts go out to our colleagues in Baltimore,” said Washington State Department of Transportation Communications Manager RB McKeon.
In Washington state, the Puget Sound is no stranger to big vessels. Which may prompt the question: What’s the likelihood that something equally as tragic could
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