How Safe Are Our Bay Area Waterways?
We’ll talk to maritime experts about our waterways and the safety protocols we have in place to prevent and react to disasters.
April 4, 2024
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Summary
Traveling across one of the bay’s many bridges, it’s normal to see a massive container ship heading to port or back out to sea. The recent crash of a cargo vessel into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge, an accident which killed six people and spilled thousands of gallons of oil, might lead you to ask: could that happen here? For example, in 2007, a container ship hit a Bay Bridge tower, which spurred the adaptation of improved safety systems. We’ll talk to maritime experts about our waterways and the safety protocols we have in place to prevent and react to disasters.
Guests:
Scott Humphrey, executive director of the Marine Exchange San Francisco Bay Area Region; chairman of the San Francisco Harbor Safety Committee
Captain Taylor Lam, captain of the Port for Northern California, US Coast Guard
Tony Munoz, publisher and editor in chief of The Maritime Executive
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