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+== Loose Wire on Containership Dali Leads to Blackouts and Contact with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge ==
+/18/2025
+Blackouts led to loss of steering and propulsion on 984-foot-long vessel
+WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2025) -- The NTSB said Tuesday that a single loose wire on the 984-foot-long containership Dali caused an electrical blackout that led to the giant vessel veering and contacting the nearby Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which then collapsed, killing six highway workers.
+At Tuesday’s public meeting at NTSB headquarters, investigators said the loose wire in the ship’s electrical system caused a breaker to unexpectedly open -- beginning a sequence of events that led to two vessel blackouts and a loss of both propulsion and steering near the 2.37-mile-long Key Bridge on March 26, 2024. Investigators found that wire-label banding prevented the wire from being fully inserted into a terminal block spring-clamp gate, causing an inadequate connection.
+After the initial blackout, the Dali’s heading began swinging to starboard toward Pier 17 of the Key Bridge. Investigators found that the pilots and the bridge team attempted to change the vessel’s trajectory, but the loss of propulsion so close to the bridge rendered their actions ineffective. A substantial portion of the bridge subsequently collapsed into the river, and portions of the pier, deck and truss spans collapsed onto the vessel’s bow and forwardmost container bays.
+A seven-person road maintenance crew and one inspector were on the bridge when the vessel struck. Six of the highway workers died. The NTSB found that the quick actions of the Dali pilots, shoreside dispatchers and the Maryland Transportation Authority to stop bridge traffic prevented greater loss of life.
+https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx
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 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ironton-shipwreck-lake-huron-180981741/
+===== Edmund Fitzgerald =====
+== These men dove to the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck decades ago. They share their stories ==
+Jamie L. LaReau - November 2, 2025 / Updated November 6, 2025 7:38 PM ET
+Terrence Tysall was carrying everything he needed to stay alive on his back one September day in 1995 as he jumped into Lake Superior and started his death-defying descent, traveling more than 500 feet through dark, 34-degree water to the bottom.
+When Tysall and his diving partner, Mike Zlatopolsky, made it to the clay floor of Lake Superior, their high-powered, cave-diving lights illuminated the port side — the left side of the ship facing the front — of the wreckage that was once the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
+The Edmund Fitzgerald — a 729-foot-long freighter, once the largest on the Great Lakes — sank about 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan during a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1975. All 29 crew members on board died. Their bodies were never recovered.
+Once he reached the wreckage, Tysall swam around the ship and suddenly did something that, to this day, he told the Free Press he is not sure why he did it.
+"I just reached out with both of my gloved hands and I gripped the rim," he said. "I’m a touching-learning kind of guy, so with me grabbing that rail, it made it so real to me that, 'Oh my gosh, I’m the first living hand to touch this rail since she sank.' It was a very special moment. That’s when it stopped being a logistical endeavor. This is a grave, and this is a privilege to be here.”
+Privilege, indeed, for Tysall and Zlatopolsky, because they are the only two people to ever scuba dive to the wreck. Before them, only a handful of people had gone down to the Edmund Fitzgerald, and they did it in submersibles — underwater vehicles, manned or unmanned, that require a support ship as opposed to self-sufficient submarines.
+https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/11/02/edmund-fitzgerald-wreck-diving/86752517007/
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 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-recover-ancient-shipwreck-that-sank-2600-years-ago-off-the-coast-of-spain-180985778/
+===== Svaelget 2 =====
+== Archaeologists Uncover Gigantic Medieval Ship With Features Seen Only on Paper ==
+The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations.
+Margherita Bassi - January 14, 2026
+Maritime archaeologists in Denmark have discovered a gargantuan medieval ship off the coast of Copenhagen.
+The vessel, named Svaelget 2, is the world’s largest known cog—a merchant ship in the Middle Ages (another term for the medieval era) that revolutionized trade. Its extraordinary preservation is shedding light not just on the ship and its trade context, but on the lives of those that sailed aboard it.
+Svaelget 2 is around 92 feet (28 meters) long, 19.7 feet (6 meters) high, and 29.5 feet (9 meters) wide. It was probably capable of hauling 300 tons of cargo, according to the team’s estimates. The existence of this ship hints at a fixed, consistent system of trade throughout Northern Europe.
+“A ship with such a large cargo capacity is part of a structured system where merchants knew there was a market for the goods they carried. Svælget 2 is a tangible example of how trade developed during the Middle Ages,” Otto Uldum, excavation leader and maritime archaeologist at the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark, said in a museum statement. What’s more, “It required a society that could finance, build and equip these enormous ships that served the Middle Ages’ need for export and import over great distances.”
+https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-uncover-gigantic-medieval-ship-with-features-known-only-from-historical-records-2000710146
+== Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That’s the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found ==
+Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the “Svaelget 2” is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts say the 600-year-old discovery is “exceptionally well-preserved”
+Sonja Anderson
+Sonja Anderson - January 12, 2026
+Forty feet below the waves of Oresund, the strait between Denmark and Sweden, researchers have discovered the wreckage of a 600-year-old ship. Extravagantly outfitted and remarkably preserved, it’s a medieval cargo vessel also known as a cog. Experts say it’s the largest ship of its kind ever found.
+Maritime archaeologists from Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum came across the shipwreck while surveying the seabed. According to a statement from the museum, the silt-covered vessel—called Svaelget 2—measures about 92 feet long, 30 feet wide and 20 feet tall. Experts estimate its cargo capacity was 300 tons.
+“The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology,” says archaeologist Otto Uldum, the leader of the excavation, in the statement. “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages.”
+https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-unearthed-a-massive-medieval-cargo-ship-thats-the-largest-vessel-of-its-kind-ever-found-180987984/
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 https://singularityhub.com/2023/02/17/wind-powered-cargo-ships-are-the-future-debunking-4-myths-that-stand-in-the-way-of-cutting-emissions/
+===== Neoliner Origin =====
+== World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing ==
+MI News Network - October 31, 2025
+The world’s largest cargo sailboat, Neoliner Origin, completed its first transatlantic voyage on 30 October despite damage to one of its sails during the journey.
+The 136-metre-long vessel had to rely partly on its auxiliary motor and its remaining sail after the aft sail was damaged in a storm shortly after departure.
+The French-built roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargo ship, which has two semi-rigid sails, first stopped at Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas territory near Canada, before continuing its journey to Baltimore in the United States.
+Neoline, the company behind the project, said the damage reduced the vessel’s ability to perform fully on wind power. The company’s CEO, Jean Zanuttini, said the crossing was a valuable experience in handling large sail surfaces across the North Atlantic, especially during late-season storms. He added that despite the difficulties, the ship showed strong resilience by reaching its destination with only a short delay in Saint Pierre.
+https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/worlds-largest-cargo-sailboat-completes-historic-first-atlantic-crossing/
+== World's Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing ==
+Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday November 08, 2025 11:34AM
+Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from Marine Insight:
+<blockquote>
+The world's largest cargo sailboat, Neoliner Origin, completed its first transatlantic voyage on 30 October despite damage to one of its sails during the journey. The 136-metre-long vessel had to rely partly on its auxiliary motor and its remaining sail after the aft sail was damaged in a storm shortly after departure... Neoline, the company behind the project, said the damage reduced the vessel's ability to perform fully on wind power...
+The Neoliner Origin is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 90 percent compared to conventional diesel-powered cargo ships. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global shipping produces about 3 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions...
+The ship can carry up to 5,300 tonnes of cargo, including containers, vehicles, machinery, and specialised goods. It arrived in Baltimore carrying Renault vehicles, French liqueurs, machinery, and other products. The Neoliner Origin is scheduled to make monthly voyages between Europe and North America, maintaining a commercial cruising speed of around 11 knots.
+</blockquote>
+https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/1759258/worlds-largest-cargo-sailboat-completes-historic-first-atlantic-crossing