The ship was only drifting because it lost power.
That's not unheard of, it was just at a bad time and place.



Ships don't "have crews".
Crews are employees, but also kind of free agents.
Individually, they sign contracts for a period of time. 90 days...ish.
They fly in wherever they are gonna meet the ship, and relieve the outgoing member.
Who then flies home.
Crew members constantly rotate. In small numbers, so that there is never a new
crew. Or an old one.

Mariners, work through a union or a big company. They aren't attached to a ship
for any longer than a contract. A 20 year old guy could work a lifetime and never end up on his first ship again. Or, could see it often.

There is a very good chance that there were completely different crews on the ship for every incident. Just one of the reasons sailors believe in bad ships.



It had tugs were normally needed.
It had two pilots.
Tugs along side may have saved it, 10 pilots can't re-power a drifting ship in two minutes.
I'd bet tugs will be required near certain Baltimore bridges in the future.

This ain't hard.
Unless poor maintenance is found, this was an accident.








If you belive everything we see and hear.

Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!