A local pilot tells Fairplay he is not surprised the Busan hit the support pillar of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.rn'The tide runs like gangbusters there and the loaded ship was exiting the Outer Oakland harbour channel, controlling depth 38ft.rn"So the vessel would have been proceeding at dead slow down the channel and meeting the current beam on and trying to make a turn into the current so as to pass under the bridge. There is not enough sea room to make the turn under those conditions.
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