This Ship Ran Aground!?

The Mark W. Barker was sailing on the Detroit River when it experienced a power and maneuverability failure and in turn ran aground.

#ship #greatlakes #maritime

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NONE OF THE PHOTOS IN THIS VIDEO ARE MINE OR BELONG TO ME

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[beaurex]

It's shocking to think this is the first large Great Lakes vessel since 1981. When I was a child, the Detroit River was the busiest waterway in the world.

[TOTALCAMARO]

Thank you for updating us on the outcome. I just seen the morning news report. Keep up the good work 😊

[mikeynth]

I've been on the Detroit River for many years and seen quite a few groundings. Outside of the channels it gets shallow fast.

[halfmil]

The Mark Barker sounds a lot like "McBarker"- Mr Magoo's dog.
Who was steering the ship?
Magoo, you've done it again!

[jamieo]

New subscriber. Excellent content and photographs. New does not mean proven. Life will go on. Amazing the ship traffic on the Great Lakes. Thank you for your video!!🇺🇸

[adriannegrillo]

Very nice Connor! Kudos to the tug! Way to go!

[markwhite]

The fact that all it's technologies are new is probably why it lost power. Maybe the tier exhaust gas treatment system malfunctioned. Maybe one of the 18, 000 engine sensors malfunctioned. Our push for green solutions has drastically degraded reliability of new diesels.

[HahnJames]

Wow! I had not heard about this but, I don't live in the Detroit area anymore having moved upstate. If you had to ground a ship, the north side of Belle Isle would be a good choice. It's not rocky there at all. It catches a lot of silt sent down river from Lake St. Clair. I am looking forward to your next video!

[jimkinner]

I wonder why they didn't use the bow thrusters to keep the boat offshore until a tug could reach them? Maybe they were out as well?

[biscayne]

I heard the check engine light came on.

[davedrouillard]

surprised this does not happen every week...giant ships & tiny channels..saw 2 ships side by side off grosse isle years ago the one ships props were throwin mud it was so close to the drop

[JH_]

The problem will likely turn out to be rather unexciting. Like other modern modes of transport, this ship has countless fly-by-wire technologies and I suspect something in the controls, etc., had a "relatively" minor failure causing loss of navigation or engine control.

[deletedscenes]

This video is pretty cool, best video so far!!!!

[northstarstatepolitics]

Hate to see it. On the bright side, there was no damage, no environmental damage, and traffic was able to sail through with zero issues. So, overall, not the worst grounding in the world.

Although it is kind of embarassing to Interlake considering thats their second boat to ground this year.

[wardcollins]

Loss of power? It makes me wonder what kind of emissions are on the engine, big diesels seem to suffer a lot from these issues, even to the point that a little $5.00 hose will cause a loss of power, and it can look perfectly fine, a semi I drove had such an issue and the dealer would reset the computer and I would drive about 100 miles and it would derate, it cost me more then $2000.00 to find that a little rubber hose that looked fine that cost $5.00 was the problem pluse many hours setting in a shop.

[idt]

Nice excuse. Captain thought the amusement park was open and told they crew they were going to have some shore time.

[aaronbuckel]

Is it a "green" vessel? Maybe the batteries died?

[jamesnelson]

Look at the bright side... at least she's not the TITANIC.

[beyondmiddleagedman]

Being new I'm not surprised it failed. It will be chock-a-block full of computers and electronics integrated by carpet baggers with long promises and no experience or understanding. Just like new cars and trains. (Hey Amtrak! How is that computerized Siemens stuff working out?)

[terryken]

Being built in the last year is not necessarily a good thing as nothing is built worth a damn anymore.