Pilot on leave, navigation rules under review after ship hits Calif. bridge

摘要

Changes in best practices for vessels in San Francisco Bay have been proposed after an oil tanker struck a bridge tower. The bar pilot who was guiding Overseas Reymar has been placed on administrative leave after the 752-foot vessel ran into a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Jan. 7, damaging the fender system. Unbeknownst to the pilot, a radar beacon that guides ships through the bridge span was not functioning.