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Yes, good catch bow thruster
So hard to say at this point. There would have been Master and Harbor Pilot at least on the bridge. Quite possibly a docking pilot also. Some there is a level of redundancy in the wheelhouse. However, here in the states, in many cases the pilot, not the master is in control of docking. While English is considered the universal maritime language, in many cases you have two people trying to cooperate when using a second language each is frankly lacking in. Just this week in the gulf I had to ask that the ship put another guy on the radio so I could understand the gibberish.
I just watched the video again. Several seconds before impact you’ll see black smoke coming from the stack. That would indicate throttle response at that time.
I mentioned above that the ship had been in shipyard previously. She is definitely still in what we call “shipyard light” condition. She’s empty of containers and that’s about the only time you will ever see a container ship empty. She’s likely also very light on fuel and ballast.
That’s a serious amount of cavitation at the prop. It’s not uncommon to see a boat handler get surprised by how she reacts in those circumstances.
It all comes down to an unfortunate set of circumstances that frankly could have been much worse. Did you see the car barely escape the falling crane?