Big Ship, Tight Space
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With a clearance of about 226 feet (69 m) between Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) and the span underside of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, there’s usually plenty of room for the world’s biggest ships to pass through on their way to the Port of Oakland. But when one of those ships is loaded with three of the world’s tallest container cranes, maybe there’s not enough room … or maybe there is. The job of deciding fell to Dave Murtha, the Port’s chief surveyor.
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