On Tue, 08 May 2007 14:00:49 -0400,
wrote:


Cranes onboard ship -- note for scale that this is a 788 foot long
ship. The accident related happened during the ship turning around in
the river. It struck a dredge that had anchored outside of the
channel. Oooops....

As long as the Plimsoll Lines have not been exceeded the ship was not
overloaded. Unlikely that it would have left port if that was the
case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_line

Top heavy? Maybe, but that's a different issue. I'd guess that was
carefully calculated in advance.