Not a civil engineer but I imagine 95k tonne doesn't stop on a dime.
They had plenty of speed on for steerage, for sure. Even with the loss of power I will expect that excess speed will be in the final accident investigation report.
I have witnessed what "I'm coming in hot" does with big ships.
We were working on a hazmat cleanup job, dredging mud from under the docks in the city waterway (now the Sitcum waterway) in Tacoma. It was tide work and we were tied up across the way on SeaLand's dock, with all the dredge pipe pulled over tight out of the way for the show that was about to happen.
Mansons 28" cutter suction dredge "The General" was digging for depth up the Blair waterway in hard sand. They had the discharge pipe running across the mouth of our waterway anchored down with big weights.
The pilot and captain of the ore hauler that was sitting in Commencement Bay was concerned about that pipe so they waited until high tide to get all the clearance possible.
About midnight, one of the two Crowley Marine tugs came to the dock and took the pilot out there.
They got underway and started making a lot of smoke heading our way. I bet they had 6 knots when they entered the 2800' long waterway!
John and I stepped up off the dredge, figuring that they might just swamp us in all the commotion.
The two ocean going tugs, not tractors mind you but straight screw tugs were made up bow and stern and that ship started backing down hard. They had to push hard to counteract the walk but had a heck of a time doing much else.
They came by our rig with about 20' to spare, washing our deck with prop wash, then he angled a bit more to clear the SeaLand D7 ahead of us. You could hear the prop blast coming up out of Sealand's hull like a drum beat.
Here is a D7 in the same spot on the dock.
They blew right past the ore crane on the dock and ran all the way to the end about 1200' beyond their berth, and right up to the Port of Tacoma offices. I don't know if they ran aground or not.
In the middle of all this the lady in the security truck said "you know you are too far" No shizzle captain obvious.
This frazzled voice comes back, just about breaking with emotion and says " we're doing the best we can!"
It took them an hour to get back to where they belonged. We were still tided out and just drank our coffee and watched the show.
A dolphin and fender guard does not have to stop the ship, it can sacrifice itself and deflect it. We have them all over protecting bridge abutments and things. That bridge was just naked. When they upgrade the port for the big containers they need to look at the whole picture.