The Dali was lower than half-hour into its deliberate 27-day journey when the ship bumped into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.
The ship, which was crusing beneath the Singaporean flag, was on its technique to Sri Lanka and was presupposed to arrive there on April 22, in accordance with VesselFinder, a ship monitoring web site.
The Dali, which is almost 1,000 ft lengthy, left the Baltimore port round 1 a.m. Jap on Tuesday. The ship had two pilots onboard, in accordance with a press release by its house owners, Grace Ocean Funding. There have been 22 crew members on board, the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore stated in a press release. There have been no experiences of any accidents, Grace Ocean stated.
Earlier than heading off on its voyage, the Dali had returned to the US from Panama on March 19, harboring in New York. It then arrived on Saturday in Baltimore, the place it spent two days within the port.
Maersk, the transport big, stated in a press release on Tuesday that it had chartered the vessel, which was carrying Maersk cargo. No Maersk crew and personnel have been onboard, the assertion stated, including that the corporate was monitoring the investigations being carried out by the authorities and by Synergy Group, the corporate that was working the vessel.
“We are horrified by what has happened in Baltimore, and our thoughts are with all of those affected,” the Maersk assertion stated.
The Dali was in-built 2015 by the South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries. The next yr, the ship was concerned in a minor incident when it hit a stone wall at the port of Antwerp. The Dali sustained harm on the time, however nobody was injured.
