Containership Dali IMO 9697428 destroyed bridge in Baltimore

[Peter S. aus N]

Early Tuesday  morning the Containership Dali IMO 9697428 hit and destroyed  the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Maryland. The bridge collapsed.
The ship was on the way from Baltimore to Sri Lanka.

source of Picture: German t-online
Peter

[Rick Vince]

https://youtu.be/vZLctAD7Sic?si=iuOntJflAeDoI2vT

Vessel suffered a complete black out at 1 min 21'' to 2 min 21'', vessel appears to slow down and veer to starboard.
3 min 25'' another complete blackout.
Circa 4 min 10'' foremast light seen to be on, up until point of collision.

[jimmcquarrie]

Hey guys-Did Dali have a camera on Foremast

[Stephen Chester]

This accident amazes me. Here in Auckland New Zealand we have a harbour bridge. Any ship wishing to go under the bridge to the upper harbour wharves must have a pilot, and tugs attached bow and stern. You would think they would do the same thing in a country as advanced as the USA.

[jack2]

More info:https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/03/26/francis-scott-key-bridge-video-aftermath-cohen-vpx.cnn

[csaba]

How come there was no tugboat escort? We always had tugboats escorting us and we were smaller ship.

[Timsen]

The tugs assisted during the departure. The ship was well underway when the blackout occurred.

[victor radio74]

But, in my opinion of course, the tugs should assist till overtaking the bridge, some 2.4 miles

[Stephen Chester]

As I said, in Auckland ships are not allowed to proceed under the bridge unless they have a two tug escort, to stop an incident like this from happening.

[Yvon Perchoc]

Was the ship changing fuel (0.1 to 0.5 %) when the black-out occured ?

[MattB]

They change fuel !!!!?

Wow - who'd have thought ! Everyday's a school day for me.

Does anyone know the name of the mega-barge that's being organised (capable of lifting 1000 tons) as said by the USMC of Engineers guy on news ?

[Kyle Stubbs]

MattB,

It has been reported that the heavy-lift crane barge en route to the site is Donjon Marine's CHESAPEAKE 1000:
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2521355

The 500-ton capacity derrick barge WEEKS 533 has also been reported en route, as well:
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1466844

[Mafioso]

Let no one get mad. but they said this:

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I publish there because it is a place where you can publish everything without COPYRIGHT.

But now I see this and then?

I post the DALI boat here with my info?

[Timsen]

The website of the Unified Command:
https://www.keybridgeresponse2024.com/