This large cargo ship is responsible for Baltimore bridge collapse A similar incident was reported on Tuesday USA Today.
The large container ship Dali, operated by Singaporean company Synergy Marine Group, hit a loading dock in Antwerp in 2016 while trying to leave the port, the newspaper reported. Although the bow was damaged, no one was injured as a result of the incident. An investigation blamed errors that led to the crash on the ship’s pilot and captain.
“USA Today” information comes from VesselFinder.com.
Dali Impact on the Francis Scott Key Bridge Early Tuesday morning near Baltimore, Maryland. The bridge across the Patapsco River later collapsed.At least two people were rescued during the incident, and six are currently missing. and presumed dead. Several cars fell into the river when the bridge collapsed. The ship had left the Port of Baltimore bound for Sri Lanka when the accident occurred.
Conspiracy theories have spread online since the crash, with conservative pundits and commentators claiming that someone may have orchestrated some nefarious plot that led to the crash.some have It is speculated that the ship may have been hackedbut there is no evidence to support this.
Little is known about what happened to the ship that caused it to turn toward the bridge. The ship is said to have lost power before hitting a pillar supporting the bridge.
Clay Diamond, executive director of the American Pilots Association, spoke about the collision in an interview with USA Today, noting the “unusual” nature of the event: “It’s something that almost every pilot in the country could experience. There has been some form of outage (but) it’s usually temporary,” Diamond said. “There was a complete power outage to all the power on the ship, so that’s very unusual. Of course, it happened in the worst possible place.”
Gizmodo reached out to Synergy Marine Group for comment and will update this story if we hear back.