Officials in Singapore say they will conduct their own investigation into the bridge collapse, in addition to supporting U.S. authorities. The ship that struck the bridge, the Dali, was traveling under a Singaporean flag. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said Wednesday it was working...
Vessel involved in separate incident in 2016 The Singapore-flagged ship was previously involved in a minor incident when it hit a quay at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium in 2016, according to maritime accident site Shipwrecklog. Image:In 2016 the Dali hit...
Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it
"We will remain in close contact with federal, state, and local entities that are carrying out rescue efforts as we continue to assess and respond to this tragedy," said Governor Wes Moore, who declared a state of emergency...
"Between the mayday and the collapse that we … that we had officials that were able to … to begin to stop the flow of traffic, so more cars would not end up on the bridge, which saved lives in a very, very heroic way," Moore said at a news conference. ...
The White House said on Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden "has been briefed on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and the ongoing search and rescue efforts," adding that he "will continue to receive updates from his team throughout the day." ...
Professor Barbara Rossi, an expert in engineering science at the University of Oxford, said the impacting force of the cargo ship must have been "immense" to lead to the collapse of the concrete structures underpinning the bridge. "We should not speculate around if such huge impact forces shoul...
The MV Dali, a Singapore-flagged neopanamax container ship, had been grounded in the main shipping channel of Baltimore Harbor since striking the bridge on March 26. Six construction workers on the bridge at the timedied in the collapse. ...
'Huge implications' as collapse forces busy port to close Two possible causes for the catastrophe Image:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a ship collision. Pic: Raws Alerts What does the footage show? Dramatic video shows the cargo vessel approaching the bridge...
Officials said everyone known to be missing in the wake of the collapse was part of the construction crew working on the bridge when the ship crashed into it. They were from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico, mostly in their 30s and 40s, and have spouses and children in Dundalk...