The ship that struck and destroyed a Baltimore bridge this week has a chequered history, including at least one earlier collision and propulsion worries.
on Tuesday, but the ship issued a mayday call two minutes before impact saying it had lost steering and video footage showed nearly all of its lights going off shortly before impact.
In 2016, the Dali hit a stone wall berth at the Port of Antwerp during unmooring manoeuvres, according to VesselFinder. The vessel, which was built in 2015, suffered damage but remained afloat. The ship was then repaired.reported that the ship was sold to Singapore-based Grace Ocean after that accident. The company wasn’t immediately available for comment.
The vessel also passed two separate foreign port inspections in June and September of last year, although a faulty monitor gauge for fuel pressure was fixed before the ship departed port. A London-based spokesman for Synergy Marine said the ship had about 4900 containers on board at the time of the latest accident. Company executives were travelling to the site to assess the situation.The container ship Dali in 2016.
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