Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016
Source: The Guardian
Tue 26 Mar 2024 08.17 EDT
The same vessel that hit the Baltimore Key Bridge on Tuesday, destroying it and sending people and vehicles tumbling into the water, was also involved in a collision while leaving the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016.
According to Vessel Finder and the maritime incident archive Shipwrecklog, the Dali a 948ft (290-meter) cargo ship with a capacity of 10,000 containers was leaving the container terminal of Antwerp heading to Bremerhaven. As it did so, its bow reportedly swung around, causing the stern to scrape the side of the quay, significantly damaging several meters of the hull.
The ship was reportedly detained by authorities afterward and docked in Deurganckdok, Belgium. There were reportedly no injuries or adverse pollution. According to Vessel Finder the weather was fine at the time, and the incident was reportedly blamed on the ships master and pilot on board.
It is unclear what crew were aboard the ship. Vessel Finder said at the time that the ship, which was built in South Korea in 2015 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, was owned by the Greek company Oceanbulk Maritime but was chartered by Maersk.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/baltimore-bridge-ship-previous-collision-antwerp-2016
Prairie Gates
(1,010 posts)from time to time. It scraped the quay.
Kind of silly as pattern building.
Turbineguy
(37,337 posts)The ship was under Marshall Islands flag back then.
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)more than the history of the ship. Unless it is a design flaw
Wouldn't it be safer to have those giant ships load/unload outside of any bridges at ports they use?
intheflow
(28,476 posts)To recreate them in a way that would be outside of bridges would mean costly development of new ports directly on coastlines, and honestly, no one in their right mind would do that kind of major commercial development someplace that is likely to wash away in the next 50 years of climate change.
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)but I just saw another post that this ship was involved in 3 deadly incidents the last several years. How many other accidents like this happen? Getting a giant boat steered through an old, small port could be like threading a needle!
It already costs a lot to transport goods. I wonder how much more it would cost if the ships anchored further out and smaller boats transferred the cargo to land?
intheflow
(28,476 posts)doesn't seem like reason enough to completely redo the entire system of US ports. This is on that ship, the people who are steering it, and the company they represent. I'm not seeing stories about how this type of ship has a history of navigational systems (they might come out, but so far, no). This bridge has withstood 50 years of no serious accidents, and certainly no collapse. I don't think one major accident, with a ship and company that has a history of accidents, is the fault of the port placement.
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)I see many things that might getting done, but not getting done well. My personal outlook sees more events like this happening across the infrastructure. There have been several barge collisions on the Ohio Rive. No matter where they happen, they make the local news. An overpass on I77 by Parkersburg, WV was damaged by a truck a couple years ago, and it took months for both lanes to reopen. May as well look ahead and see what preventative measures could be put in place
Wicked Blue
(5,834 posts)by Boeing
Kennah
(14,273 posts)cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)EX500rider
(10,849 posts)....Capt maybe but as the ship has changed hands maybe not and not sure a power loss is his fault, whether or not they had time to drop the anchor will be the issue but prepared for sea & not anchoring that may not have been a quick task.