BALTIMORE: The cargo ship Dali was in the spotlight after the serious accident that collapsed the 2.57 km long Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, state of Maryland, United States, yesterday Tuesday (26 March).
The cargo ship is known to have been recently built and is confirmed to be Singapore-flagged.
Built by Hyundai Korea shipyard in 2015, the ship is 300 meters long, 48 meters wide and 24.8 meters high, with a gross displacement of 95,000 tons, making it a medium-sized cargo ship.
The ship departed the port of Baltimore at 1 a.m. local time Tuesday for a roughly one-month journey to Colombo, Sri Lanka, according to the Marine Traffic website.
The unlucky ship then hit the bridge at 01.28.
It is known that the ship is owned by Grace Ocean Pte Ltd which is based in Singapore. The company is owned by a Hong Kong group, and is carrying containers on behalf of Danish shipping giant Maersk.
Synergy Marine, the Singaporean company that operates the Dali, said the ship was being controlled by two Baltimore harbor captains when the accident occurred.
According to the latest news from the port of Singapore, there were no injuries to the 22 crew members.
Synergy also added that no leaks were detected.
Dali frequently connects Asian ports with the East Coast of the United States, and passed through the Panama Canal on March 13 before stopping in New York, Norfolk, and finally in Baltimore.
This was not Dali’s first accident. In 2016, shortly after its inauguration, the Dali accidentally crashed into a dock in the Belgian port of Antwerp, according to the websites Vessel Finder and Shipwrecklog.
According to Marine Traffic, the ship can store up to 8,344 cubic meters (2.2 million gallons) of fuel. In terms of insurance, this ship is insured by Britannia which is based in England.
