Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore Md.

[TrapperBR549]

Here it is on vesselfinder. Click the 'track' icon bottom of ship picture to see its tracking.

DALI Current position (Container Ship, IMO 9697428) - VesselFinder

DALI last position is 26 N, 121 E heading to Yangshan Deep-Water with speed of 16.3 knots. TRACK ON MAP...

www.vesselfinder.com

That is pretty neat. I assumed the ship was heading into the harbor but that looks like it was leaving?

 

[6BRA]

They have not stated that the speed was abnormal. This bridge being dropped blocks the port and traps the ships that are in there.

Sometimes things just happen. Always trying to blame someone or ascribe a political reason shows a lack of reason and empathy.

Sometimes things just happen? Wow...

 

[Charliemac]

It was leaving. I bet the ships maintenance program is the culprit.

 

[kindabitey]

I don't recall who said it, but:
Never attribute to malice what can adequately explained by stupidity.
There seem to be a great deal of speculation out there.

 

[Fast14riot]

It was leaving. I bet the ships maintenance program is the culprit.

21 inspections since built in 2015 with zero detentions.

More information about the ship itself

Six still missing after Baltimore bridge collapse

<p>Rescuers are searching the Patapsco river for six missing people after the Maersk-chartered boxship Dali lost power and crashed into a Baltimore bridge. All crew members, including two river pilots, have been accounted for and no pollution reported</p>

www.lloydslist.com

 

[Fast14riot]

I don't recall who said it, but:
Never attribute to malice what can adequately explained by stupidity.
There seem to be a great deal of speculation out there.

Hanlon's razor

 

[JFrank]

Wonder if he had enough time to drop anchor?

 

[CJ6]

I'll say one thing...It looks like they had the containers locked down pretty tight. I saw some movement, but nothing in the water that I could see. Prayers for the missing contractors and their families.

 

[Multiracer]

There is another video of the vessel, it shows a complete lights out power failure, then power on huge dark smoke plume, then power out again. The captain was helpless at that point. I dont know the tonnage but it wont stop in 50 yards !

 

[Herzo]

The video shows the ship losing power at a critical time.....would it have lost propulsion and steering at the same time? The track shows a substantial crosswind which could have pushed the ship into the bridge support. On a much smaller scale, anyone who has tried to navigate a houseboat would understand the effects of such a wind.

 

[davidjoe]

There seem to be a great deal of speculation out there.

How about that early quoted commentator saying the ship burst into flames and hence it sank. Good call. That commentator and this harbor pilot must be kin. I don’t know if this is proof for, or against using local pilots. If the whole crew had jumped ship from fear of the dark, this couldn’t have gone worse. It’s that last angle shift right into the pier, when they debrief Lucy, she can ‘splain that, capt. Hazelwood.

 

[rijndael]

The video shows the ship losing power at a critical time.....would it have lost propulsion and steering at the same time? The track shows a substantial crosswind which could have pushed the ship into the bridge support. On a much smaller scale, anyone who has tried to navigate a houseboat would understand the effects of such a wind.

They also dropped the anchor before impact, shortly after the mayday was issued.

 

[JFrank]

They also dropped the anchor before impact, shortly after the mayday was issued.

I was wondering about that ? years ago my old man was taking a ship into or out of port ( I don’t recall which) anyway the Portuguese pilot was in charge and went off course and run the ship aground ‘ the POS pilot tried to blame my old man and of course all hell broke loose Dad was eventually cleared of charges but what a mess.

 

[varmintshooter]

We don't know happened other than the ship hit the bridge. Time will tell. When I was in the navy we would hold drills, One was called "crash astern" where we would go from forward to full astern. Everything would shake and shudder as the ship would slow down and finally stop then start going astern, it took a long way before stopping.

 

[rijndael]

We don't know happened other than the ship hit the bridge.

We know more than that. As I mentioned above, they issued a mayday - which allowed much of the traffic on the bridge to be blocked. In the mayday they said they lost power, which meshes with the video.

Also:

“The vessel notified Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) that they had lost control of the vessel and an allision [collision on the water] with the bridge was possible,”

 

[dontpanic]

Are you sure it's a drawbridge?

It doesn't look anything like one?

Dropped as in dropped onto the river. Not lowered like a drawbridgr

 

[Bullzeye]

This guy covers it ....

 

[Cecil S.]

This is AWFULL!!!! I feel for the people on that bridge that where dropped into the water.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Mayday before the bridge strike, reason traffic was being stopped. Port side anchor is below the surface of the water, but no info on when it was deployed or if it was intentionally deployed. The anchor chain is straight, to me it was not dragged. The harbor pilots statements haven't been released. Already terror theories abound, supply chain attack, executive orders last month, hazardous materials transportation.

 

[Richard Jones]

My nephew works in logistics for one of the big lines (this wasn't his ship) and told me that some ports have a requirement that tugs have to be on station until the ship clears, but not Baltimore. Cheaper for the line to cut the tugs loose. I expect the Port and that line are reconsidering that now...
Dropping the anchor would do absolutely nothing.

Prayers for all involved.