Here’s what we know about the Singapore-flagged container ship that hit the Baltimore bridge

Six
construction
workers
were

presumed
dead
on
Wednesday
after
a
massive
cargo
ship

struck
the
Francis
Scott
Key
Bridge
in
Baltimore,
causing
it
to
partially
collapse
into
the
Patapsco
River.

The
incident,
which
has

wreaked
havoc
at
one
of
the
country’s
busiest
ports
and

sparked
fears
about
supply
chain
disruption,
has
raised
questions
about
the
Singapore-flagged
container
ship
involved.

Known
as
the
Dali,
the
nearly
1,000-foot-long
vessel
was
heading
out
of
Baltimore
Harbor
and
bound
for
Sri
Lanka,
when
it
hit
a
support
pylon
of
the
bridge
at
around
1:30
a.m.
ET.

It
appeared
to
be
traveling
at
roughly
8
knots
(about
9
mph)
before
the
collision,
according
to
LSEG
shipping
data.
Video
footage
of
the
disaster
appears
to
show
the
1.6-mile
structure
crumpling
into
the
icy
water
almost
immediately
after
it
was
struck.

A
search
and
rescue
effort
was
suspended
Tuesday
evening.

Maryland
Gov.
Wes
Moore
on
Tuesday
said
the
crew
of
the
Dali
was
able
to
send
a
critical
emergency
alert
that
enabled
authorities
to
clear
the
bridge
of
further
car
traffic
ahead
of
impact.

“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.

Moore
said
the
ship’s
crew
notified
authorities
of
power
issues
prior
to
the
collision
and
that
a
preliminary
investigation
pointed
to
an
accident.

The
Dali
was
previously
involved
in
a
minor
incident
in
Belgium’s
Port
of
Antwerp,
the
second-largest
port
in
Europe.

The
ship
suffered “sufficient
damages”
in
July
2016
when
it
struck
the
stone
wall
of
the
quay
during
unmooring
maneuvers,
according
to
shipping
trafficking
website

Vesselfinder.

The
accident,
which
did
not
cause
any
injuries,
occurred
during
good
weather
and “was
caused
by
the
mistake
of
the
Master
and
pilot
on
board.”
The
Dali
remained
afloat
after
the
incident
and
was
subsequently
repaired.

Separately,
an
inspection
of
the
Dali
in
San
Antonio,
Chile,
in
June
last
year
found
propulsion
and
auxiliary
machinery
deficiencies,
NBC
News

reported
Tuesday,
citing

data
from
the
website
Equasis,
which
provides
information
on
ships.

However,
Singapore’s
port
authority
on
Wednesday

said
that
the
container
ship
had
passed
overseas
inspections
and
carried
certificates
to
cover
its
structural
integrity
and
functionality
at
the
time
of
the
Baltimore
bridge
incident.

The
Dali
underwent
and
passed
two
separate
foreign
port
state
inspections
in
June
and
September
last
year,
the
authority
said.
In
the
June
inspection,
the
container
ship
was
found
to
have
had
a
faulty
monitor
gauge
for
fuel
pressure,
but
this
was
fixed
before
the
vessel
departed
the
port.

The
Maritime
and
Port
Authority
of
Singapore
added
that
the
Dali’s
next
classification
and
statutory
surveys
had
been
scheduled
for
June
2024.

Danish
shipping
giant


Maersk
has

confirmed
it
chartered
the
Dali,
saying
on
Tuesday
that
it
was “horrified”
by
what
happened
in
Baltimore.

“Our
thoughts
are
with
all
of
those
affected.
We
can
confirm
that
the
container
vessel ‘DALI’,
operated
by
charter
vessel
company
Synergy
Group,
is
time
chartered
by
Maersk
and
is
carrying
Maersk
customers’
cargo,”
the
company
said
in
a
statement.

“No
Maersk
crew
and
personnel
were
onboard
the
vessel.
We
are
closely
following
the
investigations
conducted
by
authorities
and
Synergy,
and
we
will
do
our
utmost
to
keep
our
customers
informed.”

Since
the
Panama
Canal
was
expanded
in
2016,
Baltimore’s
50-foot
shipping
channel
and
port
handle
some
of
the
world’s
largest
cargo
ships
that
arrive
from
Asia
and
elsewhere.
The
port
handles
goods
including
automotives,
sugar,
coal
and
machinery.

—
CNBC’s
Ruxandra
Iordache
and
Jenni
Reid
contributed
to
this
story.