The container ship Dali, which this Tuesday collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after colliding with one of its pillars, already caused an accident in the port of Antwerp in 2016. The incident occurred throughout unmooring maneuvers to depart the Belgian port and “was caused by an error by the captain and the pilot on board,” in accordance to knowledge from Vessel Finder, one of the principal worldwide maritime visitors monitoring providers.
On that event the Dali ship collided with the stone wall of one of the docks in the port of Antwerp and suffered injury to the stern and waterline, which pressured him to endure restore. The pier additionally suffered important injury and had to be closed to visitors, however fortuitously there have been no accidents.
Human error too might be behind the causes of the accident that occurred this Tuesday in Baltimore, though investigators are nonetheless analyzing the occasions to decide precisely what occurred.
Experts don’t rule out that the ship has suffered any technical or mechanical drawback that prevented him from maneuvering accurately when crossing the bridge.
The Dali ship was constructed in 2015 by Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyards in South Korea. The ship is owned by the Greek firm Oceanbulk Maritime, in accordance to the Vessel Finder registry, though it’s at the moment chartered by the Danish delivery firm Maersk and was operated by Synergy Marine Group.
