Maersk container ship collides with bridge! Has called Yantian, Xiamen, Ningbo and other ports

According to reports, at the time of the incident, a container ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and the approximately 2.6-kilometer-long bridge subsequently collapsed. Some media quoted sources from the fire department as saying that an explosion occurred when the ship hit the bridge. There may be seven construction workers and three or four civilian vehicles on the bridge.

It is reported that the ship involved in the accident was the large container ship "DALI". There are unconfirmed reports that the ship's hull had a gap, causing it to tilt to one side, and there was a strong smell of diesel, but there is currently no official confirmation. these messages.

Videos on social media showed that the "DALI" suddenly lost control during navigation and hit a support column of the bridge, causing the bridge structure between the two piers to completely collapse and fall into the water.

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According to hifleet data, the "DALI" called at many ports in my country last month: Yantian, Xiamen, Ningbo, Yangshan, Busan, South Korea, and New York, Norfolk, Baltimore and other ports in the United States and the ship's navigation track, the ship left the Baltimore Port Terminal at 12:44 and hit the bridge shortly after leaving the port.

According to ShipSight, the "DALI" is operated by Maersk and serves the Asia-US East Coast route. The ship was built in 2015, with a length of 300 meters and a width of 48 meters. The maximum container capacity is 9962TEU, including 1400 cold box slots.

Currently, multiple local emergency departments are carrying out rescue operations.