The Dali was reportedly detained in Belgium after scraping side of quay and significantly damaging part of hull in good weather
The same vessel that hit the Baltimore Key Bridge on Tuesday, destroying it and sending people and vehicles tumbling into the water, was also involved in a collision while leaving the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016.
According to Vessel Finder and the maritime incident archive Shipwrecklog, the Dali – a 948ft (290-meter) cargo ship with a capacity of 10,000 containers – was leaving the container terminal of Antwerp heading to Bremerhaven.
As it did so, its bow reportedly swung around, causing the stern to scrape the side of the quay, significantly damaging several meters of the hull.
The ship was reportedly detained by authorities afterward and docked in Deurganckdok, Belgium. There were reportedly no injuries or adverse pollution.
It was also 1:30 am, and work crews were pouring concrete fixing the bridge at the time. That probably meant at least some kind of reduced traffic during the night work I would think.
There would have been a police detail on the bridge with the construction crew. Which is incredibly fortunate. Sounds like they were in the best place they could be for such a tragedy.
It’s a shame they couldn’t help more of the workers escape.