According to a preliminary report released by the US national transportation safety board (NTSB ) on Tuesday, the Singapore-flagged container ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing its collapse and the death of six construction workers. The document provides a thorough analysis of the events that led up to the crisis, which has obliterated the active Port of Baltimore, a crucial US gateway.
The Dali’s two outages occurred about ten days before the company left Baltimore, with the first being caused by” the electrical blocking of the online generator’s exhaust gas load” and the subsequent being caused by “insufficient energy force for the online emitter energy pressure.”
The Dali experienced two disruptions just before the incident, the first of which occurred only 0.6 miles from the bridge. This caused a decline of locomotion and wheel, leading the dispatch to slide off course. A next blackout occurred when the Dali was merely 0.22 miles from the bridge, despite the crew’s ability to quickly restore power. Despite the captain’s attempt to make a painful change to dock using an incident engine, the lack of locomotion sealed the bridge’s fate.
The team had been tested numerous occasions for drugs and alcohol, both before and after the catastrophe, with no positive results.
Following the collapse, the FBI launched a legal sensor targeting the fleet, with officials boarding the Dali as part of the research. Joe Biden, the president, has pledged federal money to repair the bridge and has vowed to start a new shipment stream by the end of May. Crews demolished a portion of the bridge on Monday to free the Dali, which has been pinned beneath the wreckage ever since the collapse.
According to ship management company Synergy Marine Group, the Dali had an Indian crew of 22 people on board.
In the early hours of March 26, the ship, en route from Baltimore to Colombo, collided with a 1.6- mile- long, four- lane bridge in Baltimore. Following the collision, the bridge collapsed onto the cargo ship. The vessel, owned by Grace Ocean Private Ltd, has a capacity of 10, 000 TEU, with 4, 679 TEU onboard units.
( With inputs from agencies )
