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19 Sep

U.S. files $100 million claim against Dali owner, operator

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil claim Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the containership that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In the early morning hours of March 26, the motor vessel Dali left the…

06 Sep

NTSB to Coast Guard: Finish work on passenger vessel SMS

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — On the fifth anniversary of the 2019 Conception dive boat fire that killed 34 people, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy held a media availability with the families of the victims and again called on the U.S. Coast Guard to require safety management systems (SMS) for all U.S.-flagged passenger vessels. “For five years, I’ve…

23 Jul

Detention order lifted in Charleston for runaway boxship

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, IMO, U.S. Coast Guard

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The containership MSC Michigan VII was released Monday from the International Maritime Organization detention order that was imposed on June 8 in Charleston after the vessel accelerated uncontrollably while leaving the harbor. The vessel is authorized by the Coast Guard Sector Charleston captain of the port to depart the Port of Charleston under a three-tug escort, two…

18 Jul

U.S.-flag inspections up, casualties down in past year

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has announced the publication of the 2023 Flag State Control Domestic Annual Report. This report highlights U.S. domestic fleet inspection, deficiency, and marine casualty statistics and serves as a powerful tool that highlights trends, identifies key performance indicators, and draws attention to findings over the past calendar year. The…

25 Jun

Dali leaves Baltimore, arrives in Virginia for repairs

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — The containership Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after the ship lost power and struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Six construction workers on the bridge at the time of the incident were killed. The ship arrived at the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., on Tuesday, where…

12 Jun

Main channel fully restored at Port of Baltimore

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, shipping, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(BALTIMORE) — As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Navy supervisor of salvage and diving on Monday restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the…

06 Jun

Salvors remove final truss blocking Baltimore channel

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, shipping, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — Ten weeks after the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, salvage crews removed the final large steel truss segment blocking the 700-foot-wide Fort McHenry Federal Channel on June 3 and 4. The span collapsed after being hit by the containership Dali on March 26. Using concrete breakers, underwater surveys and oxyacetylene torches, they separated tons of concrete…

20 May

Dali moved from Key Bridge channel, towed to terminal

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Salvage

(BALTIMORE) — Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command refloated and moved the containership Dali on Monday at approximately 7 a.m. With the assistance of five tugboats and other support vessels, the ship was towed and pushed 2.5 miles, arriving at a local marine terminal at approximately 9 a.m. Dali had been pinned under debris from the Francis…

17 May

Preparations continue for refloating Dali in Baltimore

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — Unified Command officials continued to evaluate the containership Dali on Thursday in preparation for refloating the vessel and clearing the federal channel. The ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 while exiting the Port of Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse. Unified Command officials have evaluated sonar and lidar imagery but are awaiting results from…

14 May

NTSB: Dali had blackouts in port hours before bridge strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, Ports, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The containership Dali lost electrical power hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to the preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). In a span of about 10 hours, the ship experienced multiple blackouts – two during in-port maintenance – before hitting the central truss spans…