The ship that has made the most headlines in the world this year is ready to shift continents.
The Dali containership, which rammed and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, nearly six months ago is making plans to leave its repair yard in Norfolk, Virginia and head to China in a couple of weeks, according to filings made in a federal court, and reported by the Baltimore Sun. In China, the ship is likely to undergo extensive repairs, including adding a new bow to the ship.
A bill introduced into the US House of Representatives last month aims to make the owners of the Dali pay up to 10 times more for the damage the ship caused when it crashed into the bridge.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in May released a preliminary report into the Dali containership’s fatal allision with Baltimore’s largest bridge.
The vessel, managed by Synergy Group and on charter to Maersk, experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and again shortly before it slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of March 26, killing six construction workers, federal investigators said.