Tag: collision

The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the M/V DALI.

On May 1, 2024, at the Baltimore Key Bridge incident site, the Unified Command recovered the fifth body of another missing victim.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where a 600-foot-long tanker struck a pier at the Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina on September 5, 2022. 

At the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site, efforts are underway to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within approximately the next 10 days, aiming to restore maritime traffic flow through Baltimore’s port.

Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Port of Baltimore has opened the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel (LAC) as a temporary solution.

On April 22, 2024, a ship collision occurred approximately 14 miles off Capo Passero on the southeastern tip of Sicily, near the ports of Syracuse and Catania.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has successfully removed a 560-ton section of structural steel from a 35-foot-deep Limited Access Channel (LAC) in the Port of Baltimore, meeting their commitment to clear the wreckage by the end of April.

On April 19th in Italy, a ferry transporting passengers from the island of Capri to Naples, where a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting was taking place, crashed into a quay, resulting in injuries to at least 29 individuals, Reuters highlights.

The Port of Baltimore opened a temporary channel on Monday to free some tugs and barges trapped by a recent bridge collapse.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on the the towing vessel Susan K that struck the center bridge pier on the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge in April 2023.