Container Ship Lacked Backup System To Avoid Baltimore Bridge Strike

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Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said that the container ship Dali lacked a backup power system to avoid the Baltimore Bridge strike. The nation’s top transportation safety investigator informed Congress that cargo ships lack the backup power necessary to prevent incidents like the one that occurred in March when the […]

Cargo Ship Hit With 2 Blackouts Before Ramming Into Baltimore Bridge

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According to the NTSB investigation, on March 25, the cargo ship Dali was hit with two blackouts during maintenance before ramming into the Baltimore Bridge. A preliminary assessment from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was issued on Tuesday. It states that the shipping vessel that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March […]