The National Transportation Safety Board said a proper risk assessment by the state of Maryland may have avoided the deadly Key Bridge collapse in 2024, and the agency warned that dozens of other bridges are at similar risk throughout the United States.
The warning comes as part of the NTSB’s ongoing investigation into the March 2024 allision of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which killed six road workers.
In a new report, the NTSB said it conducted a...
NTSB El primer aniversario desde el accidente de barco más alto de 2024 es la próxima semana, y las consecuencias del Dali La destrucción de un puente de contenedores en Baltimore continúa impregnando en todo Estados Unidos. En las primeras horas del 26 de marzo del año pasado, el Dali Perdió el...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after being struck by the container ship Dali on March 26, 2024, was almost 30 times above the acceptable risk threshold for critical or essential bridges, according to guidance established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
Over the last year, the NTSB identified 68 bridges that were designed before the AASHTO guidance was established...
https://container-news.com/ntsb-baltimore-bridge-risk-30-times-above-threshold/
The one-year anniversary since 2024’s most high-profile ship accident is next week, and the fallout from the Dali containership’s destruction of a bridge in Baltimore continues to permeate throughout the US. In the early hours of March 26 last year, the Dali lost power after leaving the port of...
https://splash247.com/investigators-warn-68-american-bridges-are-at-risk-from-a-dali-style-accident/
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended March 20 that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to determine the risk of bridge collapse from a vessel collision, part of the ongoing investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
The NTSB found that the Key Bridge, which collapsed after being struck by the containership Dali on March 26, 2024, was almost 30 times above the acceptable risk threshold for critical...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/ntsb-calls-for-risk-evaluations-of-68-u-s-bridges-for-vessel-strikes/
The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore handled 45.9 million tons of cargo in 2024, its second-best year on record after 52.3 million tons in 2023, as the mid-Atlantic gateway continued to recover from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in March.
A total of 25.5 million tons of cargo was handled during the last six months of 2024, with a value of $62.2 billion, third-highest in the port’s history.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore made the announcement at a media event Tuesday.
Baltimore...
The Dali, responsible for last year’s most high-profile shipping accident, is back trading again. Fujian Huadong Shipyard in China managed to complete repairs to the vessel 10 days ahead of schedule with the boxship leaving the yard for onward trading on Sunday, The ship, which took out...
https://splash247.com/dali-heads-back-to-sea-as-repairs-are-completed-ahead-of-schedule/
This year’s most infamous ship, the Dali containership, has completed its voyage from the US and China and is now at one of the top repair yards in Asia. The ship, which took out Baltimore’s largest bridge in March, arrived at Fujian Huadong Shipyard yesterday where it will undergo significant...
The two shipping companies involved in the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge have agreed to settle a lawsuit with the federal government for $102 million.
The settlement payment by Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Private Ltd., which owned and managed, respectively, the containership Dali, resolves a $103 million damage claim by the U.S. The money will reimburse agencies that responded after the Dali collided with the bridge on March 26. Those agencies include...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-ship-companies-to-pay-102m-in-bridge-collapse-costs
Grace Ocean, the owner, and Synergy Marine, the operator of the container ship Dali, which destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in April, have agreed to pay US$101,980,000 to resolve a civil claim brought by the United States for costs borne from the bridge collapse.
The settlement resolves the United States’ claims for civil damages for US$103,078,056 under the Rivers and Harbors Act, Oil Pollution Act, and general maritime law. The settlement monies will go to the US Treasury...