The container ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse, was previously involved in a collision at a Belgian port in 2016.
According to European maritime data service Equasis and other media reports, the Dali struck a stone quay at Antwerp’s port as it was unmooring and leaving for the German port of Bremerhaven, causing “hull damage impairing seaworthiness.” No one was injured, but the ship was detained in Antwerp for repairs.
At the time, the ship was owned by Oceanbulk Maritime, a Greek shipping company, before being sold to Singapore-based Grace Ocean a few months later.
Early Tuesday, the Singapore-flagged Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in the U.S., sending vehicles and people plunging into the water below. Six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time are missing and presumed dead.
