Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016
by Chris Michael from US news | The Guardian on (#6KMBZ)
The Dali was reportedly detained in Belgium after scraping side of quay and significantly damaging part of hull in good weather
The same vessel that hit the Baltimore Key Bridge on Tuesday, destroying it and sending people and vehicles tumbling into the water, was also involved in a collision while leaving the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016.
According to Vessel Finder and the maritime incident archive Shipwrecklog, the Dali - a 948ft (290-meter) cargo ship with a capacity of 10,000 containers - was leaving the container terminal of Antwerp heading to Bremerhaven.
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