- The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday was the Dali, a Singapore-flagged vessel.
- The container ship is about 984 feet long and up to 157 feet wide, while the bridge is part of I-695.
- First responders say the situation is a “developing mass casualty event.”
A container ship crashed into a key bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning, causing part of the structure to collapse into the Patapsco River.
A livestream showed vehicles traveling on the Francis Scott Key Bridge just moments before the impact at around 1:28 a.m., indicating that the collapse caught at least several people.
It’s still unclear how many people were injured or killed, but Baltimore first responders called the situation a “developing mass casualty event” and a “dire emergency,” per the Associated Press.
According to ship tracking data, the vessel is a Singapore-flagged container ship called the Dali. It is around 984 feet long, and has a width of 157 feet at its widest point, per a listing on VesselFinder.
Matthew West, a petty officer first class for the Coast Guard in Baltimore, also confirmed the ship’s name and length to The New York Times.
The Dali’s owner is listed as Grace Ocean, a Singapore-based firm, and its manager is listed as Synergy Marine, which is also headquartered in Singapore.
The New York Times reported that Grace Ocean confirmed the Dali was involved in the collapse, but is still determining what caused the crash.
“All crew members, including the two pilots, have been accounted for and there are no reports of any injuries. There has also been no pollution,” the firm said in a statement, per shipping news outlet TradeWinds.
Danish shipping company Maersk chartered the Dali, with a schedule for the ship on its website.
Staff for Grace Ocean declined to comment on the crash when contacted on the phone by Business Insider. Maersk and Synergy Marine did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent by BI.
The Dali is also listed as being built in 2015 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.
Per ship tracking data, the Dali left Baltimore on its way to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, at around 1 a.m., about half an hour before the crash.
This may not have been the first time the Dali hit a structure.
In 2016, maritime blogs such as Shipwreck Log and ship-tracking site VesselFinder posted videos of what appears to be the stern of the same, blue-hulled container vessel scraping against a quay in Antwerp.
