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Over the weekend, the crew still onboard the Dali ship could finally see for themselves what everyone had been saying about them. On March 26, a 984-foot container ship en route to Sri Lanka struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending it into the Patapsco River. Teams are working around the clock to clear out the debris the crash left behind. Meanwhile, 21 crew members — 20 from India and one ...

BALTIMORE — Over the weekend, the crew still onboard the Dali ship could finally see for themselves what everyone had been saying about them. On March 26, a 984-foot container ship en route to Sri Lanka struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending it into the Patapsco River. Teams are working around the clock to clear out the debris the crash left behind. Meanwhile, 21 crew members — 20 from ...

Merchant mariner Bryan Boyle breaks down how workers are trained to deal with emergencies on cargo ships.

The man federal authorities tapped to lead an investigation into a massive cargo ship’s crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and the bridge’s immediate, deadly collapse is an experienced mariner who traces his seafaring roots to time spent aboard oil rigs. Marcel Muise joined the National Transportation Safety Board as a marine accident investigator in 2018 after more than two ...

Maryland officials on Monday said a large chunk of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge was collected and a temporary channel was opened.

Owners of the Dali are seeking to cap any liability payments by citing an 1851 piece of legislation

The company behind the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge is trying to cap the damages it pays at $43 million by invoking an out-of-date shipping law.

Port of Baltimore expected to be out of service for ‘months’

A ship 'nearly the size of the Eiffel Tower' is still stuck within the channel as salvage crews work at the Baltimore port.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Baltimore on Friday following last week's deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said. The steel truss bridge collapsed early on Tuesday, killing six road workers, when a massive container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon. Much of the span fell into the Patapsco River, blocking the Port of Baltimore's shipping channel.