The Dali Returns to Service After Major Repairs

The Dali, known for being at the center of last year’s most prominent shipping incident, has resumed trading.

Repairs on the vessel were completed at Fujian Huadong Shipyard in China, finishing 10 days ahead of schedule. The container ship departed the yard on Sunday to continue operations.

The Dali was involved in a catastrophic collision with Baltimore’s largest bridge in March of last year. After the incident, the vessel arrived at Huadong Shipyard in November for extensive repairs.

Legal proceedings related to the accident are anticipated to span several years and could incur costs running into hundreds of millions of dollars.

In May, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report on the fatal collision involving the Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

According to the report, the vessel, under charter to Maersk, suffered electrical blackouts approximately 10 hours before departing the Port of Baltimore. Another blackout occurred shortly before the ship struck the bridge in the early hours of March 26. The bridge’s debris, weighing thousands of tons, ended up lodged in the ship’s prow.