Feds charge ship operator in Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse
The operator of the Dali, a container ship that lost power and slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six people, is facing federal charges.
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The operator of the Dali, a container ship that lost power and slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six people, is facing federal charges.
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when it was hit by a container ship, and six construction workers died.
The agreement is with two Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the ship. The money will go to federal agencies directly affected by the crash or involved in the response.
Agents boarded the container on Saturday. The ship is managed by the same company as the cargo ship, Dali. that was the vessel that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year, killing six overnight road workers.
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Port workers in Baltimore are welcoming the news that the full shipping channel is back open months after the collapse.
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The collision killed six people and seriously disrupted the local economy. CBS's Kris Van Cleave reports.
It’s been 43 days since the key bridge collapse that killed six construction workers, who have now all been recovered. Unified command now looks to safely expedite the reopening of the federal shipping channel with the removal of the Dali cargo ship.
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The visit comes as crews try to clear out the damage and reopen the port.
Biden is scheduled to meet privately with family members of some of the six construction workers who died. He will also talk to state and local officials and take an aerial tour of the wreckage.
Salvage and recovery operations at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore were paused this week as a thunderstorm rumbled through the city.
A massive salvaging effort is underway to reopen the Port of Baltimore after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The workers’ bodies can’t be recovered until debris is removed. The largest available crane on the East Coast is now in place at the port to help in the salvage operation. Able to lift pieces weighing up to one thousand tons, but first, engineers are devising the best ways to extract it all.
Officials say that the process to clear the debris will take time as the crane can only lift about one thousand tons, so the wreckage will have to be cut up first.
Federal investigators in Baltimore on Thursday said they have recovered the data recorder from the cargo ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River, leaving six people presumed dead.
Maryland lawmakers are working to protect thousands of Port of Baltimore workers impacted by the Tuesday collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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Investigators are already probing what happened to cause the accident, but the full investigation may take up to two years.
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