Investigators: 764 Tons of Hazardous Material Involved in Baltimore Bridge Disaster, Some Has Spilled Into Water
CORRECTION, April 1, 2024: The container ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is the MV Dali. An earlier version of this article had a different name for the vessel. The National Transportation Safety…
CORRECTION, April 1, 2024:The container ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is the MV Dali. An earlier version of this article had a different name for the vessel.
The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that the container ship that knocked out Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday was carrying tons of hazardous materials.
Dangerous chemicals and other elements were exposed on the deck of the MV Dali as well as in the water of Baltimore Harbor.
Not all of the materials have been identified, but NTSB investigators said lithium batteries were aboard the ship, which was registered out of Singapore, WMAR-TV reported Wednesday.