SINGAPORE: The Singapore-flagged container vessel that slammed into a Baltimore bridge on Tuesday (Mar 26) had passed two foreign port inspections last year, said the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
These were done in June and September 2023.
"In the June 2023 inspection, a faulty monitor gauge for fuel pressure was rectified before the vessel departed the port," MPA stated in a media release, without saying where the inspections were conducted.
The vessel, named Dali, was flagged with Singapore in October 2016.
"Based on records, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore confirms that the vessel’s required classification society and statutory certificates covering the structural integrity of the vessel and functionality of the vessel’s equipment were valid at the time of the incident," the agency said.
Classification societies are authorised by a flag administration to monitor compliance with technical standards and the applicable regulations.
Dali's next classification and statutory surveys are due in June 2024.
The cargo ship lost power and smashed into a support column of the bridge despite desperate attempts to stop in time.
Rescuers pulled two survivors to safety.
Six people - all members of a construction crew repairing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge - were missing and presumed dead, according to US officials.
President Joe Biden called the collapse a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the port reopened and the bridge rebuilt.
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These were done in June and September 2023.
"In the June 2023 inspection, a faulty monitor gauge for fuel pressure was rectified before the vessel departed the port," MPA stated in a media release, without saying where the inspections were conducted.
The vessel, named Dali, was flagged with Singapore in October 2016.
"Based on records, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore confirms that the vessel’s required classification society and statutory certificates covering the structural integrity of the vessel and functionality of the vessel’s equipment were valid at the time of the incident," the agency said.
Classification societies are authorised by a flag administration to monitor compliance with technical standards and the applicable regulations.
Dali's next classification and statutory surveys are due in June 2024.
The cargo ship lost power and smashed into a support column of the bridge despite desperate attempts to stop in time.
Rescuers pulled two survivors to safety.
Six people - all members of a construction crew repairing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge - were missing and presumed dead, according to US officials.
President Joe Biden called the collapse a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the port reopened and the bridge rebuilt.
Continue reading...