Rescuers were searching for as many as 20 people believed to be in the water early Tuesday, a Baltimore fire department official said.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed into a river after being struck by a container ship, named the “Dali,” which sails under the flag of Singapore, a Coast Guard official said. The cargo ship is about 48 meters wide and 300 meters long and was built in 2015, according to MarineTraffic.com. The vessel was en route to Colombo, Sri Lanka, according to Vessel Finder, which live tracks global shipping, and had been due to arrive on April 22.
, and it is managed by Synergy Marine Group. Neither immediately responded to a request for comment from The Washington Post. However, an official from Grace Ocean told global shipping news site TradeWinds that the vessel was under the bridge at the time and that the company is working with the ship’s technical manager Synergy Marine to determine what happened.
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