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SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority said Tuesday evening local time that it was investigating the collision and providing “full cooperation” to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The authority, which regulates marine services in Singapore, confirmed that a Singapore-registered vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge around 1:30 a.m. Eastern time.

There were 22 crew members on board during the collision, it said.
“MPA is in contact with the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship management company to provide the necessary assistance,” said the authority.


The cargo ship, Dali, is about 48 meters (157 feet) wide and 300 meters (984 feet) 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. Before Baltimore, it had called at ports in Norfolk and New York in the United States and before that the Panama Canal.


The registered owner of the ship is Grace Ocean Pte Ltd., 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.”


“Whilst the exact cause of the incident is yet to be determined, the Dali has now mobilized its qualified individual incident response service,” Synergy Marine Group said in a statement to Reuters, adding that all crew members, including the two pilots who were aboard, have been accounted for and that there are no reports of any injuries among the crew……

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