The US Federal Police, (FBI) has launched an investigation focused on the 'Dali' and boarded the ship on April 15, conducting a court-authorized law enforcement activity. The investigation will at least partially investigate whether the crew on board the ship knew that the ship had apparent problems with the electrical systems when it left the port. The authorities are investigating the events leading up to the vessel losing power as it left the port. The investigation is being followed by the Maryland attorney general's office. Divers have found a fourth body of workers missing since the collapse of a road bridge in the US city of Baltimore. The body was recovered from a construction vehicle in the underwater wreckage in the evening of April 15. Two people were still missing. Authorities believed they too have died. Report with photos: https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-opens-criminal-probe-baltimore-bridge-collapse-ap-source
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For the first time, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have brought in the East Coast's biggest crane barge 'Chesapeake 1000C' to remove a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The large section of the main span was located in the federal navigation channel, and removing it will help advance the work to clear a limited access channel" for smaller merchant ships. The barge is operated by Donjon Marine and was originally built for in-yard operations at Sun Shipbuilding in the 1970s. It was upgraded from 800 short tons to 1000 short tons in capacity in the middle of its career, and it can lift more than any other floating crane on the East Coast. So far, it has been on standby while smaller cranes handled pieces up to several hundred tonnes in size, but Sunday's big lift speeded up the process by removing a large chunk at once. Report with photos: https://maritime-executive.com/article/east-coast-s-biggest-crane-barge-hoists-giant-piece-of-baltimore-bridge
CHOKYUMARU NO.68
The 'Chokyo Maru No. 68' ran aground on rocks in the Hauraki Gulf in the early morning of April 15, 2024, with 27 crew members on board en route to Auckland for supplies. No injuries have been reported. The vessel was heading into Auckland when it got into trouble at The Noises about 3.42 a.m. There was damage to the bow of the vessel. The Police were notified at around 5.35 a.m. Two tugs of the Thomson Towboats were called to refloat the ship at around 1.30 p.m. with the high tide. But the re-floating occurred earlier than expected at 1 p.m. The ship berthed at the Bledisloe Container Terminal in Auckland on April 16 at 6 a.m. UTC for further assessments. Report with photos: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fishing-boat-run-aground-in-the-noises-hauraki-gulf/AZUXFTNDUVG7LPU4CD7H73YAYI/
CARNIVAL MIRACLE
One female passenger has died and 10 others were injured after a shuttle bus of the 'Carnival Miracle' crashed into the transportation area outside a Honolulu cruise terminal on April 12, 2024. A 57-year-old man was dropping off customers at pier 2 when a bystander told him that his vehicle was moving forward. He then jumped into the drivers seat, trying to stop the vehicle, but he accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brakes, colliding with two concrete barriers and 11 pedestrians. The ship was on a 15-day cruise which had departed Long Beach, California, on April 6. Nine of the people hit by the vehicle were cruise ship passengers. The deceased woman was traveling with her husband, who was also injured but was expected to recover. Members of the Carnival Care Team were assisting the guests. Five pedestrians were transported to the hospital. Six other pedestrians refused treatment on the scene. Speed did not appear to be a contributing factor in the collision and it was unknown if drugs or alcohol were contributing factors. Report with photos: https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-dead-after-bus-crashes-pedestrians-honolulu-cruise/story?id=109203590
FLYING CAT 6
On the morning of April 16, 2024, the Port Authority of Argosaronicos was informed by the Master of the 'Flying Cat 6' that during its scheduled route from Porto Heli via Spetses, Ermioni, Hydra and Poros to the port of Piraeus, the ship experienced a malfunction in the starboard side main engine. The ferry sailed safely to Piraeus, where it disembarked the 176 passengers and its 12 crew members. The Port Authority banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification society. The next scheduled route was carried out by the catamaran ferry 'Aereo 1' to the ports of Poros, Hydra, Spetses and Porto Helio.