BALTIMORE, MD—The owner and operator of the ship that struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year have agreed to pay $101.9 million to resolve a civil claim brought by the United States, officials announced this week. The settlement between the U.S. and the Singaporean corporations Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited covers federal […]
EASTON, MD—A person has died after their plane crashed into the Tred Avon River on Tuesday morning, Maryland State Police said in a news release. The victim’s identity has not yet been released. The crash was reported at just after 9:30 a.m. on July 16, police said. A twin-engine Cessna took off from Tipton Airport at Fort Meade before crashing […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Fleet Week returns to Baltimore City and Baltimore County this week. The event is free to attend and includes a series of ship tours, festivals, flyovers, and educational activities. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore presented by Northrop Grumman, is a week-long celebration that brings together “Fleet, Flights, and Festivals.” Fleet Week began on Wednesday, June 12, with […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Fort McHenry Federal Channel has been fully restored to its original size and depth of 700 feet and 50 feet, according to a statement released on Monday evening by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The restoration project was part of a joint effort to reopen the waterways in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse […]
The following is an update from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. On June 6th, 1944 almost 133,000 troops from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and their allies, landed on D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, France. Allied paratroopers and glider-borne infantry were well-trained and highly skilled; except for many of them, it was their first experience of combat. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Port of Baltimore has reopened to commercial traffic after the M/V Dali was refloated and moved on Monday morning. With the assistance of five tugboats and other support vessels, the M/V Dali was towed and pushed 2.5 miles, arriving at a local marine terminal at approximately 9 a.m. This milestone allows all pre-collapse deep-draft commercial vessels to enter […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command refloated and moved the M/V Dali at around 7 a.m. on Monday morning. The vessel that struck the Key Bridge two months ago is being relocated to a local marine terminal approximately 2.5 miles away. Additional information can be found in the graphic below from Unified Command. Photo via Unified […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released a preliminary report on the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by the M/V Dali cargo ship. The 24-page report (PDF) says that, at just before 1:30 a.m. EDT on March 26, 2024, the 947-foot-long Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Dali was transiting out of Baltimore’s Inner […]