The cargo ship that hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was a Singaporean-flagged container ship, the DALI, according to data from a maritime monitoring site and a Coast Guard officer.
Maritime tracking website, MarineTraffic, showed the Singapore-flagged ship stopped in Baltimore, where it was departing with a destination of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It appeared stopped around 1:30 a.m. ET and was surrounded by first response boats, per the website.
It is the same time local agencies reported they received 911 calls that a large ship traveling outbound from Baltimore had struck a column on the bridge, Kevin Cartwright, spokesperson for the Baltimore Fire Department told AP.
Matthew West, a petty officer first class for the Coast Guard in Baltimore, also told the New York Times it was the DALI that struck the bridge.
The ship is around 300 meters (984 feet) long with a width of around 48 meters (157 feet), according to MarineTraffic data.
CNN has asked the Coast Guard and is attempting to contact the owner and managers of the ship.
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