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Repairs of allision damage completed

The 'Dali' has completed the repairs of the damage suffered in the allision with the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore in March 2024. at the Fujian Huadong shipyard in China 10 days ahead of schedule. The extensive damage to the vessel required the development of a comprehensive repair strategy and coordination between multiple departments. The repairs to the bow and forward section included the structural damage, the machinery, and anchors, as well as the thrusters. Work was also performed on the number one cargo hold and the yard reports overhauling the hydraulic and electrical control systems. It is unclear how the work addressed the numerous electrical system issues and make-shift repairs identified by investigators and the subject for the civil damage claims in Maryland’s courts. The 'Dali' had arrived in arrived at the shipyard on Nov 13 and has set sail from Bilixiang after a successful repairs and overhaul on Jan 12, 2025 and dropped anchor on Jan 13 in pos. 26° 25' N 120° 05' E, where it remained stationary as of Jan 15. Maersk’s online schedule was showing the ship arriving in Shanghai on Jan 17 and then making port calls in Ningbo and Gwangyang before proceeding to South Korea. She will cross the Pacific bound for Panama, Colombia, and Peru where she will arrive in late February. Maryland’s court schedule called for the civil case to begin taking witness statements and assembling evidence in 2025. The goal was to wind down all the preparations by early 2026 and move to pre-trial ahead of the first of two court cases. The first phase scheduled for June 2026 is to consider the issue of limited liability and then in the second phase assign value to the multitude of claims. Report with photo: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/accidents/baltimore-bridge-disaster-ship-dali-completes-repairs-in-china

Dali arrived at Fuzhou Port

The 'Dali' has arrived at the Fuzhou Port on Nov 13 after a nearly two-month journey from Norfolk, Virginia. The vessel had already undergone some repairs and is to be repaired more extensively at the Fujian Huadong Shipyard in the Luoyuan Bay Port Area. The repair plans are including a complete replacement of the bow. It was challenging to bring the vessel properly into the port due to the extensive damage. The vessel has no functioning anchors, and much of the machinery, including the thrusters, was damaged in the accident. Meanwhile, the litigation against the vessel's owner and operator was still ongoing and expected to extend to mid-2026. The owner, Grace Ocean, and the operator, Synergy Marine, have invoked an 1800s admiralty law to limit their liabilities to $44 million, whereas authorities state that the admiralty law in question is obsolete and are seeking the remuneration of all damages incurred.

Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine agreed to pay $102m to resolve a civil claim

The Justice Department announced that the Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the 'Dali', have agreed to pay $102m to resolve a civil claim brought by the US five weeks ago for costs borne in responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A host of other court cases was ongoing. The settlement does not include any damages for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The state of Maryland built, owned, maintained, and operated the bridge, and attorneys on the state’s behalf filed their own claim for those damages. The settlement is only a small part of the massive legal claims the owners and operators are facin for the allision. Other cases include suits filed by the city of Baltimore, the state of Maryland, and families of the victims plus a number of businesses who lost money from the supply chain chaos that followed the accident. While Grace Ocean and Synergy have sought to cap their liabilities to just $43.67m, Maryland’s attorney general, Anthony Brown, has said he will seek a far higher figure in damages. The 'Dali' is actually underway to a ship repair base in the Fujian province with an ETA as of Nov 8.