Days after the Dali lost power and collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the crew remains on the massive cargo ship stuck in the middle of Baltimore’s harbor.
By Emily Davies and Rachel Weiner, The Washington PostA massive container ship, Dali, caused Baltimore’s Key Bridge to collapse. on Tuesday, the crew remains on the massive cargo ship stuck in the middle of Baltimore’s harbor. Here’s what we know about the people on board and their condition.There are 21 sailors on the Dali — 20 of whom are from India — said Shri Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday.
Ship companies often look to India, as well as the Philippines and Indonesia, for trained seafarers who will work for lower salaries than American or European crews. Companies have also been shrinking their onboard staff even as cargo ships grow in size, experts say, as more tasks are automated. There are seven other ships in the harbor whose crews remain on board, Rev. Joshua Messick told USA Today. He said his group, the Baltimore International Seafarers’ Center, had visited each ship to see if anyone needed to be transported to land.Jaiswal said one crew member was injured in the collision and had to be taken off the ship to receive stitches. Now, he said, “All of them are in good shape, good health.”Andrew Middleton, the director of a ministry in Dundalk, Md.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters that when she boarded the ship Wednesday, a cook was in the kitchen, making a meal. “It smelled very good, and I was very hungry,” she said.Not yet, according to the Key Bridge unified command. In a statement Friday, authorities said they “do not have a plan for getting the crewmembers of the Dali off the vessel.
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