MV Dali

Dali in the Port of Rotterdam in 2018
History
Name	Dali
Namesake	Salvador Dalí[1]
Owner	Stellar Marine LLC (2015–2016)[2] Grace Ocean Pte. Ltd. (2016–present)[3]
Operator	Maersk (charterer) Oceanbulk Container Management (2015–2016)[2] Synergy Marine Pte. Ltd. (2016–present)[2]
Port of registry	Majuro, Marshall Islands (2015–2016)[2]  Singapore (2016–present)[2]
Ordered	14 May 2013[4]
Builder	Hyundai Heavy Industries (Ulsan, South Korea)[5]
Yard number	2678[5]
Laid down	10 October 2014[5]
Launched	27 December 2014[5]
Christened	5 January 2015[1]
Completed	5 March 2015[5]
Identification	IMO number: 9697428 MMSI number: 563004200 (2016–present) Call sign: 9V5283 (2016–present)[2]
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Neopanamax container ship
Tonnage	95,128 GT 52,150 NT 116,851 DWT
Displacement	148,984 t (146,631 long tons)[4]
Length	299.92 m (984 ft)
Beam	48.2 m (158 ft 2 in)
Draught	15.03 m (49 ft 4 in)
Depth	24.8 m (81 ft 4 in)
Installed power	MAN-B&W 9S90ME-C9.2; 41,480 kW (55,630 hp)
Propulsion	Single shaft; fixed pitch propeller
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity	9,971 TEU

MV Dali is a Neopanamax container ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. On 26 March 2024, she caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after losing power and colliding with one of its supports.

Contracted in 2013, her hull was laid down in October 2014, launched in December, and she was named after Spanish painter Salvador Dalí in January 2015. In March, she was delivered to Stellar Marine, a subsidiary of the Greek shipowner Oceanbulk Maritime. She has been owned by Grace Ocean Ltd., a Singaporean company, since 2016, and she is flagged in Singapore. In July 2016, she collided with the berth at the container terminal of the Port of Antwerp, causing significant damage to the ship and the berth.

Dali was sold from Stellar Marine to Grace Ocean, a Singaporean company, in October 2016; she was placed under the management of Synergy Marine and reflagged as Singaporean. A faulty fuel pressure gauge was detected at the port of San Antonio, Chile, in June 2023; the gauge was replaced and no faults were detected at a further check three months later. On 26 March 2024, shortly after leaving the Port of Baltimore with a crew of 22 and two Maryland pilots en route to Colombo, Sri Lanka, the ship lost power and struck a support pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse. Although traffic had been stopped on the bridge after a mayday call, six construction workers were killed.