Dali cargo ship leaves Baltimore for Virginia, nearly 3 months after bridge collapse

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The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridges supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse...

The 984-foot Dali started moving shortly before 8:30 am with four tugboats..

The trip to Norfolk is expected to take between 16 and 20 hours.. Shortly after leaving the Port of Baltimore early on March 26, the ship with 21 crew members on board lost power and propulsion and crashed into one of the bridges supporting columns, killing six construction workers..

Last week, under an agreement confirmed by a federal judge, members of the Dalis crew were allowed to head home..

Thousands of longshoremen, truckers and small business owners have seen their jobs impacted by the collapse, prompting local and state officials to prioritise reopening the port and restoring its traffic to normal capacity in hopes of easing the economic ripple effects...

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