DALI set to depart for China from Norfolk

[@JodySTS78]

Hi Capt Andy! Thank you for continuing to keep us updated on the DALI 🙏🏻🫶🏻😃

[@TheFoodBoat]

That’s so neat to think they probably already have a new bow fabricated and ready to go…. What a world we live in

[@mattc.310]

She'll be back in service in no time. Not making money sitting around. Thanks for the update.

[@emcarnahan]

Interesting thoughts about the commuter angle. Thanks Cap’n Andy for your service ☺️

[@MinorcanMullet]

Very welcome

[@charlesflager1970]

I hope they figure out what led to the power failure and fix that as well

[@SOU6900]

I thought they already had figured it out.

[@Kiwi_Col]

Thanks for cranking your volume up 😊

[@patriciapierce1744]

Agree

[@johnkirby8849]

Thanks so much for the update Andy, I’ve followed this since day one. If possible we’d all like to follow the process of repair. Let’s hope.

[@MinorcanMullet]

Noted!

[@ronz101]

Hello John. Once MV Dali leaves US waters, she's gone. Tracking may be available until she gets to her destination. Then she goes publicly black. The next time you see her she will probably have a new name and flag. The maritime stigma will remain with the ship throughout the remainder of her useful life regardless of any covers. Superstition dies hard.

[@geraldineaherne9763]

Thanks for the update Andy. Thinking of the families who lost loved ones. Hope everything goes well for all those affected by this incident. Stay safe and healthy.

[@lennywebb274]

Hello Capt. Andy. Yes I used the bridge to commute from Dundalk to Curtis Bay for work. It's added distance and travel time and of course extra wear and tear on my vehicles. Be sure there is no compensation for that.

[@Transit_Biker]

There should be mileage compensation for folks with fixed trips (home/work etc) till new crossing is opened. At the VERY least some kind of toll waiver.

[@davidmiller6010]

Thank you Captain Andy.

[@MinorcanMullet]

Very welcome

[@roberthudson4822]

A new "front clip" ...just like a '63 Buick. Hey Cap't Andy! On my way down to the Gold Coast this week from the NC upstate. Love the low country..

[@MinorcanMullet]

Sounds great!

[@mwrcrft]

Thanks for the update.

[@MinorcanMullet]

You bet

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

Thanks Andy for the update. Caroline from uk.

[@MinorcanMullet]

My pleasure

[@1rembo69]

Andy you make a great conversation about cost to people, companies, etc. that have increase cost for travel, extra business cost for having to change daily routes. That is an extreme cost increase from the time the bridge went down until the bridge and route is restored.

[@donmunro144]

What about the truckers that have had to reroute, especially those who haul into and out of the port.

[@macforme]

Thank you for the update 👍😎

[@Mike88GT]

Thank you sir!

[@MinorcanMullet]

You are welcome!

[@jeffostroff]

Way to go Andy glad to see you again

[@MinorcanMullet]

Thanks 👍. The Dali will be moving on, but the saga will continue

[@bumblebee7922]

Hello Captain Andy!! Nice to see you. Thanks!

[@MinorcanMullet]

Hey, thanks

[@MrChris76ize]

The shipyard has probrably begun to build the new bow. Thanks for the news, M.M.

[@chuckyc6912]

Captain Andy great to hear from you again too bad it couldn’t be fixed in the states

[@45searay]

Thanks for the update….

[@northerntierfpv8947]

Great Coverage! Thanks

[@MinorcanMullet]

Thanks for watching!

[@Transit_Biker]

It’s actually pretty amazing what they can do with ships these days as most ships are actually constructed in large chunks so even with a refit or other reconfiguration of an existing vessel, it is often just the case of cutting something out and inserting something new. Cruise ships have modular cabins to ease this process as new technologies and features in accommodations evolve over time. Often these cabin sections have their own hot water and HVAC systems so it is basically a plug and play design. This isn’t even necessarily a new concept with modifying a ship due to damage. One only has to look at the RMS Olympic & others. Thank you so much for the updates and as for the bridge being a missing link for local travelers, I do think some sort of toll waiver and/or fixed mileage trip (school/work/home) reimbursement should be enacted.

[@JanetEhause]

Love your posts!

[@MinorcanMullet]

Thank you!

[@valeriegoode9762]

Thank you for the update.

[@MinorcanMullet]

You bet

[@tottiemitchell6737]

Thank you Capt Andy.

[@MinorcanMullet]

Very welcome

[@stanbrow]

Don't encourage the lawyers :-)

[@ronw59]

Believe me, they don't need anyone to encourage them!

[@ronw59]

Said nothing wrong & instantly got knocked down!

[@serolodedutreg]

That's a very valid thought. I was hoping they could find a way to have a temporary bridge.

[@ronw59]

Lawyers aren't known for missing a trick, so I'm certain there are plans afoot for them to make a bundle out of all of this and no stone will go unturned!

[@MarkORoth-fu2cy]

I heard that as soon as the Francis Scott Key bridge could be open is late 2028.

[@geepuller1]

Thanks for the update. It seems terribly distasteful on the part of the owner and insurer to complete the repairs in China. That contract should have gone as local as possible.

[@mcdirty311]

Where is the closest local ship builder, Iceland?

[@smytb]

​@@mcdirty311 President Trump would fix that!!

[@smytb]

YES!!!! Better to keep it here in America!!! We DO HAVE shipyards in America that Can Fix that!! Newport News, and others ! We should have forced them to do the work here in the USA!!

[@KenDillman0612]

Every very large class action suit I've known about results in payments to the individuals affected of around $10 or $0 if the company files bankruptcy or goes out of business. The major beneficiary of a class action suit is the law firm that manages it! 🙄

[@rupe53]

Not sure how the costs run for trucks, but compensation for daily commuters figured at only a few bucks a day per car would quickly add up to at least a grand a year... times 5 years... times how many people? SUBSTANTIAL to say the least!

[@bobsjers]

Are they going to repair the electrical system?

[@edshelden7590]

Great report.

[@robertpearson8546]

Do they plan on repairing the electrical system that caused the crash? Or was it just that they loaded more refers than the system could hold?

[@perryallan3524]

Having a bow ready to go is standard practice as long as they have had time to build it (which they clearly did in this event). Multiple ships have had such replacements done. When I was in the US Navy (AOR-4) we had a collision with an aircraft carrier and one of our Underway Replenishment Control Stations was crunched badly. When we got back to Norfolk a month later a new Control Station building was sitting on the pier (complete with lights, internal wiring, and control panels with the right cutouts for the controls and instruments). The plant staff had already pulled out all of the cables and wiring, and all the controls from the control panels. They had shipyard workers cut the old station off in a day, and welded the new station back on the next day. It took several days to install the controls and instruments in the control station and run ships power to the junction box in the control station, and control cables for the winches and other things (shipyard electricians with minor assistance from ships staff). Then a few days to paint things. Done and fully tested in less than a week.

[@llanitedave]

It's a shame that U.S. shipyards can't do that work at reasonable cost.

[@smytb]

We Have places that can do the best job right here in the USA!!! With cheap labor, you get what you pay for!!! The Chinese are slave labor!!!

[@overwatch2671]

Thanks captain

[@pamelaarescurrinaga8201]

As always, thank you for the update. Happy lawyers !

[@MinorcanMullet]

Very welcome

[@williamhalling7744]

Can not believe they are releasing this vessel without full payment of the replacement of the bridge.

[@TheMarkinMD]

👍

[@richardl6751]

What about the cargo on the ship? People were expecting it. Maybe they could be part of the class action.

[@louisquatorze9280]

I would think the workers that lost their lives when Dali struck the bridge stanchion would have filed lawsuits for damages etc already.

[@RichardKroboth]

Surprised there is no injunction against the ship to keep it here. BTW of the containers, any idea if they were all opened and reinspected? Rumors were that some of those autos that were exposed in damaged containers were stolen.

[@jimmybee4893]

Ships owner would argue the bridge Protection Islands weren't built right to fend off ships from hitting the Bridge supports and that might be good enough to get the case thrown out and no one could class action sue for the accident without the state also being sued.

[@marlawhite3682]

The bridge is old!!! built before those standards!!

[@alanstevens1296]

So if you shoot someone and they aren't wearing the right bulletproof vest, you get released from responsibility from the injuries that the bullet causes?

[@bobsjers]

How about the hazmat trucks who can't use the tunnels? They should have some big claims.

[@Bonjour-World]

My father taught me that the only sure winners in court were the lawyers ....

[@OldSloGuy]

Even if the shipyard had confidence in the build accuracy, there is no doubt that the collapse of the bridge bent things. It is likely that measurements have already been made to determine where the cuts will be and how big the transition section will be. At this time, the amount of spring back when the bow is cut off is unknown. So, these measurements are more in the nature of preliminary estimates and scope of work planning. If there is a need to untwist the hull, that is a specialty. The choice of shipyard is more important than price. Fixing something that someone else has given up on may sound like this: Phase 2, remove 3/4 of phase 1 then proceed with the new plan. Something to be avoided.

[@DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo]

Sir. Thanks for the video. I presume that most of the viewers are not mariners and do not know the time table of repairs. You mentioned that the ship would "be in dry dock for a surprisingly short amount of time". Just what is a "short amount of time"? Weeks? Months? A few months? Many months. Don't leave us in the dark.

[@MinorcanMullet]

Dr. Mercogliano mentioned to me the repair of the Ever Given after that ship was damaged in the Suez Canal and said the repairs to her bow took a few weeks to repair. Thinking of that repair as an example.

[@DAVIDMILLER-nc9vo]

@@MinorcanMullet Sir. Thank you. Dr. Sal Mercogliano does first rate videos and I follow his channel. Thanks again for your reply. I was waiting the hear when and where that ship would be leaving the US for repairs.

[@williamgibb5557]

What about the electrical problem? Was it fully diagnosed why it failed or who failed?

[@BeechSportBill]

Any current pictures?

[@johnvictor2451]

Why is this being done in China?

[@rona4960]

Cost

[@mattc.310]

Cost and available facilities.

[@ShakesSphere]

Hi Captain Andy! 😊

[@MinorcanMullet]

Hello there! First!!

[@ShakesSphere]

@MinorcanMullet Hope you're well. :) and have a great weekend!

[@mikerobbins3692]

Hey Captain Andy.

[@GlendaLewis-p5b]

Will they change the name of the ship

[@bkattt1]

so, the owners are not going to take any responsibility for the damage to the bridge? How is this damaged ship going too survive a two-month trip back to China? it couldn't even get out of the port without breaking down multiple times. Once the ship has left the port and in intranational waters its beyond the reach of lawsuits

[@ingvaldtangen8269]

I had not seen anything regarding what caused the black out. But now they had plenty of time to find and recttify the problem. So they should have no problems reaching China.

[@ensnipe2000]

They are probably already building the bow now

[@rnvrnv354]

Why isn't the ship being impounded as collateral for the financial liability?

[@jamesebarker226]

And the workers who died when it collapsed. Those families should be compensated for their loss first.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

This that is not repaired has little value. Would you want to take ownership of the wreck ?

[@dennisschoenaurer4152]

Surprised it’s not going to be an opportunity to seize the ship

[@JohnShinn1960]

This Baltimorean says AMF! 👍🤠

[@ronbrashear-g2w]

quick there is an ambulance moving . call the lawyer.

[@noellythall8284]

Why have the owners of the ship not paid for damage caused?

[@SatsukaNSS]

What Was The KZbin Channel’s Name That Filmed The Drive Over Video Of The Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge That Was Taken At 10:30 PM On 3/25/2024?

[@MinorcanMullet]

6th Worker Recovered, Video of the Workers on the Key Bridge before the Collapse kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIG5Y5araa1parM

[@MinorcanMullet]

Is this what you are thinking of?

[@SatsukaNSS]

⁠@@MinorcanMulletYessir

[@Torsee]

@@MinorcanMullet Wonder if anyone tracked down the semi truck driver who was one of the last to drive that bridge

[@jessewilsonwilson1264]

Maybe when they go thru bemauta triangle,it will stall,and storm will sink it, in October, our cruise ship, went south, to avoid,storm, that sunk,a cargo barge north of Caribbean Islands. In 2017...

[@Grammaadell]

Wow!

[@lloydprunier4415]

Hope they spend a few $ to fix what caused the power outages and started all this mess.

[@marccurcio1]

Since it's a pay-as-you-go bridge, I doubt there's any claim possible.

[@rudolfbenner4802]

Dali has "disappeared"? No AIS signal.

[@americanrambler4972]

Here is the big thing I think many are missing. We, the good old USA no longer had the infrastructure the dry docks or the capability to build or repair ships like the MV Dali. Even a big chunk of the technical capability and labor skills are now gone to do that job. China right now can stamp out modern ships the size of Dali and a whole lot bigger and more of them in one year than we can in fifteen years. Which at the end of the day means they will control world trade and soon will be able to dictate geopolitical terms of the sea because they will have the assets to do it and to replace anything they need in a fraction of the time we can. We currently don’t even have a 300 ship navy. And won’t have one in less than 10 years if at all. And we can’t even fix or maintain what we currently have without years and years of down time even to just get into the shipyard, then when we finally get in for service, instead of taking weeks or a few months, it’s going to take months and years to do just one ship! China now has a 400+ ship navy and it’s still growing rapidly. We for all practical purposes no longer have a merchant marine. The Chinese have one of the biggest of not the biggest one in the world.

[@mikedavis4411]

Why can't repairs be done in the US ?

[@tractorsold1]

No slave labor in the US.

[@1957rickster]

A commuters claim is as valid as a ship owner that was stuck in port and could not leave.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Yes… owners / operators sue US entities responsible for delay releasing ship and crew….. Bridge was an unnecessary obstruction as far as the port and its traffic are concerned. Local pilots were in charge of the vessel.

[@oledennis6918]

What about the failure that caused this ship to make the news?

[@rickvandusen9271]

Do you suppose they’re going to hand the Dali over to KZbinr Genius Girl to fix it?

[@KimGarner-n6n]

I would assume that there’s a few wrongful death lawsuits too from the 7 gentlemen who lost their lives.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

I am sure an ambulance chaser will try get money that way.

[@DanPurdy1]

Glad to see that it will be fixed; too bad that it will be in China.

[@johnnymac1580]

Not bad ⚡️

[@silasbryan3122]

loss of property value??

[@bobducharme4809]

Are they going to pay for the bridge? Fix the ship so they must pay for the bridge.

[@eddielane9569]

I'm surprised they're not holding the ship waiting for payment of the destroyed bridge and the lawsuits for the families of those who were killed. If they didn't receive any monies they could at least repair the ship and sell it to a local company but of course they would have to stay away from any place where that ship might be stolen back. They might could use the ship in the US military for some other purpose than what it was originally built for should they not be able to get any restitution. As far as replacing the bow that was my thought from the very beginning. That is something that the US military has done in the past. Submarine front sections that were damaged and front ship sections were replaced by mothballed ships and subs instead of rebuilding brand new front ship sections. They just cut off the damaged front and replace it with the front of another vessel and weld it on and do some interior repair work and then it's a lot quicker than having to rebuild everything from scratch. That way you get back to sea faster. Of course with this container ship they likely will have to rebuild it from new if they don't have an old one they could scrap and use the front of.

[@briananderson8733]

Is anyone going to sue the builders and owners of the original bridge for failing to put up any form of protection around the posts or towers supporting each end of the bridge span. And what about the shippers of goods on the Dali when do they get their day vs Dali. It was NOT their fault Dali hit the bridge. When does the owners of the Dali and or the operators of the Dali face fault for the power outages and departing port with a dysfunctional ship. What about that pesky general average claim against the shippers. Explanations of GA tend to indicate it originated with cargo being sacrificed to protect other cargo and the ship. That does not appear to present in the case of Dali. And isn't there a person in the port that is responsible for clearing ships for departure evaluating their readiness to sail? He clearly failed.

[@mikeschiesel2852]

Thanks, Captain. Not for nothing, I think that after repairs, it might be time to re-christen with a new name.

[@davidkirkham6929]

That was oil !!

[@fenderstratADHD]

Renaming is actually bad luck

[@Brittany.Anderson]

I would rather see the get scrapped.

[@josephcooksley3219]

Interesting

[@davidford3073]

Quick China labor,time is money 💰,team was send over got all information, move fwd😊

[@charlesbrundage7840]

It will be deemed an accident. Maryland will get little or no money and since it went to china we will probably have little or no legal contact with the owners. That’s my opinion for what it is worth.

[@RegHolden]

Bet it gets a new name

[@chrisclarke7828]

Looks like its christmas where you are. Pity yo go no original film

[@ronz101]

Perhaps it would be best if you stayed on topic sir.

[@cheagle464]

Nobody will collect anything...

[@danysl2008]

Hur….Why China? US and Korean have no capability ? China has excess capacity? Disgrace USA.

[@BeechSportBill]

A

[@MinorcanMullet]

It seems tough to acquire any photos or videos of the ship considering where the ship is currently berthed. The US Navy seems to have access control considering where the ship is located

[@leondelaplaza2042]

That' show's how stupid is the UNITED STATES!

[@reneeparker7475]

Thanks for the update.

[@MinorcanMullet]

You bet