Almost a year ago, on March 26, a container ship known as the Dali, which was registered in Singapore, lost propulsion and struck one of the support pillars of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The bridge, being through truss construction, immediately collapsed into the Patapsco River. There were eight construction workers on the bridge at the time; six of them perished. At the time of the event, we looked at potential implications in this article and presented a webinar on the insurance issues for the CPCU Society with Steven Weiss, Chief Underwriting Officer at Incarnation LLC. So where are we now? What has happened in the intervening year, and where does Maryland stand as far as getting the bridge replaced?
The ship was deemed seaworthy and moved back to port on May 20th. Cleanup of the 50,000 tons of debris was on a round the clock basis with 1,500 individual responders and 5,000 specialists from around the world. The river was fully opened to ship traffic again on June 11th.
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Christine G. Barlow, CPCU, is Executive Editor of FC&S Expert Coverage Interpretation, a division of National Underwriter Company and ALM. Christine has over thirty years’ experience in the insurance industry, beginning as a claims adjuster then working as an underwriter and underwriting supervisor handling personal lines. Christine regularly presents and moderates webinars on a variety of topics and is an experienced presenter.