https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/16/3-next-steps-for-dali-key-bridge/
Looks like the channel which has been closed,the Patapsco River, is scheduled to be repoened by the end of the month. below from the Baltimore Sun:
What will happen before, after the Dali is refloated? Here are next 3 steps for ship that hit Key Bridge.
The ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge to collapse in March, killing six construction workers, is expected to move soon, with officials setting a target of early next week for the refloat.
Moving the ship out of its current position is a critical step in Key Bridge Response Unified Command’s current efforts to reopen the Patapsco River’s main 50-foot-deep, 700-foot-wide shipping channel, which has been closed since March 26.
The Fort McHenry Channel being blocked by the bridge wreckage has limited marine traffic into the Baltimore Harbor, though authorities have opened several smaller, alternate paths over the past several weeks to allow ships of increasingly larger sizes to come and go from the Port of Baltimore. The main channel is expected to be reopened by the end of the month.
Earlier this week, crews took the first major step toward refloating the Dali — using explosive precision charges to break up a section of the bridge that was weighing on the top of the ship’s bow. Some of the large bridge piece is still on the vessel’s deck.
Plans to refloat the Dali have been in flux — officials said while planning the controlled demolition that in a best-case scenario, the refloat could be done at high tide two days after the charges detonated. That point came and went Tuesday, as officials said they needed to clear additional wreckage and conduct a dive survey.
Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier told a congressional committee Wednesday that crews expect the ship “will be able to be refloated and removed from that site early next week.”
Here are the next three big steps for the Dali:
1.Diving and clearing wreckage.
2.Refloating the ship.
3.Getting pieces off and people on.
The ship is still where it crashed and hopefully the channel will be reopened and the 4,500 containers still aboard will be removed.
Many thanks to linMcHlp for the story and link.
SHip still in its resting spot where it crashed:
