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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More info about the ship and it's owners + operators. The shipping world is very weird when it comes to responsibility for the ship.

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9697428

https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/-mass-casualty-event-as-maersk-container-ship-destroys-vital-bridge-in-baltimore/2-1-1617658

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The ship is owned by Mitsui & Co subsidiary Grace Ocean of Singapore and operated by Maersk between the East Coast of the US and East Asia, according to Clarksons data.

A Grace Ocean official confirmed to TradeWinds that the vessel involved was the Dali.

“We can confirm that this is correct,” he said, adding that the company was working with the ship’s technical manager, Synergy Marine, to determine what happened.

“At this time we are still trying to get information,” he said.
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Maersk said: “We are horrified by what has happened in Baltimore, and our thoughts are with all of those affected.”

The group said the ship was operated by Synergy and time-chartered by Maersk, with Maersk cargo on board.

No Maersk crew or personnel were on the vessel.[/i][/quote]

I predict a lot of finger pointing when it comes to liability. It sounds like Maersk "rents" the ship from the ownership company and then subcontracted to a company called Synergy to actually operate the ship, with all of Maersk's cargo on the ship. Whose insurance is actually responsible?

It's going to be a debacle. I hope the Feds start freezing assets. [/quote]

I've been on ships often and it always seemed like some shady shell company game regarding ships. They fly under the flags of countries with lenient laws and taxes, no one seems to own them.

I would say that Baltimore isn't going to get a cent out of this company or ship. Remember that ship that got stuck in the Suez canal? They basically abandoned it.[/quote]

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