The container ship that caused the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore It was refloated on Monday and was being driven back to port.
The Dali remained at the scene of the accident since it lost power and collided with one of the pillars supporting the bridge on March 26. The incident killed six workers and blocked traffic to the Port of Baltimore.
The freighter appeared to begin moving shortly after 6 a.m. as crews began maneuvering to remove it from the crash site. She began to move and stopped several times before slowly starting to walk away from the place.
Authorities said it was traveling about a mile per hour to cover the 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) distance, slower than the speed it was traveling at when it lost power and crashed into the bridge. Fragments of steel from the bridge protruded from the bow, which was still covered in concrete from the destroyed road.
Officials have said they plan to unload containers from the ship and make some short-term repairs while it remains docked in Baltimore.
Monday morning’s high tide was expected to offer the best conditions to refloat and begin moving the ship, according to a statement from the Key Bridge Unified Response Command.
Several tugboats escorted the Dali back to the terminal. The task was expected to take at least 21 hours.
Workers did a controlled demolition on May 13 to remove the largest remaining portion of the bridge.
The Dali suffered four blackouts in a span of 10 hours before leaving the port of Baltimore for Sri Lanka and crashing into the bridge, according to a preliminary report issued by the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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