As the focus in the Baltimore bridge collapse shifts from a rescue operation to an investigation of why it happened, some maritime experts have questioned why the ship didn’t have tugboat guides with it right before impact — and if they could have made a difference.
Early Tuesday morning, two tugboats owned by McAllister Towing helped the container ship Dali out of the dock, according to marine shipping data analyzed by the Baltimore Banner. They then left the cargo ship around 1:09 a.m., the newspaper reported. At 1:25 a.m., the ship began veering right.
The ship slammed into the pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after losing power around 1:30
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