Baltimore Port reopening schedule set; crews remove ship's cargo

As crews begin to remove containers from the cargo ship and the remains of the I-695/Francis Scott Key Bridge the ship hit, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a timeline for cleaning up the underwater wreckage and reopening the Port of Baltimore.

Watch the video above of the container removal operation.

According to the corps, an estimated 50,000 tons of steel and concrete are lying underwater – some of it sunken 4 to 5 feet in the muddy river bottom – equal to about 3,800 fully loaded dump trucks. Some of the debris has rested on top of the cargo ship Dali, where the crew has remained stuck since the bridge collapse March 26. The ship struck a pillar of the bridge, causing deck spans to immediately crash into the water around 1:30 a.m., killing six crew members working on the bridge fixing potholes. The body of a third crew member was found April 5, leaving three bodies still being searched for.

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(Credit: Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command video by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee)

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