collapsed. us guard says it is moving from rescue to a recovery mission. the missing are reported to be construction workers who were working on the bridge when the collapse happened. bishop sent a mayday call saving many lives. so why did the ship go off course? and how did the bridge come crashing down so easily? rebecca morelle has been looking at the sequence of events. well, what do we know about what action happened in baltimore? data analysed by bbc verify shows the ship set off from the port at a quarter to 1am local time. the dali is a 300m long container ship, and on board were two pilots. mariners from the local port with the specialist knowledge to guide the vessel out to sea. now, it was heading towards the central section of the bridge, which is wide enough and high enough for the vessel, the ship, to pass through, but it veered off course, crashing into this support column. so what happened 7 well, in this video, you can see the ship is nearing the bridge, but
bridge in the city of baltimore are now presumed dead. at a press conference earlier, coast guard officials told reporters they are now moving from a rescue to a recovery mission. these are live pictures of the scene where poor visibility and debris in the water are making those efforts extremely challenging. the missing are reported to be construction workers who were working on the bridge when the collapse happened. these are live pictures of the scene where poor lighting and debris in the water making recovery efforts challenging. so why did the ship go off course? and how did the bridge come crashing down so easily? rebecca morelle has been looking at the sequence of events. well, what do we know about what action happened in baltimore? data analysed by bbc verify shows the ship set off from the port at a quarter to 1am local time. the dali is a 300m long container ship, and on board were two pilots. mariners from the local port with the specialist knowledge to guide the
connections. some details are starting to emerge with regards to that. the ship that was involved in the collision was registered to singapore. and singapore s maritime port authority has said it is involved in the investigation, it has dispatched some members from its organisation to help with the investigation in baltimore. the mpajust with the investigation in baltimore. the mpa just put out a statement talking about the ship s safety record and says, the ship was flagged singapore from october 2016 and passed all the safety requirements at the time and based on records also passed the safety inspections injune and inspections in june and september of inspections injune and september of 2023, and it was due for another inspection in june 202a. we have also spoke to the company that provided the crew to the ship, they have confirmed that the two pilots that were also a board where us locals, whereas the rest of the crew were indians. crew were indians. thank you very much-
business school. he gave us a sense of the impact of the port closure. the port of baltimore is the largest automobile import export port and in the short term it will have a huge impact on the automobile industry. could you elaborate on the ramifications? what will be the knock on effects? to start with, the container ship is already here and stuck and they cannot get it out. you can t get anything in, you have to reroute to other ports. the impact differs depending on different manufacturers. bmw, for example, has not been affected because its terminal is on the ocean side of the port. so, bmw and volkswagen, then gm and ford are deeply impacted because they rely on the port for exporting the vehicles, so now they have to reroute to other ports on the east coast. besides cars, will shipments of other goods also be affected? they could, although impact will be lesser because the port of baltimore is a highly specialised port, it s mainly used for handling automobiles and tru