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• 14 Aug 2020

Hi All, Planning a little trip to take in the sights and sounds of the Isle of Wight tomorrow, but I've been poking around on BR Fares and it doesn't list any Priv fares. It shows public rate just fine so are priv rate tickets not available? I don't want to make an idiot of myself at the ticket office in Waterloo. Thanks  

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Jayden99 said: Hi All, Planning a little trip to take in the sights and sounds of the Isle of Wight tomorrow, but I've been poking around on BR Fares and it doesn't list any Priv fares. It shows public rate just fine so are priv rate tickets not available? I don't want to make an idiot of myself at the ticket office in Waterloo. Thanks Click to expand...

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Wightlink Services Travel facilities are available only to Employees who entered the service prior to 1 April 1985 and only on the services between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde; and between Lymington and Yarmouth. Reduced rate travel is available to all eligible Active and Retired Employees and their Dependents upon presentation of a valid undated Staff Travel Card. Free travel can be obtained by use of a dated Staff Travel Card (but NOT a Status Pass). Rail Staff Travel Guide for Safeguarded staff 90-011-032 D7429AA v8 July 2020 Rail Staff Travel Page 58 of 81 Residential travel is also granted to Employees on Wightlink services and for this purpose, the shipping company will honour Residential Passes as long as these are endorsed “via Wightlink services” if part of a through journey, or specifically (e.g. Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde) if that is the extent of the residential journey sought. Wightlink also grants eligible Employees a 50% reduction on the standard vehicle and driver tariff which applies on the Portsmouth to Fishbourne service to single, day return and return tickets, although this is not available for commercial vehicles, caravans or trailers. All other passengers in the vehicle can travel free or at privilege rate (if eligible) or at the appropriate full fare. Tickets cannot be pre-booked and can only be purchased on the day of travel. There are no restrictions on foot passenger services but Wightlink do not offer the concessionary vehicle arrangements during the peak summer holiday period (roughly mid July to late August) on Saturdays on sailings departing between 07.35 and 19.50 hours. For vehicle and foot passenger bookings you can call 0333 999 7333. Click to expand...

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Reaching the Isle of Wight by train

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One of the most convenient ways of reaching the Isle of Wight is by train.  Each of our three mainland ports is only moments from a well-connected railway station , from where you can hop on the ferry and be on the Island in as little as 22 minutes.

What’s more, you can save money and make your travel planning even more convenient by purchasing ‘through’ rail tickets, which cover both train and ferry tickets in one go – find out more below.

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To make things easy for you, you can purchase ‘through’ or ‘combined’ train tickets to the Isle of Wight port you’re travelling to, which includes your Wightlink ferry in the price. Helpfully, this gives you access to some of your usual railway discounts, such as 16-25 railcards, covering the whole of your package.

You can also purchase through tickets that include onward travel on the Island via the Island Line train service .

To check Isle of Wight train times and to buy through tickets online, you can use National Rail or South Western Railway or, alternatively, you can purchase your tickets at any railway ticket office.

West Wight Wanderer Day Ranger ticket

Save on trains in the New Forest, Lymington – Yarmouth ferry travel and bus journeys throughout West Wight with the ‘West Wight Wanderer’ ticket.

Valid for one day at £30 for adults and £18 for children (5 – 15 years inclusive), you can pick up a ticket at any manned UK railway station.

We run three routes that link the mainland with the Isle of Wight. Portsmouth Harbour – Ryde Pier Head is our most popular route for train connections, as our Portsmouth Harbour port is found within Portsmouth Harbour Train Station.

From there, it’s only 22 minutes across the Solent on our FastCat service. Portsmouth Harbour is well served by trains from London Waterloo and London Victoria.

Similarly, our Lymington port is easily accessible by train as it sits minutes from Lymington Pier Train Station. From there, you can get to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight in only 40 minutes on a beautifully scenic crossing.

It’s quicker than you think to get to the Isle of Wight by train. If you’re coming from London, for example, you can reach Ryde Pier on the Island within around two hours, with regular trains leaving London Waterloo.

It’s easy to get there from London Victoria, too, with a change along the way at either Fratton or Portsmouth and Southsea Station.

See how long it takes to get to the Island from various UK locations:

From London Waterloo | 2 hours 

From Reading | 2 ½ hours 

From Bristol | 3 ½ hours 

From Cardiff | 4 hours 

From Birmingham | 4 ½ hours 

From Manchester | 5 hours 

Island Line run a train service on the east of the Isle of Wight between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin, also serving the towns of Brading, Sandown and Lake.  It’s 30 minutes to get from Ryde to Shanklin and the service runs every hour throughout the day.

You can also sample some Island nostalgia on the Isle of Wight Steam railway, which connects Havenstreet, Smallbrook, Wootton and Ashey.

If you need to travel west, Southern Vectis buses regularly run from Ryde Bus Station.

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Can you get a train to the Isle of Wight?

You can conveniently reach the Isle of Wight by train and ferry. The Isle of Wight is connected to the mainland of England by a ferry service, and there is a train station located at the ferry terminal on the mainland side. Passengers can take a train to Portsmouth and Lymington and then board a ferry to reach the Isle of Wight. The ferry journey typically takes around 10 to 15 minutes.

You could save time and money by booking your ferry and train tickets all in one place with a combined ticket. With one ticket, you can skip the queues at ferry ticket offices and be on your way.

How do I get cheap tickets to and from the Isle of Wight?

Combined ferry and train tickets could work out cheaper than buying your tickets separately. The best way to buy a train ticket for the Isle of Wight is through our app . Discounts are available for children and you can save even more with most Railcards .

Find out how you can buy a combined ferry and train ticket to travel between the mainland and Isle of Wight at the following locations:

There are two routes that will take you between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, each with their own dedicated terminal.

In Ryde, the Wightlink terminal is located at the end of Ryde Pier next to the Island Line station at Ryde Pier Head or you can walk down the pier into Ryde. The Hovertravel terminal is located at Ryde Esplanade, next to the Island Line station at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde bus station.

Combined tickets are available for journeys to/from Island Line stations. Where a combined ticket is not offered to your chosen station, you’ll need to book one ticket to/from Ryde Hoverport (for travel with Hovertravel) or Ryde Esplanade (for travel with Wightlink) and a separate ticket for travelling on the Island Line.

Travelling with Hovertravel

You can fly across the Solent with Hovertravel between Southsea and Ryde. Hovertravel is the fastest way to get to the Isle of Wight at just 10 minutes.

Combined tickets are available to Ryde Hoverport (XRD) or Island Line stations – just check your ticket includes travel via Hovertravel before buying.

Reservations are available and can be made through Hovertravel’s reservation form . Please allow up to 48 hours (excluding weekends) for your request to be processed.

You do not need to have a reservation and may be asked to join a standby queue. At busy times, you may not be able to travel on your intended crossing and will need to wait for the next one available.

Getting to the ferry terminal

Change at Portsmouth & Southsea station  for the HoverBus which will drop you off at Hovertravel’s Southsea terminal – this is included in your combined ticket.

Ryde Hoverport Terminal is located next to Ryde Esplanade train station  and Ryde bus station.

Travelling with FastCat 

Travel from Portsmouth Harbour station to Ryde Pier Head on Wightlink’s FastCat takes just 22 minutes.

Reservations are recommended and can made by calling Wightlink on 0333 999 7333 (09:00 – 18:00 Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:00 Saturday and Sunday). Customers need to arrive at least 15 minutes before their planned departure.

Wightlink’s FastCat Passenger Terminals are located next to both Portsmouth Harbour station  and Ryde Pier Head station .

There are two different ferry services that will take you between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, each with their own dedicated terminals for their route. In Southampton, Terminals 1 and 2 are both located in Town Quay. Combined tickets to/from Cowes will include the Quayconnect bus between Southampton Central and Terminals 1 and 2.

In Cowes, the East Cowes Terminal and West Cowes Terminal are divided by the River Medina. If you need to get across you can either take the Cowes Floating Bridge , which takes 2-3 minutes, or it’s a 15-minute walk between the terminals.

As the Southampton terminals are next to each other, we recommend choosing which part of Cowes you would like to go via.

Travelling with West Cowes by RedJet

If you want to travel via West Cowes, choose Cowes West (Redjet) (WTW) as your destination or origin station to buy a combined ferry and train ticket.

Your crossing between the mainland (Terminal 2) and the Isle of Wight will be with Red Funnel , taking 28 minutes on their Red Jet Hi-Speed catamarans.

Reservations are not offered.

Red Funnel’s Quayconnect shuttle bus is included in your combined ticket and is a direct service between Southampton Central station  (Platform 4 exit) and Red Funnel’s Terminal 2 in Town Quay.

West Cowes Terminal is located off the High Street in Cowes, with frequent buses operating from Cowes Carvel Lane M&S bus stop (2-minute walk).

Travelling withEast Cowes by Red Funnel Ship

If you want to travel via East Cowes, choose Cowes East (Red Funnel Ship) (ECW) as your destination or origin station to buy a combined ferry and train ticket.

Your crossing between the mainland (Terminal 1) and the Isle of Wight will be with Red Funnel, taking just 55 minutes on their Car Ferry service.

Red Funnel’s Quayconnect shuttle bus is included in your combined ticket and is a direct service between Southampton Central station  (Platform 4 exit) and Red Funnel’s Terminal 1 in Town Quay.

East Cowes Terminal is located off Castle Street in Cowes, with frequent buses operating from East Cowes Waitrose bus stop (5-minute walk).

If you want to travel via Lymington, choose Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (YMH) as your destination or origin station to buy a combined ferry and train ticket.

Your crossing between the mainland and the Isle of Wight will be with Wightlink , taking 40 minutes on their Car Ferry service.

Lymington Ferry Port is located next to Lymington Pier train station .

Yarmouth Car Ferry Terminal is located next to Yarmouth bus station.

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A ride across passages of history - Moscow Metro rolls on

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Lying at a depth of 5 (Pechatniki station) to 80 metres (Park Pobedy station), the history of the last eight decades unfold before your eyes, carved out of marble and granite and built in iron and glass – revealing the tastes, ideas, dreams, hopes and disappointments of the previous generations and contemporaries. The Moscow Metro dates back to 1931, when its construction first began, although engineers Pyotr Balinsky and Evgeny Knorre submitted their first designs to the Moscow City Duma as far back as 1902. “His speeches carried a strong temptation: like a true demon, he would promise to cast Moscow down to the bottom of the sea and raise it above the clouds”, a journalist for the Russkoye Slovo newspaper commented on Balinsky’s idea. Yet the Duma, made up of rich people, did not bite the bait: after all, they all lived in the centre of the city and never rode overcrowded trams.

After five failed proposals before the Duma, the Moscow Metro finally threw open its doors on May 15, 1935, 18 years after the revolution, and carried the first passengers on its moving staircases, escalators, and the padded seats of its new wagons (unlike the wooden seats in trams). The first metro line – from Sokolniki to Dvorets Sovetov (now known as Kropotkinskaya) -- was 11 km long and had 13 stations. Now, the Moscow Metro has a track of over 300 km with 12 lines and 182 stations. The city’s development outline for 2020 envisages that, by then, another 120 km will have been added to the existing routes.

For the first 20 years of its history, the Moscow Metro was named after Lazar Kaganovich, the “iron commissar” and Stalin’s right hand man, who was in-charge of construction of the first stage of the metro (incidentally, he personally blew up the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in December 1931 as a part of the Proletarian Capital project). In 1955, however, the Metro was renamed after Vladimir Lenin. Although Russia has long since changed its political track, you can still find the images of the former leader at over 10 stations, including, for instance, busts of Lenin at Belorusskaya and Komsomolskaya stations, impressive mosaics at Baumanskaya and Kievskaya stations, a tile panel in the passage between the Borovitskaya and Biblioteka Imeni Lenina stations. By a bitter irony of fate, Lenin’s full-face and side-face images decorate the Tsaritsyno (translated as the Tsarina’s Estate) station (dubbed Lenino up until 1990) – images of the very person who ordered the shooting of the royal family. You will not, however, find any images of Stalin in Moscow’s underground. A symbol of Russia's victory, he was omnipresent in the late 1940s. After his death in 1953 and the denunciation of Stalin’s personality cult, his images were gradually withdrawn from the Moscow Metro.

“Architecture developed along the same lines, both above and below the surface. Anything that emerged above ground had a reflection underground. It is equally true that vice versa never occurred: good architecture underground but bad architecture above the ground,” says Nikolay Shumakov, chief architect of the Moscow Metro. The first metro stations, up until the mid-1950s, were conceived and built as luxurious “palaces for the people”, great architecture for a great state. Art historians insist that the richly-decorated underground was a deliberate ideological move to eulogise the young Soviet country. Stations built between 1937 and 1955 are characteristic of the first architectural period. Everything completed at this time is worthy of special attention. For instance, look at the ceiling at Mayakovskaya and Novokuznetskaya stations to see mosaic panels based on designs by artist Alexander Deineka – 24-Hour Soviet Sky and Heroic Labour of the Soviet People on the Home Front. The mosaics were assembled by famous mosaic artist Vladimir Frolov, author of the mosaic icons in St. Petersburg’s Church of the Saviour on Blood. The Ploshchad Revolutsii station was decorated with 76 bronze sculptures of workers, soldiers, farmers, students and other Soviet people. You can even find a frontier guard with a dog and rub its nose for good luck. You may also note that all the figures (except pioneers) are either sitting or bent, which engendered the sad joke – “Any Soviet man is either in jail or on his knees.”

 Elements of decoration in Moscow's metro.   Photos by Alexandr Ganyushin

1955 heralded the end of the good times for Russian architecture – both underground and above ground – after the Communist Party issued a decree "On elimination of extravagance in design and construction.” Dull stations, without any stucco work, mosaics, original columns or other “unjustified” elements, were built under the slogan “Kilometres at the expense of architecture”. Things were the same above the ground, where entire cities were built of commonplace five-storey apartment blocks, all looking the same, nicknamed ‘Khrushchevkas’ after the then leader, Nikita Khrushchev. To get a sense of this period’s architecture, see the few stations built in the 1960s-1980s like Tverskaya, Kitay-Gorod and Kolomenskaya. In 2002, with the reconstruction of the Vorobyovy Gory station, the development of the Moscow Metro entered a third stage, which could be defined as ‘renaissance’. The platform of the station offers a splendid view of the Moskva River, the Luzhniki Olympic Complex and the Academy of Sciences building. Architectural canons of the 1930s-1940s were once again in use in the design of underground stations. By the same token, artists once again become involved in decorating the stations. As such, the Sretensky Bulvar station boasts silhouettes of Pushkin, Gogol, and Timiryazev and Moscow sights; the Dostoevskaya station is decorated with black-and-white panels featuring the main characters from Dostoyevsky’s novels The Idiot, Demons, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and the Maryina Roshcha station flaunts its pastoral mosaic landscapes. In 2004, Russia's first monorail transport system was launched into service – an elevated track (running 6 to 12 metres above the ground) in the northern part of Moscow, linking the All-Russian Exhibition Centre and the Timiryazevskaya metro station. The evolution of the Moscow Metro goes on. It’s still a work in progress, with ambitious plans to move the Moscow Metro even closer to passengers over the next ten years, not just by adding an extra 120 km to its total track. “We want to strip the stations of everything we can,” says Nikolai Shumakov. “We are trying to show the passengers their very framework, what the metro is made of. Cast iron and concrete are beautiful.”

Joy ride: Read Gogol, Dante or savour art

The Aquarelle Train.   Source: Reuters/Vostock-Photo

With any luck, you can ride in a retro train, a moving art gallery or a library. The trains are actually a part of the general traffic (i.e., they do not run to any special schedule) and are used on certain lines. The Reading Moscow Train , an ordinary train on the face of it, features extracts from literary works for adults and children. Each wagon has its own selection, from children’s fairy tales to Gogol. Circle Line. The Poetry in Metro Train carries an exposition, updated this year, dedicated to Italian poets Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch, Giacomo Leopardi, etc. All the poems are featured in two languages, Russian and Italian. Filevskaya Line. The Sokolniki Retro Train looks exactly like the first Moscow Metro train, both inside and out. Painted brown, it has padded seats, typical wall decorations and retro lamps. Sokolnicheskaya Line. The Aquarelle Train looks like a cabinet painted with flowers and fruit on the outside. Inside, it is an art gallery featuring art reproductions from the Vyatka Apollinary and Viktor Vasnetsov Art Museum. Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line.

Revolution Square station (built in 1938) is close to the Red Square area. There are 72 sculptures in the station, depicting the people of the Soviet Union, including soldiers, farmers, athletes, writers, industrial workers and school children.

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The trains and stations of the Moscow Metro

2 Comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities , Travel , Video

The Moscow Metro is the third most intensive subway system in the world after Tokyo and Seoul subways. The first line was opened on May 15, 1935. Since 1955, the metro has the name of V.I. Lenin.

The system consists of 12 lines with a total length of 305.7 km. Forty four stations are recognized cultural heritage. The largest passenger traffic is in rush hours from 8:00 to 9:00 and from 18:00 to 19:00.

Cellular communication is available on most of the stations of the Moscow Metro. In March 2012, a free Wi-Fi appeared in the Circle Line train. The Moscow Metro is open to passengers from 5:20 to 01:00. The average interval between trains is 2.5 minutes.

The fare is paid by using contactless tickets and contactless smart cards, the passes to the stations are controlled by automatic turnstiles. Ticket offices and ticket vending machines can be found in station vestibules.

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The Moscow metro stations are the best That I know, cars do not.

Alberto Calvo · September 25, 2016 at 8:57 pm

Great videos! Moscow Metro is just spectacular. I actually visited Moscow myself quite recently and wrote a post about my top 7 stations, please check it out and let me know what you think! :)

http://www.arwtravels.com/blog/moscow-metro-top-7-stations-you-cant-miss

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Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

What we know about the container ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge

• The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday was the Singapore-flagged Dali.
• The container ship had been chartered by Maersk, the Danish shipping company. 
• Two people were recovered from the water but six remain missing, authorities said.

A container ship crashed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River.

A livestream showed vehicles traveling on the Francis Scott Key Bridge just moments before the impact at 1:28 a.m. ET.

Baltimore first responders called the situation a "developing mass casualty event" and a "dire emergency," per The Associated Press.

James Wallace, chief of the Baltimore Fire Department, said in a press conference that two people had been recovered from the water.

One was uninjured, but the other was transported to a local trauma center in a "very serious condition."

Wallace said up to 20 people were thought to have fallen into the river and some six people were still missing.

Richard Worley, Baltimore's police chief, said there was "no indication" the collision was purposeful or an act of terrorism.

Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, declared a state of emergency around 6 a.m. ET. He said his office was in close communication with Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary.

"We are working with an interagency team to quickly deploy federal resources from the Biden Administration," Moore added.

Understanding why the bridge collapsed could have implications for safety, in both the shipping and civil engineering sectors.

The container ship is the Singapore-flagged Dali, which is about 984 feet long, and 157 feet wide, per a listing on VesselFinder.

An unclassified Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency report said that the ship "lost propulsion" as it was leaving port, ABC News reported.

The crew notified officials that they had lost control and warned of a possible collision, the report said, per the outlet.

The Dali's owner is listed as Grace Ocean, a Singapore-based firm, and its manager is listed as Synergy Marine, which is also headquartered in Singapore.

Shipping news outlet TradeWinds reported that Grace Ocean confirmed the Dali was involved in the collapse, but is still determining what caused the crash.

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Staff for Grace Ocean declined to comment on the collision when contacted by Business Insider.

"All crew members, including the two pilots have been accounted for and there are no reports of any injuries. There has also been no pollution," Synergy Marine said in a statement.

The company did not respond to a request for further comment from BI.

'Horrified'

Maersk chartered the Dali, with a schedule for the ship on its website.

"We are horrified by what has happened in Baltimore, and our thoughts are with all of those affected," the Danish shipping company said in a statement.

Maersk added: "We are closely following the investigations conducted by authorities and Synergy, and we will do our utmost to keep our customers informed."

Per ship tracking data, the Dali left Baltimore on its way to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, at around 1 a.m., about half an hour before the crash.

The Port of Baltimore is thought to be the largest in the US for roll-on/roll-off ships carrying trucks and trailers.

Barbara Rossi, associate professor of engineering science at the University of Oxford, told BI the force of the impact on one of the bridge's supporting structures "must have been immense" to lead to the collapse.

Dr Salvatore Mercogliano, a shipping analyst and maritime historian at Campbell University, told BI: "It appears Dali left the channel while outbound. She would have been under the control of the ship's master with a Chesapeake Bay pilot onboard to advise the master.

"The deviation out of the channel is probably due to a mechanical issue as the ship had just departed the port, but you cannot rule out human error as that was the cause of the Ever Forward in 2022 just outside of Baltimore."

He was referring to the incident two years ago when the container ship became grounded for a month in Chesapeake Bay after loading up cargo at the Port of Baltimore.

The US Coast Guard found the incident was caused by pilot error, cellphone use, and "inadequate bridge resource management."

Claudia Norrgren, from the maritime research firm Veson Nautical, told BI: "The industry bodies who are here to protect against incidents like this, such as the vessel's flag state, classification society, and regulatory bodies, will step in and conduct a formal investigation into the incident. Until then, it'll be very hard for anyone to truly know what happened on board."

This may not have been the first time the Dali hit a structure.

In 2016, maritime blogs such as Shipwreck Log and ship-tracking site VesselFinder posted videos of what appears to be the stern of the same, blue-hulled container vessel scraping against a quay in Antwerp.

A representative for the Port of Antwerp told BI the Dali did collide with a quay there eight years ago but couldn't "give any information about the cause of the accident."

The Dali is listed as being built in 2015 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.

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