From NEWSWEEK:

The Dali container ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning hit a Belgium port’s stone wall in 2016.

The large vessel rammed one of the support columns of the bridge at about 1:30 a.m., causing the entire structure to break into several pieces and fall into the Patapsco River, video posted to X (formerly Twitter) showed. The ship then caught fire, and thick smoke could be seen billowing out of it. Local authorities were initially looking for seven people in the river, and two have already been pulled out, according to the Associated Press. It was unclear if the two already rescued were included in the seven.

The disaster drew attention to a separate incident involving the container ship eight years ago when the vessel struck the Antwerp port’s wall, according to a report from Vessel Finder, a vessel tracking website.

The port of Antwerp told Newsweek the collision between the Dali and a quay wall occurred on July 11, 2016. The nautical commission conducted an investigation following the incident, the port’s statement said.

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