By Mark Gray
5:00pm PDT, Apr 29, 2024
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For the first time in a month, ships are leaving the Port of Baltimore.
The port, one of the busiest on the East Coast, has been paralyzed since March 26 when the Dali freighter struck a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse.
On April 25, the first of 11 ships trapped in the port were able to sail out, using a channel that opened less than two hours earlier.
Here, the Carmen — the third and largest ship to leave the port — sails past the Dali and the collapsed bridge. While the Carmen set sail on April 25, crews continued to clear debris from the Dali.
Keep reading to see more photos showing the efforts to clear the port one month after the maritime disaster…
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A crane removes a large piece of debris from the water as workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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The Chesapeake 1000 — the largest floating crane on the east coast — lifts part of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 23, 2024.
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Workers clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Workers clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Workers clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Workers clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 25, 2024.
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Workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Debris is pulled out of the water as workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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A large piece of debris is pulled out of the water as workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Twisted rebar protrudes from the remains of a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 25, 2024.
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Workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Dali container ship in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
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Workers continue to clear the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the container ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26, 2024.
The first cargo ship passed through a temporary channel in Baltimore on April 25 after being trapped in the harbor since the bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, halting most maritime traffic through the city's port.
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Salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the cargo ship Dali on April 25, 2024, following the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
Four weeks after the maritime accident in the Patapsco River, a temporary channel opened to allow ships stuck in the Port of Baltimore to leave.
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In this aerial-view photo taken on April 26, 2024, salvage crews are seen removing wreckage from the Dali container vessel one month after the cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and caused it to collapse.
Four weeks after the maritime accident in the Patapsco River, a temporary channel was opened to allow ships stuck in the Port of Baltimore to leave.
