From article above:

The Dali, a 948-foot, Singapore-flagged cargo ship, had been inspected 27 times since it was built in 2015, with “deficiencies” being found on two occasions, according to records from the Electronic Quality Shipping Information System.

One deficiency was noted last summer by Chilean authorities, who said the ship had a “propulsion and auxiliary machinery” deficiency—something that was cited by as being an issue with the vessel on Tuesday by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which wrote that the Dali had “lost propulsion” while leaving port.

The Dali’s other noted deficiency came after it was involved in a separate collision in 2016. That’s when it struck a stone wall at a dock in Antwerp, Belgium, which damaged its hull. The collision forced it to be docked for repairs, but nobody was injured. According to Vessel Finder, the blame for that incident was placed on the ship’s master and pilot on board—not the weather or mechanical issues.

The Dali was not being piloted by its own crew at the time of Tuesday’s collision, either. It was instead being directed out of port by local pilots—a practice used worldwide to avoid collisions like the one that happened Tuesday. Local pilots steer outbound ships out to the open water before leaving the vessel to its regular crew, and board inbound vessels just before they reach local channels.

Tracking data from Tuesday shows that the Dali came to a complete stop under the bridge, according to the MarineTraffic platform. It also shows the vessel left Baltimore before 1 a.m. Tuesday on a voyage to Colombo in Sri Lanka.