Seven days before a container ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, it received a large load of fuel at a New Jersey berth where testing at the time determined the oil was safe to use, according to the company that delivered the fuel and documents showing the test results. The load, comprising two types of oil and totaling more than 400,000 gallons, was delivered to the Dali by Centerline Logistics, a Seattle-based company, the documents show.
” If there had been other contaminants in the fuel, the existing tests would have been thrown out of whack, pointing to a possible problem, Godden said. NBC News obtained copies of the testing reports for the fuel Centerline delivered to the Dali in New Jersey and shared them with three experts in marine engineering and operations. The experts said the reports indicated it was clean.