Two and a half months after the tragic accident that took place in the port of Baltimore when the container ship Dali, due to malfunctions in the ship's power supply, had hit the Key Bridge causing it to collapse and kill six people, Yesterday in the port of Charleston there were fears of an accident analogous. The pilot on board the container ship MSC Michigan VII of the MSC company, with a gross tonnage of 74 thousand tons, in fact, the Harbour Master's Office was informed of the loss of the control of the engines of the ship that was headed towards the bridge Arthur Ravenel Jr., which is the main viaduct of the slipway U.S. port port.

The alarm made it possible to implement the temporary closure of the to traffic barriers, to evacuate some beaches and to stop the ship traffic on the Cooper River. The MSC Michigan VII is under the bridge and the crew was able to regain control of the propulsion system and stop the ship a few miles from the coast. Two boaters driven by the turbulence of the container ship's wake against some rocks suffered minor injuries.

The investigation into the incident has been entrusted to the US Coast Guard.