The 3,000-tonne Thanh Luan 28 ship was travelling on the An Thai River from Hai Duong to Hai Phong City when it hit An Thai Bridge and became trapped.
No loss of human life was reported, but the crash caused a girder of the bridge to crack, affecting traffic near the site. The police had to ban people and vehicles from using the bridge.
A delegation from the Ministry of Transport arrived at the site on March 7 to inspect the accident and discuss measures to extract the ship.
Initial inspection found that the collision had caused serious damage to the bridge with a quarter of the girder broken. Further inspection on the damage will be carried out today before a detailed plan to fix it is announced.
Hai Duong Police is also investigating the actions of the ship’s captain.