The ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was re-floated on Monday after being caught for practically eight weeks.
The Dali was moved by tugboats “below beneficial environmental situations”, based on the US Military Corps of Engineers.
Transferring the ship is the most recent step in clearing key delivery routes.
The Dali crashed on 26 March, inflicting the bridge to break down and killing six building employees.
The ship misplaced energy earlier than veering off target and hanging the bridge. The collision despatched round 4,000 tonnes of particles into the Patapsco River and trapped the boat. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The 948ft (289m) ship had remained on the scene and was lined in scrap metallic from the bridge, till a managed demolition final week cleared among the particles.
The Military Corps of Engineers stated that it could take round 21 hours to maneuver the Dali to a close-by terminal.
Doing so first required that ballast tanks aboard the ship – which had been stuffed with giant quantities of water to forestall it from swaying – be emptied, permitting the Dali to rise from the ground of Maryland’s Patapsco river.
At excessive tide round 0700 EST (1200 BST), 5 tugboats and several other different vessels started shifting the newly re-floated Dali 2.5 miles (4km) to a close-by marine terminal. Particles and elements of roadway are nonetheless clearly seen atop the ship, which stays closely broken.
Officers have beforehand stated that the ship is anticipated to stay on the terminal for 4 to 6 weeks earlier than being moved to Norfolk, Virginia for additional repairs.
With the ship moved out of the way in which, deep-draft business vessels at the moment are ready to make use of a 400ft (121m) huge, 50ft (15m) deep portion of the federal delivery channel to enter and exit the port of Baltimore, at the same time as cranes and different gear stay in place to clear further particles.
The clearing work will proceed till the delivery channel is restored to its unique width of 700ft (213m) and all metal is faraway from the riverbed.