1:28 AM in Baltimore is 1:28 PM in Beijing. People go back to work at the hacking combine after lunch.
Ships are like trains and semi trucks, they operate 24/7/365...
Additionally there were 2 Baltimore harbor pilots on board as is standard procedure. The ship is in their control while transiting the harbor. Barring any system outages the MV was at special sea detail and succumbed to systems failure at a critical point in the transit. Shi3os these days have a “black box” and it has been removed for analysis.
Anybody heard from the DEI harbor master yet? You know the one with all the magical degrees in HR and seminars... but never had a job involving the operation of a major harbor, let alone a marina?