Tag: Mike Ives

U.S. Postal Service Proposes Raising Stamp Prices Again

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[ad_1] The United States Postal Service on Tuesday proposed an overall increase of nearly 8 percent on the price of postage, the latest in a series of stamp hikes over the past three years. The new prices would take effect in July, pending approval from an independent regulatory commission. Among other changes, a Forever stamp would cost 73 cents instead of 68 cents, and the price of a domestic postcard would rise to 56 cents from 53 cents. The proposed changes, like several others since 2021, are part of the…

Baltimore Implements Emergency Shipping Route to Navigate Key Bridge Wreckage

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Baltimore open a temporary channel to restore traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The new channel allows some vessels to bypass wreckage, but efforts to clear heavier debris for larger vessels continue. [ad_1] Officials in Baltimore opened a temporary channel on Monday to help restore some traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore, one of the nation’s busiest commercial shipping hubs. The alternate channel will allow some essential vessels to bypass wreckage from the collapsed Francis Scott Key…

Key Bridge Was Also Hit by a Ship in 1980, With Limited Damage

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[ad_1] The massive cargo ship that lost control and slammed into a major Baltimore Key Bridge  on Tuesday was not the first to do so. The same bridge was also hit by a wayward cargo vessel in 1980. On Aug. 29 of that year, a container ship named the Blue Nagoya drifted into a pier that supported the structure, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, after losing control about 1,800 feet away, according to a 1983 report by the U.S. National Research Council. When the Blue Nagoya hit the Key Bridge,…