Baltimore Implements Emergency Shipping Route to Navigate Key Bridge Wreckage

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…

Baltimore engineers begin clearing bridge wreckage to reopen channel

[ad_1] The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Engineers in Maryland on Saturday began lifting a piece of Francis Scott Key Bridge out of the waterway in Baltimore, the first step in a long process to reopen the city’s shipping port. “I cannot stress enough how important today and the first movement of this bridge and the wreckage is,” said Gov. Wes Moore at a Saturday press…