HMM: Baltimore Port: What impact will bridge collapse have on shipping? “It is one of the smallest container ports on the Northeastern seaboard, handling 265,000 containers in the fourth quarter of last year, according to container shipping expert Lars Jensen. The Port of New York and New Jersey handled around 2 million containers in that same period, and Norfolk Port in Virginia handled 850,000, so the flow of containers to Baltimore can likely be redistributed to bigger ports, Jensen said.”
Plus, here’s a thread on the impact:
A massive container ship crashed into the main bridge of Baltimore’s beltway this morning, causing total collapse to the bridge and cutting off the city’s container port from the global ocean. At least 6 people are missing. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/GkuxD7zS3r
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) March 26, 2024