The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has disrupted shipping at one of the largest ports in the country — and the busiest U.S. port for car shipments. Automakers are scrambling to deal with new supply chain issues.

I didn’t realize Baltimore was so important for the car market of the Midwest and East Coast. Apparently 800,000+ cars are delivered per year through the Port of Baltimore, but with the bridge collapse today it sounds like shipments could cause some car market issues for a swath of the country.

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Lol, a few days? The ship is trapped under the truss, they’re going to have to do a full engineering review and come up with a plan. It probably has hull damage from crashing into the bridge posts. Imagine the outcry if that ship sunk and dumps its fuel everywhere.

    It’s going to be weeks.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      Imagine the outcry if that ship sunk and dumps its fuel everywhere.

      Well… we don’t have to worry about the ship sinking actually.

      We have a big problem about the ship getting grounded and permanently stuck in the mud though… the Bay is famously shallow. One of the shallowest ports in existence. There’s only 50-feet of water here, just barely enough to clear these container ships.

      You know… barely enough room before these container ships have a damn bridge on top of them pushing them down and into the mud.