New video and imagery released by the unified command show the scale of the challenge that the Key Bridge salvors face. In the current phase if the operation, salvage crews have been continuing to prepare for the complex task of removing the large piece of the Key Bridge that is pinning down the M/V Dali, the giant containership whose strike on the bridge initiated its collapse.
Prior to removing the bridge piece, Key Bridge salvage teams...
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In a customer advisory released today, Maersk says that the opening of the new third temporary access channel to Baltimore could potentially allow it and other carriers to operate limited barge services into and out of the Port of Baltimore.
Following is the text of the advisory:
“The Baltimore Captain of the Port (COTP) has announced the opening of a third temporary alternate channel to provide limited access for commercially essential vessels in the Port of Baltimore. This channel, with a...
As the Key Bridge response Unified Command continues efforts to reopen access to the Port of Baltimore, the NTSB continues its investigation into what went wrong on board the containership Dali before it smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. At a Senate hearing on her renomination, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said Wednesday that investigators believe that there is a connection between the lights going out on the ship, as seen in...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/video-key-bridge-response-whats-new/
The March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has significantly disrupted U.S. East Coast supply chains. However, ocean freight container shipping rates have remained relatively stable, according to Xeneta, an ocean freight rate benchmarking and intelligence platform.
Xeneta’s data reveals that average spot rates from the Far East to the East Coast, including Baltimore, have fallen by 1% since the bridge collapse, standing at $5,421 per forty-foot equivalent unit. When...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ocean-freight-rates-steady-despite-baltimore-bridge-collapse
El de Baltimore es uno de los principales puertos de EE. UU. en el Atlántico y el valor de las mercancías que circulan cada día por las instalaciones portuarias es de entre 100 y 200 millones de dólares al día.
The Unified Command responding to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was continuing to coordinate operations Wednesday, despite challenging weather conditions that included severe thunderstorms and high winds.
Trained crews, in conjunction with the Unified Command, were taking steps forward with operations and conducting routine salvage assessments, while evaluating the safest and most effective routes. Divers are on scene to conduct underwater surveys along with mapping out...
As the first vessel successfully transited the Baltimore temporary channel established following the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Unified Command responding to the disaster announced plans to establish a second alternate channel.
The first vessel transiting the temporary channel, at 3.00 p.m. yesterday was the tugboat Crystal Coast pushing a fuel barge used to supply jet fuel to the Department of Defense, It was transiting to Dover Air Force Base.
The first...
More details are beginning to emerge about the MV Dali container ship that largely destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.
In 2016, the Dali hit a wall at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, damaging a large portion of its hull. The Dali’s owner and operator have also been sued for several work-related injuries since 2018.
Last year, the Dali was also cited for propulsion issues during a stop in Chile. Here are five things to know about the cargo ship:
MV Dali involved in collision...
Shipping Australia is shocked and horrified at the terrible news in Baltimore, in the United States. We express our condolences and profound sympathies to the families that have lost loved […]
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