Baltimore’s alternate shipping channels not deep enough, Maersk says

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Baltimore’s alternate shipping channels not deep enough, Maersk says

OSLO (Reuters) – The Baltimore port’s alternate shipping channels are not deep enough to accommodate the oceangoing container vessels that Maersk and other carriers use, the Danish shipping group said in a statement on Wednesday. A container vessel chartered by Maersk collided with a major bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore’s harbour last month, causing the structure to collapse. Six people died in the incident. Maersk in its statement sai…