US EditionPort traffic set rebound to levels seen before Key Bridge collapse
- Port of Baltimore container traffic is set to surpass levels seen in 2023, according to Mark Schmidt of Ports America Chesapeake.
- The Key Bridge collapse caused a significant disruption when it was struck by the Dali container ship, leading to 11 weeks of lost cargo ship traffic and trapping ten vessels in the harbor.
- Longshoremen lost revenue from 225,000 containers during the shutdown, resulting in widespread job loss for 74 days, as reported by Schmidt.
- Local residents, including Pete Triantafilos, have expressed frustration over increased commute times and traffic congestion since the bridge collapse.
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Key Bridge collapse lawsuits likely won’t be resolved for years
Last year’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge spawned more than 50 lawsuits, including cases filed by the families of the six workers who died, parties shipping property on the ill-fated container ship Dali and companies claiming losses from the disaster’s resulting damage to the region’s economy. It could be years before any of them are resolved. And, experts in maritime law say, many of the cases could be tossed. For now, legal filings …
‘Not your normal salvage operation’: Picking up pieces after Key Bridge collapse
Salvage crews remove the final large steel truss segment from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge that was blocking the 700-foot-wide Fort McHenry Federal Channel in early June, 10 weeks after the bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024.By Kate Ryan When Robyn Bianchi was notified about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, she recalls she and her colleagues at the New Jersey-based marine salvage firm Donjon Marine were shocked. “We were all …
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