I Retired at the end of 2022 after 50 years working at almost every port facility in Baltimore, When the Key Bridge was built in the mid 70's ships were nowhere near the size they are now. Ships with automobiles were still bulk carriers using the ships cranes to lift the cars one at a time from the holds and place them dockside to be driven away. I was there! Containers were new and pure container ships like this were not yet around. These ships now are many times the size they were then.
As tragic this event is, the optimist in me sees the silver lining. As we have ports in NY/NJ, Philly, and VA taking up the slack, there will be a temporary "dip" in cargo shipping. I'm sure there are freight trains and big rigs already scheduling trips to the Port of Baltimore to pickup much of the cargo already in port. As far as repairs and salvage, I point to the Interstate 95 collapse in Philly (where we drive to visit Mom in PA from NJ) that was able to be temporarily repaired in record time (and safely, I might add).
The Big Question, is when the Port and Harbour of Baltimore finally reopens. In a few weeks time hopefully, or in couple or more months time, if the bridge wreckage takes longer to clear? To allow Large, or Very Large or even Ultra Large Container Ships, or Bulk Carriers and Supper Tankers, plus Car Vehicle Roll-On / Roll-Off Transport Carriers, or Cruise Ships, to sail up and down the Main Shipping Channel too and dock in the Port of Baltimore too. Will these American Exporters and Importers, plus the International Commercial Shipping Companies too. Who are now having to transfer their operations, to other American Eastern Seaboard Porrts. Whether to the Port of New York and New Jersey, Port of Savannah, Port of Virginia, Portnof Charleston, Port of Boston, Portnof Jacksonvilla, Port of Portland and the Port of Philadelphia. Or to the Port of Miami, or even to other American Ports, which are along the American coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, all the way down to the Port of Galveston Texas too. If these Exporters, Importers and International Shipping Companies, like the services at these other Eastern American Seaboard Ports, better than they were getting at the Port of Baltimore. Will they are transfer back all or just some of their operations, to the Port of Baltimore!? Or just not return to the Port of Baltimore at all in the near futurw, if the East Baltimore Toll Interstate Road Bridge, is going to take years to be rebuilt! Because will the Port of Baltimore business, suffer not just in the next few days, weeks and next six months. Though may suffer, or could take 3 to 5 years to recover and start to basically improve in the long term too? That is if exporters and importers plus International Commercial Shipping Companies, can get out ofctheir contracts with the Port of Baltimore. Also arrange better long term contracts, with the other American Eastern Seaboard Porrts too? Because some of these other Eastern American Seaboard Ports, may just want to keep this temporary and extra business and trade, permanently in the future too!
Wow...before seeing their graphic I had no idea that the Francis Scott Key Bridge was in Washington DC. I'm just left to wonder why it is having such an effect on the Port of Baltimore. :P
This was an attack folks. Don't listen to the lies being told it wasn't. I'm former intel. Lived near the bridge when I worked at Fort Meade. After that 32 years in cybersecurity. Now retired. This was a cyber attack through the ships navigation system. The ship didn't lose power. The crew shutdown power frantically, twice, to reset the systems to try to thwart the attack. Obviously, that didn't work. I can't imagine ship navigation systems are any more secure than the notoriously unsecure ADS-B navigation system used by aircraft. Easy to hack. This is a major attack on critical infrastructure. The impact will be enormous.
Lies from anonymous conspiracy bots. I live in Maryland 50 years. It was just a disaster waiting to happen with these gigantic junk ships out of Singapore.
I Retired at the end of 2022 after 50 years working at almost every port facility in Baltimore, When the Key Bridge was built in the mid 70's ships were nowhere near the size they are now. Ships with automobiles were still bulk carriers using the ships cranes to lift the cars one at a time from the holds and place them dockside to be driven away. I was there! Containers were new and pure container ships like this were not yet around. These ships now are many times the size they were then.
As tragic this event is, the optimist in me sees the silver lining. As we have ports in NY/NJ, Philly, and VA taking up the slack, there will be a temporary "dip" in cargo shipping. I'm sure there are freight trains and big rigs already scheduling trips to the Port of Baltimore to pickup much of the cargo already in port. As far as repairs and salvage, I point to the Interstate 95 collapse in Philly (where we drive to visit Mom in PA from NJ) that was able to be temporarily repaired in record time (and safely, I might add).
Your graphic has located the Francis Scott Key Bridge in DC. There is one there, too, but we're talking about the one in Baltimore.
The Big Question, is when the Port and Harbour of Baltimore finally reopens.
In a few weeks time hopefully, or in couple or more months time, if the bridge wreckage takes longer to clear?
To allow Large, or Very Large or even Ultra Large Container Ships, or Bulk Carriers and Supper Tankers, plus Car Vehicle Roll-On / Roll-Off Transport Carriers, or Cruise Ships, to sail up and down the Main Shipping Channel too and dock in the Port of Baltimore too.
Will these American Exporters and Importers, plus the International Commercial Shipping Companies too.
Who are now having to transfer their operations, to other American Eastern Seaboard Porrts.
Whether to the Port of New York and New Jersey, Port of Savannah, Port of Virginia, Portnof Charleston, Port of Boston, Portnof Jacksonvilla, Port of Portland and the Port of Philadelphia.
Or to the Port of Miami, or even to other American Ports, which are along the American coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, all the way down to the Port of Galveston Texas too.
If these Exporters, Importers and International Shipping Companies, like the services at these other Eastern American Seaboard Ports, better than they were getting at the Port of Baltimore.
Will they are transfer back all or just some of their operations, to the Port of Baltimore!?
Or just not return to the Port of Baltimore at all in the near futurw, if the East Baltimore Toll Interstate Road Bridge, is going to take years to be rebuilt!
Because will the Port of Baltimore business, suffer not just in the next few days, weeks and next six months.
Though may suffer, or could take 3 to 5 years to recover and start to basically improve in the long term too?
That is if exporters and importers plus International Commercial Shipping Companies, can get out ofctheir contracts with the Port of Baltimore.
Also arrange better long term contracts, with the other American Eastern Seaboard Porrts too?
Because some of these other Eastern American Seaboard Ports, may just want to keep this temporary and extra business and trade, permanently in the future too!
The map displays Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge on the border with Virginia… as if the bridge is in District of Columbia
Car dealers are probably already charging a markup for additional shipping costs for having to ship the cars from New York or Virginia.
Wow...before seeing their graphic I had no idea that the Francis Scott Key Bridge was in Washington DC. I'm just left to wonder why it is having such an effect on the Port of Baltimore. :P
It's not in Washington DC. The bridge is in Baltimore Maryland.
@@anonymouszero9422 Hence my commenting on their graphic misplacing the bridge geographically.
It would be exceedingly frustrating and inefficient if longshoreman union contracts prevent surging of offloading cargo containers. 😡
no light on the bridge. Right in the way of shipping. You call yourself engineers Baltimore. You better go to all those funerals you caused.
This was an attack folks. Don't listen to the lies being told it wasn't. I'm former intel. Lived near the bridge when I worked at Fort Meade. After that 32 years in cybersecurity. Now retired. This was a cyber attack through the ships navigation system. The ship didn't lose power. The crew shutdown power frantically, twice, to reset the systems to try to thwart the attack. Obviously, that didn't work.
I can't imagine ship navigation systems are any more secure than the notoriously unsecure ADS-B navigation system used by aircraft. Easy to hack.
This is a major attack on critical infrastructure. The impact will be enormous.
thank you... i was afraid of this....
Utter BS
You are lying and I don't appreciate your dishonest words. None of your words are true
Lies from anonymous conspiracy bots. I live in Maryland 50 years. It was just a disaster waiting to happen with these gigantic junk ships out of Singapore.
@lawrencefearon6830 Nope I'm real. Just calling you a liar.