United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge

2024-03-27T05:40:27.771Z

Highlights: United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge. Baltimore City's largest bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, March 26, after being struck by a container ship in distress. Rescuers suspended searches around the bridge on Tuesday evening, with American authorities believing that the six missing people were now presumed dead. This serious accident also blocks one of the busiest ports in the country. More than a million containers and 52 million tons of goods passed through the port of Baltimore last year, including 800,000 cars imported or exported.

Baltimore City's largest bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, March 26, after being struck by a container ship in distress. Vehicles and several people were rushed…

United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge

Baltimore City's largest bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, March 26, after being struck by a container ship in distress. Vehicles and several people were thrown into the water. Rescuers suspended searches around the bridge on Tuesday evening, with American authorities believing that the six missing people were now presumed dead. This serious accident also blocks one of the busiest ports in the country.

The container ship resting on debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Maryland. AP - Mark Schiefelbein

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It will take several days, probably several weeks, before we can restore access to the port of Baltimore from the sea and from land. This four-lane highway bridge crossed each day by 34,000 vehicles “

was an essential transportation artery for our state, its prolonged closure will inevitably disrupt commercial activities and supply chains

,” writes the Maryland Chamber of Commerce in a press release. .

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More than a million containers and 52 million tons of goods passed through the port of Baltimore last year, including 800,000 cars imported or exported. The city has even become the one where the most new cars pass through in the United States. It is also the main entry point into the country for sugar and gypsum, a mineral used in the manufacture of plaster. According to AFP, 15,000 direct and 140,000 indirect jobs depend on this port.

United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge

United States: heavy economic consequences after the collapse of the Baltimore bridge

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