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In the wake of the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge after the containership Dali’s allision with the bridge, the tugboat, towboat and barge industry – which plays a critical role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of port operations across the United States – shares the public’s strong interest in getting to the bottom… Read More
The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is likely to lead to the largest single marine insurance loss ever, the chair of Lloyd’s of London has said. Bruce Carnegie-Brown said he expected to see insurers incur multibillion-dollar losses after the disaster, which resulted in the deaths of at least two people, with four others… Read More
Less than a year ago the US Army Corps of Engineers finalised a Chief’s Report for Baltimore harbour. The report does not predict the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week. But it does help explain it. The product of four years of study with the Maryland Port Administration, the report recommends that… Read More
The deputy superintendent of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy describes the ship pilot’s role in avoiding deadly collisions like the Baltimore shipping container crash. Details are still emerging about the disaster that happened in the early morning of March 26, 2024, when the Dali, a large cargo ship on its way out of the port… Read More
To re-open the Port of Baltimore to vessel traffic, authorities will need to clear the shipping channel. To clear the shipping channel, the massive, stuck cargo ship will need to be freed. For the ship to be freed, the fallen steel bridge, weighing it down, will need to be removed. Recovery from disaster is complex and cumbersome…. Read More
South Carolina Ports seamlessly handled big ships and big move counts at Wando Welch Terminal as imports trend back up. The SC Ports team and maritime community recently moved 4,474 containers on and off the ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Mount Olympus vessel. This marked one of the highest move counts ever on a vessel at… Read More
Georgia officials picked up a key congressional endorsement Monday as they seek a federal study on whether the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah should be deepened again following a harbor expansion that was completed in 2022 and cost nearly $1 billion. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and… Read More
The iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed into the Patapsco River on Tuesday, one of several notable disasters in the United States involving ships or barges colliding with bridges. From 1960 to 2015, there were 18 major bridge collapses that took place in the country Baltimore, in the United States, witnessed a devastating… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has approved contracts totaling $65.6 million for container yard work at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, a 200-acre facility just downriver from GPA’s main container port. “We’re very pleased with the progress on improving Ocean Terminal’s container handling capability,” said GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch. “We’re on track to… Read More
The Canadian Port of Argentia and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to collaborate on the export and import of green hydrogen from Canada to Germany. Scott Penney, CEO of the Port of Argentia, and Jens Meier from HPA signed the agreement while attending the Canada-Germany Hydrogen and Ammonia… Read More
A universal, global carbon tax on shipping is coming, as alternative blue fuels made with carbon capture emerge as a critical step in the energy transition at sea. That was the message from Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman and CEO, during an appearance at the CERAWeek energy conference, according to ABS’s release. “We need to… Read More
Danish shipping giant Maersk on Tuesday confirmed it had chartered the container ship which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore in the early hours of the morning. The bridge across the Patapsco River partially collapsed following the incident, which occurred around 1:35 a.m. local time Tuesday, according to local officials. A rescue operation… Read More
Virginia officials scrambled on Tuesday to help neighboring Maryland with maritime commerce disrupted by the early morning collapse of a bridge in Baltimore in the main shipping channel to the city’s busy port. Aubrey Layne, chairman of the board of directors at the Port of Virginia, said the port in Hampton Roads would not be directly affected… Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) — A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed dead, and the search… Read More
BALTIMORE — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District has activated its Emergency Operations Center, clearing the way for more than 1,100 engineering, construction, contracting and operations specialists to provide support to local, state and federal agencies following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, March 26, 2024. In accordance with USACE’s federal authorities,… Read More