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Port of Baltimore Bridge Collapse Update

Supply Chain Matters

It has been just over two weeks since a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River that leads to the Port of Baltimore. The collision caused this massive bridge spanning 1.6

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April 2, 2024 Update

Freightos

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Salvage crews have already started working to clear the wreckage from last week’s bridge collapse in Baltimore. Baltimore is the largest US port for vehicle imports and exports.

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April 9, 2024 Update

Freightos

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Recovery efforts in Baltimore continued to make progress this week. Crews began the on-water removal of containers from the still-stuck Dali , as one necessary step in clearing the ship from the collision site.

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May 1, 2024 Update

Freightos

Recovery efforts continued at the Port of Baltimore this week, where temporary channels let some trapped vessels exit the port , and accommodated the first container ship arrivals since the collapse. In the last two weeks, though, prices have rebounded with N. America rates climbing 14% to $2.88/kg America and $3.85/kg

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Several years ago, I interviewed CIOs and IT executives from leading third party logistics (3PL) companies, and one of the most interesting findings was that their teams spent a majority of their time fixing and cleansing data. Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. What are the odds I’ll use them again?

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]