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If China and Russia find the Houthi problem in the Red Sea as intractable as the U.S. and its allies have, it would all but halt what little maritime traffic remains in the region. The post Red Sea crisis nears boiling point, unable to heat up spot rates appeared first on FreightWaves.

The collapse of the 1.5-mile Francis Scott Key Bridge has caused the immediate and indefinite suspension of shipping traffic at the Port of Baltimore, which handles the most imports and exports of farm and construction machinery of any port in the country

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Cruise ship crashes into a concrete wall on the River Danube in Austria, injuring at least 17 passengers.

Construction cranes were deployed to Baltimore on Friday to remove the wreckage from Francis Scott Key Bridge, which partially collapsed Tuesday when a cargo ship collided with it. Multiple cranes are placed in the Patapsco River, working on clearing debris and paving the way for the reconstruction and eventual reopening of the Port of Baltimore,…

The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has shocked the world. After a container ship lost control over its steering and veered into one of its pillars, the bridge crumpled like a rag doll.

The Maryland Cruise Terminal is not used to the kind of bustle that’s been happening inside its walls this week. Wedged between Interstate 95 and the Patapsco River, the terminal on Friday was two days into serving as the command center for the response to Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Struck by a container ship nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower, the bridge fell almost ...

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Cruise Terminal is not used to the kind of bustle that’s been happening inside its walls this week. Wedged between Interstate 95 and the Patapsco River, the terminal on Friday was two days into serving as the command center for the response to Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Struck by a container ship nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower, the bridge ...

When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The bridge's supports were protected by a fendering system of concrete and other materials that was installed to absorb such strikes. Sherif El-Tawil, a University of Michigan engineering professor, said there are several safety measures that “would have made a huge difference” had they been in place Tuesday ...

BALTIMORE — Divers braving the frigid waters of the Patapsco River near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday found two bodies of missing construction workers inside a red pickup truck. Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler identified the victims as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, originally from Mexico, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, of Dundalk, ...