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After Tuesday's Key Bridge collapse, legislators are working to pass emergency legislation that will pay port workers until the docks reopen.

US Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg said today he is unable to provide a timetable as to when the Port of Baltimore will fully reopen.

Recovery efforts have resumed Wednesday at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore after a <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2551664">bridge collapse Tuesday morning</a> will likely have a limited short-term impact on organic agriculture imports due to seasonal trends and the location of key import infrastructure.

The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore raised concerns about another U.S. supply chain crisis. But East Coast ports have invested billions of dollars over the past decade to expand capacity and stand ready to receive cargo.

Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), in a post on social media Wednesday, said he and other lawmakers representing the port will sponsor emergency…

Before it collapsed, Baltimore’s Key Bridge was a city icon. You could see it from everywhere. It had a personality – blue-collar, like the city.

Uber driver Gayle Fairman was made to wait a few minutes by a late customer but believes she'd have been on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it crashed into the Patapsco River if they were on time

The “black swan” allision between the container ship MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday has prompted questions about global shipping processes and emphasizes the need for better maritime infrastructure, writes Salvatore R. Mercogliano.

Ship traffic entering and leaving the Port of Baltimore was suspended indefinitely after a container ship brought down the Francis Scott Key bridge.