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A temporary, alternate channel on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Key Bridge is being established for commercially essential vessels.

US authorities working on the Baltimore bridge collapse have opened the first of two small, temporary channels to let ships access the site of the incident. These channels will initially only be open to vessels involved in the Francis Scott Key Bridge cleanup operation, and will no ..

Officials said the channels would initially only be open to smaller vessels involved in the cleanup operation, and would not be big enough to allow cargo and container ships to pass through.

A tugboat pushing a fuel barge became the first vessel to sail through a temporary channel opened beside the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore harbor, authorities overseeing the cleanup operation said late Monday. Two small, temporary channels are being opened for ships helping clean up the site of the catastrophe. Officials said the channels would initially only be open to smaller vessels involved in the cleanup operation, and would not be big enough to allow cargo and container ships to pass through.