Port of Baltimore opened a temporary channel on Monday, freeing some vessels to move

Last week was the dreadful news out of the US in which six workers lost their lives:

• Large ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse

Some better news out of the port with various news items on the reopening of passage for some shipping. In brief:

• the cargo vessel Dali is still stuck under steel bridge debris with 4,000 containers and a 21-member crew aboard who have been stranded on the ship since last week
• limited ship traffic resumed for the first time on Monday, a temporary channel with a controlling depth of 11 feet (3.35 meters) on the northbound side of the wreckage
• a second temporary channel on the southbound side with a depth of 15 to 16 feet (4.6 to 4.9 meters) would open “in the coming days”

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The Port of Baltimore is the largest in the U.S. for “roll-on, roll-off” vehicle imports and exports of farm and construction equipment.

Info via Reuters, more at the link.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.