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Baltimore bridge collapse has automakers scrambling at nation's biggest port for cars - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dragontamer to c/cars

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I didn't realize Baltimore was so important for the car market of the Midwest and East Coast. Apparently 800,000+ cars are delivered per year through the Port of Baltimore, but with the bridge collapse today it sounds like shipments could cause some car market issues for a swath of the country.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Lol, a few days? The ship is trapped under the truss, they're going to have to do a full engineering review and come up with a plan. It probably has hull damage from crashing into the bridge posts. Imagine the outcry if that ship sunk and dumps its fuel everywhere.

It's going to be weeks.

[–] dragontamer 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Imagine the outcry if that ship sunk and dumps its fuel everywhere.

Well.... we don't have to worry about the ship sinking actually.

We have a big problem about the ship getting grounded and permanently stuck in the mud though... the Bay is famously shallow. One of the shallowest ports in existence. There's only 50-feet of water here, just barely enough to clear these container ships.

You know... barely enough room before these container ships have a damn bridge on top of them pushing them down and into the mud.