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Car industry particularly hit after bridge accident: "The port is a hub"

Vehicles accounted for 42% of imports at the Port of Baltimore in 2023. Shipping line and US freight forwarder are working hard to find solutions.
A Maersk-chartered vessel operated by Singapore-based Synergy Group collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday morning local time, causing the bridge to collapse. | Photo: Kevin Dietsch/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
A Maersk-chartered vessel operated by Singapore-based Synergy Group collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday morning local time, causing the bridge to collapse. | Photo: Kevin Dietsch/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by IDHA TOFT VALEUR, SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

Shipping companies and freight forwarders are working to alleviate the worst bottlenecks in the Port of Baltimore after Tuesday’s accident when a bridge collapsed after being struck by a 10,000 teu container ship.

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