Concerns have been raised of a “ripple effect” on global supply chains after a container ship crashed into a bridge in the US city of Baltimore.
The ship, named the Dali, hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse.
The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore, the busiest port in the US for car exports and the ninth-busiest for foreign cargo.
The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore, the busiest port in the US for car exports and the ninth-busiest for foreign cargo.
Officials have said that maritime traffic through the port – which last year amounted to more than 47 million tonnes of foreign cargo – will be suspended “until further notice”.
The suspension could have a “significant ripple effect on global supply chains”, Marco Forgione, director general at The Institute of Export and International Trade, told the BBC.
More than 750,000 cars and vehicles passed through Baltimore in the last year, he told Radio 4’s The World Tonight.
These include US, UK and EU brands such as General Motors, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Fiat, and Audi.
Baltimore is the busiest US port for car shipments, and also the largest US port by volume for handling farm and construction machinery.
Concerns have been raised of a “ripple effect” on global supply chains after a container ship crashed into a bridge in the US city of Baltimore.
The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore, the busiest port in the US for car exports and the ninth-busiest for foreign cargo.
The ship, named the Dali, hit a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse.
Officials have said that maritime traffic through the port – which last year amounted to more than 47 million tonnes of foreign cargo – will be suspended “until further notice”.
The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore, the busiest port in the US for car exports and the ninth-busiest for foreign cargo.
The bridge spanned the entrance to the Port of Baltimore, the busiest port in the US for car exports and the ninth-busiest for foreign cargo.
Officials have said that maritime traffic through the port – which last year amounted to more than 47 million tonnes of foreign cargo – will be suspended “until further notice”.
The suspension could have a “significant ripple effect on global supply chains”, Marco Forgione, director general at The Institute of Export and International Trade, told the BBC.
More than 750,000 cars and vehicles passed through Baltimore in the last year, he told Radio 4’s The World Tonight.
These include US, UK and EU brands such as General Motors, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Fiat, and Audi.
Baltimore is the busiest US port for car shipments, and also the largest US port by volume for handling farm and construction machinery.
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