IN THE NEWS: With Widened Channel, Port Seeks to Recover Traffic Lost After Key Bridge Collapse
The Baltimore Sun
June 6, 2024
Jean Marbella
FROM THE ARTICLE: Paul Brashier, vice president of drayage and intermodal for ITS Logistics, said that as port traffic increases, there could be a strain on the roads as trucks pick up and drop off cargo. The Key Bridge was part of the Baltimore Beltway, and is not expected to be rebuilt for several years.
“If there’s no strategic planning on what roads can be used, that could challenge the throughput of containers,” he said.
He is also keeping watch on what he calls “some gray clouds” on the horizon that could affect shipping everywhere, such as the continuing attacks in the Red Sea that have forced vessels to go around Africa to some “chaos” in China over vessel capacity and container shortages.
“It’s whack-a-mole,” Brashier said of the continual churn in shipping. “You knock something down and something else pops up somewhere else.”
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