pThe port handles imports and exports for major automakers including Nissan, Toyota, General Motors, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and the Volkswagen group — including luxury models for Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley./p
BALTIMORE — A 288-metre container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore in darkness early Tuesday, causing it to collapse and sending cars and people plunging into the river below.
Baltimore port's private and public terminals handled 847,158 autos and light trucks in 2023, the most of any U.S. port. The port also handles farm and construction machinery, sugar, gypsum and coal, according to a Maryland government website. Volkswagen on Tuesday said its port operations in Baltimore were unaffected by the bridge collapse due to the location of its facilities.
General Motors said in a statement that it expects"the situation to have minimal impact to our operations. We are working to re-route any vehicle shipments to other ports." The U.S. Coast Guard reported the collapse at 1:27 a.m. ET and crews were deployed for an active search and rescue mission after the Singapore-flagged container ship forced the trellis-like bridge up into a mangled mass of metal.
Work crews had been on the bridge at the time of the collapse and sonar detected vehicles under the water, which was about 50 feet deep at that point, said Paul Wiedefeld, Maryland Secretary of Transportation. The ship was identified as the Dali, owned by Grace Ocean Pte Ltd. and managed by Synergy Marine Corp. Synergy said the Dali collided with one of the pillars of the bridge and that all its crew members, including the two pilots, had been accounted for and there were no reports of any injuries.
A live video posted on YouTube showed the ship smashing into the bridge in darkness. The headlights of vehicles could be seen on the bridge as it crashed into the water and the ship caught fire.Tuesday's disaster may be the worst U.S. bridge collapse since 2007 when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13.
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