How the Port of Baltimore closure could hurt the economy

The bridge collapse that has indefinitely halted the flow of ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore could hurt the local economy, strain supply chains and scramble deliveries along the US East Coast. CNN's Matt Egan reports. #CNN #News

[Natily]

That company should pay for the bridge, compensate the families and the city for loss

[reubenfevrier]

I wouldn’t want to be the insurance company of the errant vessel.

[Yilver]

Companies are salivating at the prices they will increase even if they’re not affected by the situation

[Shining]

Fun Fact: there are roughly 56, 000 bridges in The US that are expired/outdated and are driven across daily.

[insanitywithin]

The ship company needs to pay the full price

[JRS-iqpz]

It mainly will affect Baltimore. They will have to go to another port till they clear the bridge out of the bay.

[tim_allen_jr]

If you build brdges for a living you've just won the lottery.

[eliharp]

Excellent report! The detour for the traffic will be time consuming I'm sure.

[wt]

How vulnerable is America? For important structures like this where is the plan B?

[RayCharound]

finally getting a sequel to season 2 of the wire

[yzScott]

The port will be re-opened quickly. The bridge will take much longer, but that won't keep the port closed.

[kennethmardis]

Clear the waterway first then worry about the bridge

[Stargate-over-starwars]

We should pay the initial cost to have it up then bill the company later its dumb to do it any other way

[SaidOsman-xt]

Imagine the havocs occur on the bridge control room before the ship hit that bridge

[johndanenberg]

I hope the boat owner has a multi billion dollar insurance policy because the are going to need one to rebuild the bridge.

[Eddo-ss]

this isn’t an infrastructure issue. no bridge structural upgrades is stopping that ship.

[cashaeleatemla]

There is a relatively narrow channel through the center of the Patapsco River which is deep enough to allow large ships such as container ships, cruise ships and car carriers to pass. So clearing that pathway of debris could allow the port to reopen, even as crews continue to work to remove other debris that fell into the river.

[johnsun]

I think we better put less sugar in our coffee.

[charliel.]

Who was in charge of the ship's bridge the time of the incident? Was it the port pilot who normally come on board to help navigate the ship inward or outward ports or was it the ship's captain himself?

[scwps]

Just a suggestion, in the future don't release the tugboat till the cargo ship clears the bridge.