The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has disrupted shipping at one of the largest ports in the country — and the busiest U.S. port for car shipments. Automakers are scrambling to deal with new supply chain issues.

I didn’t realize Baltimore was so important for the car market of the Midwest and East Coast. Apparently 800,000+ cars are delivered per year through the Port of Baltimore, but with the bridge collapse today it sounds like shipments could cause some car market issues for a swath of the country.

  • @dragontamerOP
    2•9 months ago

    I’m glad an expert like you has contributed to the discussion! Thanks.

    Biggest thing I did was watch a few trees get cut down, lol. I’m no where near a real engineer (outside of electrical engineering, but that deals with small things, not big things…)

    • @Fecundpossum
      1•9 months ago

      Thanks! I love my work. But like one of my old timer buddies says a lot “it’s amazing the kind of sketchy shit you get used to”.

      • @dragontamerOP
        2•9 months ago

        This looks doubly dangerous, as the 1000+ ton crane is not just a big-ass crane, its also on water.

        Lets hope for fair weather and good seas. They’ll need all the stability that they can get!

        This is the Chesapeak 1000, the 1000 ton capacity crane barge that’s been conscripted to clean up the bridge debris.

        • @Fecundpossum
          1•9 months ago

          Oooooh super fucking cool. I’ve never been around a barge crane. I know guys that ran big crawlers on barges. Barge work is a whole different ball of wax. You have separate capacity charts to factor how much the barge lists when the crane is loaded. Giant brass balls on the guys doing that shit.