A tugboat pushing a fuel barge is the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the Key Bridge wreckage
Source: PBS News Hour/AP
Apr 2, 2024 10:23 AM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimores collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital ports main shipping channel.
The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delawares Dover Air Force Base, though officials have said the temporary channel is open primarily to vessels that are helping with the cleanup effort. Some barges and tugs that have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore since the collapse are also scheduled to pass through the channel.
Officials said theyre working on a second channel on the southwest side of the main channel that will allow for deeper draft vessels, but they didnt say when that might open. Gov. Wes Moore is set Tuesday to visit one of two centers that the Small Business Administration opened in the area to help companies get loans to assist them with losses caused by the disruption of the bridge collapse.
In Annapolis, a hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a bill authorizing the use of state reserves to provide financial assistance to port employees who are out of work because of the bridge collapse. Lawmakers are working to pass the bill quickly in the last week of their legislative session, which ends Monday.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-tugboat-pushing-a-fuel-barge-is-the-first-vessel-to-use-an-alternate-channel-to-bypass-the-key-bridge-wreckage
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ret5hd
(21,061 posts)oh god please dont let me hit anything.
BumRushDaShow
(137,091 posts)since it was pushing the barge.
Clip of barge and tug starts @ ~32 seconds in -
AverageOldGuy
(1,812 posts)For all the effort put out by Presidents, Governors, Mayors, Senators, Representatives, and for all the press coverage they get, it always comes down to a man or a lady at the wheel of a tugboat; operating a forklift; 15 stories above ground with a welding torch; digging a ditch in the dead of winter; patching potholes at 1:00 AM . . . . it all comes down to a working wo/man.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,123 posts)Murky water, mangled steel that might roll, sink or spring at any moment.