Another crane is scheduled to arrive by Saturday as salvage operations continue, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said.
Transportation
Engineering experts say the design of the Key Bridge likely accelerated its fall, but did not cause it.
Officials have said concrete and steel debris have to be removed so that divers can safely work in the area again.
The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge could have environmental ramifications. Here’s what experts have to say.
Here are some ways to support families of the Key Bridge victims, port workers and first responders.
Maryland lawmakers may consider whether to create a new form of a state of emergency to handle long-term infrastructure emergencies like the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this week.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has fueled fears of nationwide supply-chain disruptions, but guarded optimism might be justified, says a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School professor who specializes in operations management and business analytics.
The supply chain is pivoting — and doing it fast.
Foreign manufacturers are looking at other U.S. ports that may be able to handle influxes of cars while the Port of Baltimore is partially shut down.
Recovery efforts at the bridge collapse site are underway, while federal transportation safety investigators were boarding the ship and collecting evidence.
Some engineers believe adding protective structures around the bridge’s support columns could have prevented the tragedy that killed six construction workers.
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge could be catastrophic for the thousands of workers in the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 333, said president Scott Cowan.
Tradepoint Atlantic on Sparrows Point is the only major shipping site within the Port of Baltimore that lies outside the Francis Scott Key Bridge.