Third Temporary Alternate Channel Opens To Port Of Baltimore
In a multimedia press release from the United Command The Captain of the Port established the Fort Carroll Temporary Alternate Channel, which is on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and will provide limited access for commercially essential vessels. Maryland Governor Moore explained in a press conference “Temporary channels are [...]
Progress To Open the Limited Access Deep Draft Channel
As we enter week 3, The Key Bridge Response Unified Command continues efforts to re-open the federal channel and clear hazards from the waterway. As the Key Bridge response continues to remove wreckage and debris from the Patapsco River, including breaking up of the submerged roadbed from span 19, and the removal of a section of span 17, wreckage and [...]
Container Removal Begins at Key Bridge
After weeks of inclement weather hampering salvage operations, The Unified Command began the critically important operation on Sunday of removing containers from the M/V Dali at the Key Bridge. In a message provided by keybridgeresponse2024.com, salvors removed containers from the M/V Dali as part of the effort to gain access to the portion of the Key Bridge that lies atop the [...]
New Ruling on Detention & Demurrage Charges
A ruling was issued last week by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) that establishes new billing requirements for common carriers [...]
CBP Releases Vessel Entrance and Clearance System (VECS)
The Winter issue of the Maritime Exchange’s The Beacon reported that The Customs and Border Protection Vessel Entrance and Clearance [...]