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 [...]
Baltimore Responds With Kindness and Hope
It’s been just over a week since the the Dali departed from Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal and collided into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The impact on marine and vehicle traffic has been dramatic and concerning to the communities in the bridge region. The Unified Command is working 24 hours a day to establish a second, temporary channel on the [...]
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 [...]
Maryland Oyster Industry to Benefit from the Ever Forward Grounding
It’s been nearly two years since the 1,095-foot Ever Forward container ship ran aground on an upper Chesapeake Bay [...]