The first seafarer deaths in the Red Sea crisis, a containership destroys bridge in the Port of Baltimore and the debut trial of ammonia as a marine fuel, and much more in the latest Maritime in Minutes.
The catastrophic collision of the Maersk-chartered vessel Dali with the Francis Scott Key bridge, which closed Baltimore port on 26 March and killed at least six people, has not had a discernible effect on rates according to analysts Linerlytica.
A fuel barge has become the first vessel to use a temporary channel around the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge six days after the Port of Baltimore was closed.
A temporary alternate channel is being established around the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge for commercially essential vessels.
CMA CGM has declared Force Majeure on shipments to and from the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge after it was hit by the containership Dali.