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Barges, tugs, jet fuel!

At least to some extent Baltimore harbor again open to shipping into and out of! First vessel through a temporary channel carrying military cargo!

"Air Force fuel barge is first to use new Baltimore bridge site channel"

From https://www.airforcetimes.com |  By Tassanee Vegpongsa and Lea Skene | Apr 2 [2024].

"BALTIMORE (AP) — A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel."

"The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delaware’s 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."

See previous blog entry the collapse of the Key bridge.

See also an analysis of bridge/infrastructure vulnerability and danger as posed to American naval forces. Analysis by Colonel Austin Bay.

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