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Dredging plan for new ship terminal near Baltimore stirs mixed feelings
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed ...
Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse
The bridge is among 68 nationwide - including Boston’s Tobin Bridge and Cape Cod’s Borne and Sagamore bridges - that do not ...
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Four Minutes to Impact – The Collapse That Should Never Have Happened
In just over four minutes, a massive cargo ship plunged Baltimore into crisis. The Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck and ...
Maryland unveils plan to shield Bay Bridge from ship strikes after NTSB criticism
An NTSB report states that the Bay Bridge—built in the 1950s and 1970s—is 30 times more vulnerable to vessel strikes than modern spans.
RITBA picks engineering firm for Newport Bridge risk assessment
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has chosen an engineering firm to conduct a vulnerability assessment of the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge.
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After scolding, Maryland assures federal regulators it will protect Bay Bridge
Maryland Transportation Authority officials said they have completed a new risk analysis of the Bay Bridge one month after ...
Baltimore’s Key Bridge was one of dozens potentially at risk across US
The Key Bridge collapse led to the deaths of six construction workers and untold economic damages for the Chesapeake Bay ...
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They raised $16 million for Key Bridge disaster relief. None of it went to victims’ families.
A community foundation raised money for the Maryland Tough, Baltimore Strong fund under the explicit premise that Key Bridge ...
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The week that Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back
It was one week after Donald Trump’s big tariff announcement when the president pulled back from the import taxes that he had ...
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US bridges are at risk of catastrophic ship collisions every few years
After a container ship struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, researchers began ...
The Perfect Storm: Steel Tariffs, 25% Auto Tariffs And China Ship Fees
The American car-buyer, the U.S. auto industry, and its union and nonunion workers should brace for a perfect storm.
Video. Families honour victims on anniversary of Key Bridge collapse
Video. On the eve of the Key Bridge collapse anniversary, officials and victims' families honoured the six lost workers by casting wreaths into the water in remembrance.