A tugboat pushing a fuel barge successfully navigated an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, allowing traffic to resume along the vital port’s main shipping channel. The barge, supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense, departed late Monday en route to Delaware's Dover Air Force Base. The temporary channel is primarily open to vessels aiding in the cleanup effort, including barges and tugs stranded in the Port of Baltimore since the collapse.
Efforts are underway to create a second channel on the southwest side of the main channel to accommodate deeper draft vessels, although no timeline has been provided for its opening. Governor Wes Moore is scheduled to visit Small Business Administration centers established to assist companies with loans to mitigate losses due to the bridge collapse.
