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Bridge collapse cuts off Baltimore port, site of major sugar refiner

03/26/24 12:06 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS agricultural trade Francis Scott Key bridge collapse ocean shipping Port of Baltimore shipping infrastructure soybean exports sugar imports USDA

The Port of Baltimore, a significant shipping point for U.S. sugar imports, suspended traffic Tuesday after a container ship slammed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shutting the main channel leading into the Chesapeake Bay.  

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