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Baltimore: Trade implications from Francis Scott Key bridge collapse as rebuild could cost $600m
The collapse of the Baltimore bridge has trade implications, with the cost of rebuilding estimated to surpass $600m (£474.12m), experts have told Sky News. Local officials have said Baltimore port in Maryland, the United States - which sees more than a million shipping containers enter and exit every year - is closed for all maritime and much road-based traffic "until further notice". But the collapse, caused by a shipping container crashing into the Francis Scott Key bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning, is "going to block Baltimore from operating for some time", according to Richard Meade, the editor of ... (full story)