A growing economy, drought conditions at the Panama Canal, and systems not designed to plan for trucking schedules could all spell trouble for the Port of LA in the months to come.

U.S. East Coast ports are modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor, where salvage specialists are clearing debris from the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The Biden Administration had immediately pledged to pay to rebuild the Key Bridge out of federal funds. 

A salvage firm that helped contain the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and safely demolished part of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge with explosives is heading to Baltimore.

Barclays said claims for damage to the bridge alone could reach $1.2 billion, along with hundreds of millions of dollars for business disruption caused by the port’s closure.

The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge raises urgent questions about the vulnerability of infrastructure that keeps ships flowing through vital U.S. ports.

For all the costly hardware the U.S. and its allies have thrown at Houthi rebels, they haven’t been able to stop the attacks on freighters and warships in the Red Sea.

Baltimore for years has been the top U.S. vehicle-handling port, with more than 847,000 cars and light trucks processed through there last year.

According to Vessel Finder, the Dali hit a stone wall at the port of Antwerp in Belgium on its way to Bremerhaven in 2016. 

The early morning disaster at the Francis Scott Key Bridge will cause huge disruption — both for shipping at one of the busiest ports on the U.S. East Coast and on the roads.