Port Of Baltimore Backed For Miles Tuesday; Adds Business Despite Shipping Crisis

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Traffic astatine the Port of Baltimore was backed up for miles Tuesday.

“I’ve been dealing with a backup the larboard is simply a small dilatory close present with the cranes,” said Marvin Mangum.

Marvin Mangum says similar galore motortruck drivers, he’s been sitting successful postulation for hours, waiting to get through.

“It’s got a batch to bash with each the containers sitting implicit connected the westbound coast, they’re each starting to travel over. Now, its got america backed up,” Mangum said.

There’s nary large backlog of ships astatine Baltimore’s port. In fact, larboard officials accidental amid the shipping crisis, they’ve added concern — including 4 caller cranes and 24 further ships that were diverted from different cities owed to congestion.

But different cities aren’t arsenic lucky. Because of the pandemic, the proviso concatenation is facing large challenges crossed the nation. Cargo ships are backed up astatine ports similar Los Angeles.

A large shortage of motortruck drivers is besides halting goods from being rapidly distributed. And portion railroad terminals are backed up and idiosyncratic shortages astatine warehouses, it is putting a strain connected processing the items.

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Port officials accidental Baltimore has the abstraction and capableness for cargo ships and trucks, truthful they’ve been capable to lure successful caller concern present and assistance alleviate the strain.