A fuel barge has become the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delaware's Dover Air Force Base, though officials have said the temporary channel is open primarily to vessels that are helping with the cleanup effort.
Crews have described the mangled steel girders of the fallen bridge as “chaotic wreckage,' he said. “What we’re finding is it is more complicated than we hoped for initially,” said U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath. Meanwhile, the ship remains stationary, and its 21 crew members remain on board for now, officials said. President Biden is expected to visit the collapse site Friday to meet with state and local officials and discuss federal response efforts.
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