Second channel opens around collapsed Baltimore bridge, but not for shipping

A view of continuing recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis


(Reuters) - Recovery teams opened a second channel enabling smaller vessels to navigate the Port of Baltimore on Tuesday but most commercial shipping remains blocked by the collapsed bridge and stranded container ship that brought the structure down a week ago.

A team including the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Maryland announced crews had cleared a channel with a depth of 14 feet (4.3 meters), similar to the 11-foot channel opened on the opposite side of the wreckage on Monday.