Channel closes after first container ship arrives at port of Baltimore

The temporary channel linking the Port of Baltimore to the Atlantic ocean closed on Monday, after the first container ship arrived at the Seagirt Terminal since the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster more than a month ago.

The port of Baltimore said the 2,872-teu MSC Passion III (built 2008) was able to reach the terminal through a temporary channel set up by authorities to allow traffic to circumvent the bridge wreckage and salvage operations.