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number of port cities because they're in huge competition with each other to

bring these ships here because there's a tax base and a commercial base and

everything that a city wants in terms of a vibrant global economy.

If you're a port city you're in massive competition with other port

cities. This is not to say that they're being negligent. It is just their desire

means that they don't want a lot of friction.

So no city was built anticipating ships like this in their waterways. So the ships are getting bigger, the bridges are not.

I'm Matt Gluck, research fellow at Law Fair, and this is the Law Fair Podcast, April 9, 2024. In the early morning on March 26th, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship

crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge collapsed, resulting in the death of six of the eight individuals conducting maintenance on the bridge.

The incident has disrupted commuter traffic and the transport of hazardous materials,

and it has halted shipping traffic at the port of Baltimore among other effects.

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