The long road to restore the Port of Baltimore
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The main channel into the Port of Baltimore is expected to reopen soon, but the city is still dealing with the aftermath of the collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge in late March. Guest host Amy Scott explains how the port’s closure has affected global supply chains, shipping container costs and life in Baltimore. Plus, a shake-up at the Federal Election Commission is making certain gray areas of campaign finance even grayer. Then, we’ll celebrate the first transgender and Asian American woman to be crowned Miss Maryland USA.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Full channel into Port of Baltimore expected to open ‘in the next few days,’ officials say” from The Baltimore Sun
- “With widened channel, port seeks to recover traffic lost after Key Bridge collapse” from The Baltimore Sun
- “Sudden container crunch sends ocean freight rates soaring, setting off global trade alarm bells” from CNBC
- “How the Federal Election Commission Went From Deadlock to Deregulation” from The New York Times
- “Bailey Anne Kennedy: Trans woman wins Miss Maryland USA, makes pageant history” from The Baltimore Banner
- “Gen Z Plumbers and Construction Workers Are Making #BlueCollar Cool” from The Wall Street Journal
- “A labor shortage stands in the way of the clean energy transition” from Marketplace
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, let's do it if everybody's good to go. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm all right with that. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense. |
| 0:15.0 | And I'm Amy Scott in for Kai Risdahl. |
| 0:18.0 | Thank you so much for joining us on this Monday June 10th. |
| 0:22.0 | Today we are going to do some news and then get to some smiles. |
| 0:25.8 | We will of course start with the news. |
| 0:27.7 | Amy, go ahead, which you got. |
| 0:29.2 | Okay, well today is June 10th, which by my calendar was the day that the main shipping channel to the |
| 0:34.9 | Port of Baltimore was expected to be restored after the collapse of the Francis Scott |
| 0:39.9 | Key Bridge in late March. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the timeline is a little |
| 0:46.5 | shaky right now. They're still expecting to open the channel, the main shipping |
| 0:51.9 | channel within the next few days, but as I headed into the studio, |
| 0:56.7 | they were still waiting for the final underwater survey results to make sure there weren't any |
| 1:02.4 | unexpected hazards. |
| 1:04.0 | But, you know, this is a really big deal. |
| 1:06.0 | It's obviously been a huge deal in Baltimore, |
| 1:09.0 | but also for global shipping to have this major port out of business, a reminder that the bridge |
| 1:15.3 | collapsed when a cargo ship crashed into a support column after losing power. Six |
| 1:20.8 | construction workers who were working on the roadway on the bridge were |
| 1:24.1 | killed and basically all shipping traffic into and out of this major port ground to a halt. |
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