Temporary channel opens for vessels to leave port

Large cargo ships now have a way to access and leave the Port of Baltimore, almost one month since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Early Thursday morning, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command opened a fourth, 35-foot deep, temporary channel through the crash site, calling it a huge milestone in the recovery effort. From Fort Armistead Park, 11 News got a view of the first vessel to move through the new channel. It was the cargo ship "Balsa 94" that made history as the first large commercial cargo ship out of the Port of Baltimore since the bridge collapse on March 26. Sailing under a Panama flag, the Balsa is headed for St. John, Canada.
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