The institute of export and International Trade flag and the importance of the Baltimore Port. The crash could affect operations at the port for months, it is the ninth largest port by Trade Volumes in the united states. It handled over 50 million tons of foreign cargo last year and Baltimore Port is particularly important for the auto industry. Ranking number one of yours for the input of export vehicles with nearly 850,000 cars and light trucks passing through into thousand 23. Lets talk to emily about this who is the Market Analyst at the shipping analytics firm. Good morning. Talk us through what this will do in terms of halt to trade. Clearly it is an important hub in the us. It is not the biggest on the us east coast, has much bigger neighbours to the north in new york and to the north in new york and to the south in norfolk on The Port Of Virginia which will be able to handle the extra Container Volumes. You can argue never Container Shipping is a little easier to helper because
Suspended its search and rescue suspended its sea rch and Rescue Operation suspended its Search And Rescue Operation and now will focus on a recovery mission. These other live pictures from the scene now where Poor Visibility and debris from the bridge in the water are making the Recovery Efforts extremely challenging. Meanwhile, the Singapore Port authority said the ship which was flagged in the territory had passed two inspections last year. The Container Vessel lost power after departing from baltimores port, calling it to crash into the bridge. The six missing were Construction Workers who are working on the bridge of the time of its collapse. Speaking at a News Conference rear admiral shannon gill rita said it is unlikely the victims are alive. I would like to announce the victims are alive. I would like to announce tonight the victims are alive. I would l like to announce tonight based on the length of time that has gone on in the search, the extensive Search Efforts that weve pu