{"id":105137,"date":"2024-04-12T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/foreign-adversaries-could-exploit-baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-intelligence-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:01:52","slug":"foreign-adversaries-could-exploit-baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-intelligence-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/foreign-adversaries-could-exploit-baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-intelligence-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign adversaries could exploit Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: Intelligence report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-12\/Getty_041224_KeyBridgeCollapse.JPG\" alt><figcaption>Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(BALTIMORE) &#8212; The bridge collapse has rerouted $80 million in maritime cargo and trucking and the document said any disruptions at other ports &#8220;could have an outsized impact on the flow of goods that is not easily mitigated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore&#8217;s Key Bridge, a vital transit and shipping route, collapsed last month after being hit by a cargo ship. Following the disaster, which killed six construction workers, the Port of Baltimore suspended operations, resulting in thousands of job losses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Additional supply chain disruptions will be more difficult to overcome since the standard procedure of partially rerouting ad hoc cargo through the Port of Baltimore is no longer feasible,&#8221; the document said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the rerouting of cargo has not significantly impacted the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect and interdict potentially illicit or high-risk materials, the document said. Any enforcement actions initiated prior to the bridge collapse will be handled at U.S. ports of entry that receive the redirected shipments.<\/p>\n<p>If there are logistical setbacks as a result of the bridge collapse, the intelligence analysts warned U.S. adversaries could exploit them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not seen indications that adversaries are actively exploiting the incident or related disruptions, but foreign adversaries have used an opportunistic approach to advancing a broad range of security, economic, and other strategic interests following similar US disasters,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Baltimore ranks as the ninth largest port in the United States by trading volume. Last year, the port managed to handle 52.3 tons of foreign cargo.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has pledged to fully support Baltimore&#8217;s rebuilding efforts. He said last week its his &#8220;intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstruction of that bridge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) &#8212; The bridge collapse has rerouted $80 million in maritime cargo and trucking and the document said any disruptions at other ports &#8220;could have an outsized impact on the flow of goods that is not easily mitigated.&#8221; Baltimore&#8217;s Key Bridge, a vital transit and shipping route,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/foreign-adversaries-could-exploit-baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-intelligence-report\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}