On the Mississippi River in the city of Memphis due to the emergency condition of the bridge, almost 800 barges sent in both directions, reports Reuters.
This cork can become the largest in the year after a recent transport collapse in the Suez Channel, which paralyzed the movement of merchant ships from around the world for several days.
Mississippi is the most important water in the country, including it is critical for exporting agricultural products. At the same time, the problem arose at the most inconvenient time. The export of grain and soybeans is stopped when prices for them took off to a maximum over the past eight years.
Local authorities do not call the deadlines in which the movement will resume. They want to wait for a full-fledged bridge survey, in which the crack is found. Presumably, the verdict will be taken out tomorrow, but it may be disappointing. It is possible that the bridge will close for several months, then the movement under it will be questionable.
Chief Engineer of the Tennessee Transport Department Paul Dedges (Paul Degges) said that the temporary crack repair could take from six to eight weeks. According to the ministry, every day on the bridge passed on average 45 thousand cars.
Container ship by Taiwanese Ever Given stranded in Suez Channel March 23. The ship has deployed, because of which it completely blocked the passage in both directions. Remove it from the mongs and take out from the channel only on March 29. The main version of the incident is the deviation of the vessel from the course due to a strong wind.
Local authorities appreciated the losses from the six-day blocking per billion dollars. Evergreen Group agreed to pay compensation, and Egypt announced plans to expand the canal in the place where the incident occurred.