Baltimore port chief: Pandemic ‘muscle memory’ mitigated bridge collapse disruptions

The U.S. response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and closure of the Port of Baltimore was strengthened by lessons learned during the pandemic, when shifting supply chains forced closer port-to-port cooperation and the rapid mobilization of government resources to support industries and workers, the port’s top official tells Inside U.S. Trade . “In some respects, there was a significant amount of muscle memory,” Jonathan Daniels, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, said in an interview...