Washington Post: “This temporary cargo halt could become one of the greatest blows to Baltimore’s maritime prosperity since the city emerged as a commercial gateway with the tobacco trade in the 1600s..”
“For the United States as a whole, the port closure will have ‘no significant effects’ on economic growth or inflation… But it is a cataclysm for the regional economy and for hopes of adding blue-collar jobs.
Some freight and transport executives compared the situation to other epic disasters.”