The loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge was a tragedy on many levels—the most obvious being the six construction workers who died when the span collapsed. It will likely take months to digest the economic and logistics impacts and shipping companies try to shift goods to other East Coast ports, as cleanup along the Patasco River continues and as dock workers in Maryland adjust to the massive port closure.
New snarls of an already stressed supply chain will have long- and short-term impacts for manufacturers and other businesses across the United States. Discussing those challenges are several editors for IndustryWeek parent company Endeavor Business Media. This podcast episode is the audio recording of a livestream conversation held April 4, 2024, about a week after the bridge collapse.
Speakers are:
- Ryan Curtiss, digital editor of Roads & Bridges.
- Anna Smith, news and supply chain editor of IndustryWeek.
- Rod Sutton, editor of Construction Equipment.
- Nicole Stempak, managing editor of EHS Today.
- Josh Fischer, editor-in-chief of FleetOwner.
- Robert Schoenberger, editor-in-chief of IndustryWeek.
About the Author
Robert Schoenberger
Editor-in-Chief
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robert-schoenberger-4326b810
Bio: Robert Schoenberger has been writing about manufacturing technology in one form or another since the late 1990s. He began his career in newspapers in South Texas and has worked for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky; and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland where he spent more than six years as the automotive reporter. In 2014, he launched Today's Motor Vehicles (now EV Manufacturing & Design), a magazine focusing on design and manufacturing topics within the automotive and commercial truck worlds. He joined IndustryWeek in late 2021.