Supply chain expert says Baltimore bridge collapse will have painful impact [Video]

A supply chain expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which happened after it was struck by a cargo ship that lost power, will likely have an immediate and painful impact.The Port of Baltimore remained bottled up Wednesday with no ships coming or going because of the bridge collapse.”It’s going to be a short, sharp shock,” said Chris Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.Caplice said Baltimore is the biggest port in the United States for automobile imports and one of the biggest for coal experts. The bridge collapse has sent shippers scrambling to find alternative routes.”Yes, there will be a shock. It won’t last that long,” Caplice said. “We just don’t wave our arms in the air and say: ‘Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!’ We adapt and we’ve been adapting like this for …