The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck which was submerged under the waters where the Baltimore bridge collapsed
An operation to recover the bodies of four more people presumed dead continues, after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city
Two victims of the collision have been named as construction workers who were filling potholes on the bridge when it was struck
Investigators have boarded the Singapore-flagged Dali and recovered its data recorder - similar to a black box, officials say
The US Coast Guard says more than 1.5 million gallons of fuel oil and cargo containing hazardous materials are on the ship, but there is no danger to the public
All 21 crew members, who are all Indian nationals and were not hurt in the crash, are still on board
The bridge snapped and plunged into the Patapsco River on Tuesday, about 01:30 ET (05:30 GMT), after the Dali container ship crashed into it
The vessel had lost power and issued a distress call moments before - but could not change course in time to avoid crashing into the bridge
President Biden has said the US government would cover the entire cost of rebuilding the bridge, but it's not clear how long this will take
Image source, .The port in Baltimore is a major shipping hub for the US and sees a huge range of cargo coming and going.
It predominately handles containers carrying various goods, but also manages cars and other automotive industry cargo.
Steel and forestry industry cargo are also commonly processed through Baltimore, which fall under the 'other' category in the graph above.
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Brandon Drenon
Reporting from Washington DC
Experts estimate the closure of the port of Baltimore following the Key Bridge's collapse could cost up to $15m (£11.8m) per day, until the shipping lane is reopened.
Though it's not the biggest in the US, the port handles tens-of-millions of tonnes of cargo each year, including car shipments and coal exports.
The ruptured bridge that stretches across the port is also part of a major highway - Interstate 695 - that connects the north-eastern US. It is now inaccessible to the roughly 30,000 Marylanders that cross the bridge daily.
"The tentacles here are far-reaching," economist Anirban Basu, founder and CEO of Baltimore-based Sage Policy Group, told Business Insider. "And they're all negative."
State transportation officials have not yet given any indication of when the port might reopen to vessels.
It has been more than 30 hours since the Dali crashed into the Key Bridge in Baltimore causing it to collapse, and search efforts for the six missing people are continuing under the wreckage.
Here are some of the latest pictures:
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Tom Bateman
Reporting from Baltimore
We were outside the Maryland Transportation Authority last night when officials brought in family members of some of the missing construction workers.
As you would expect, the relatives were extremely anxious as they were taken inside the building for an update with members of the agency. At this stage they were asked not to speak to the media.
It was shortly after this that the coastguard announced it was suspending the rescue operation due to the water temperature and the length of time that had passed, saying, “We do not believe that we're going to find any of these individuals still alive”.
This morning, it was once again freezing in a bitterly cold breeze by the riverside, with divers conducting recovery operations from the early hours.
Bernd Debusmann Jr
US Reporter
Image source, FacebookMaynor Suazo Sandoval
We're slowly starting to learn more about the identities of the men who are missing and presumed dead.
We now know that one of them was Maynor Suazo Sandoval, a Honduran citizen.
His death was confirmed by his brother to NBC News, telling the outlet that their family was informed of his disappearance just hours after the bridge collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
“The hope we have is to be able to see the body,” Suazo’s brother was quoted as saying. “We want to see him, find him, know whether he is dead, because we don’t know anything.”
El Heraldo, a Honduran newspaper, has reported that Maynor was from the Santa Barbara department in the country's west.
The other victim so far identified, Miguel Luna, was from El Salvador.
Guatemalan and Mexican consular officials have also confirmed that their citizens are among the six missing, but have so far not provided details.
Emily Stausboll, market analyst at shipping analytics firm Xeneta, has been speaking to the BBC about the significance of the Port of Baltimore where the bridge collapsed.
She says that while it’s an important hub for the US, there are bigger ports in New York and Virginia that will be able to handle the extra container volumes coming in from the diversion.
“The people most stuck are the ones with containers on the ship that hit the bridge or those already in the port - it’s going to be a knock on effect on onward transport,” she says.
She adds that it will take some time for the port to reopen but after container volumes picked up from last year, there will be enough ships to deal with longer transport times and sailing distances.
Tom Bateman
Reporting from Baltimore
Safety officials boarded the ship and recovered its data recorder which will now be analysed.
They said they would examine whether what they called dirty fuel played a role in the ship’s power loss.
Maritime experts say contaminated fuel can be a cause of ship blackouts as it creates problems with a vessel’s main power generators.
Meanwhile more details have been emerging about the six construction workers now presumed dead who fell into the water when the bridge collapsed.
A colleague said they were from countries in Central America; they had been fixing potholes on the bridge when it was struck.
One has been named locally as Miguel Luna from El Salvador, described by a workers’ support group as a husband and father of three who had lived in the state of Maryland for 20 years.
Day two of recovery efforts are well under way in Baltimore after a ship collided with the Key Bridge in the early hours of yesterday morning. Here's how things have developed today:
Image source, Getty ImagesUS Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, says the department of transportation is not involved in the investigation.
“By design, the NTSB [National Transportation Safety Board] works independently in their investigation, they are going to assess what happened top to bottom.”
He says that “They are doing good work,” and he is in contact with the head of NTSB.
Speaking to CBS news, Buttigieg says that Baltimore is not the only port on the East Coast “but it has some unique capabilities”.
“Right now ocean shippers, other ports and cargo owners are all working to figure out where to divert the ships that were headed that way,” he adds.
Image source, The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun, the largest newspaper in the state of Maryland, is solely dedicated to the news of the Key Bridge collapse.
"Key Bridge Falls" headlines the newspaper. It quotes the employer of the six missing contractors who were on the bridge when it collapsed, who called it a "terrible, unforeseen tragedy".
Let's have a look at some of the US front pages today.
The Washington Post headlines on a quote made by a dispatch caller moments after the collapse, who shouted: "The whole bridge just fell down."
They also report that the collapse was inevitable, according to experts, given how heavy and forceful the Dali container ship's impact against one of the span's supercolumns.
"If the column is destroyed, basically the structure will fall down," one expert says.
Image source, The Washington PostMoore then speaks about the families of the missing workers: "We have to make sure families and workers are supported, we have to make sure emergency funds are available."
"It is important to me to make sure these workers are supported during these times".
He adds the port was responsible for more than 140,000 jobs.
"We have to ensure we can get our economy working again".
Moore is asked whether there is a prospect of criminal charges over the incident.
He says it is still too early in the investigation to rule anything in or out.
Wherever the investigation leads, authorities will follow, he says. He adds that the investigation is still young and that they have a lot they have to figure out.
"We will make sure there is true accountability around it," he adds.
Moore also underscores that the recovery of the six missing victims is the "top priority" for officials.
"We've got to give these families closure," he says, adding that air, land and water resources have been devoted to the search of the victims.
“My promise to them is this: I will devote every single resource to make sure that you receive closure.”
Wes Moore begins by saying he has been "overwhelmed" by the response to the incident.
He says governors from across the political spectrum around the country, as well as philanthropists and every day people have been reaching out to offer assistance.
"We really appreciate the love that's been coming from around the country," he says.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore is speaking now. He's answering questions from the media on the recovery mission at the scene of the bridge collapse in Baltimore.
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Wes Moore also tells CBS the economic impact of the bridge collapse will be far-reaching.
“This is going to hurt the farmer in Kentucky, the auto dealer in Michigan, this is going to impact the country’s entire economy," he says.
On a personal note, he says the bridge "has been here longer than I’ve been alive".
"That’s all we’ve known. That’s our skyline. And now it’s gone.”
We are waiting to hear if there will be a press conference, but in the meantime Maryland's governor Wes Moore has been speaking to CBS News.
In a live interview, Moore confirms that authorities are still searching for a total of six missing individuals, all of whom are believed to be contractors who were working on the bridge when it collapsed.
He offers thoughts to the victims' families, who yesterday "received the worst news that they could possibly receive".
"My heart breaks for them," he says.
Moore adds: “These were fathers, and these were sons and these were husbands, and these were people that their families relied on."