BALTIMORE AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FELT BY KENTUCKY

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Water traffic in the Baltimore harbor has been disrupted due to a cargo ship ramming and destroying the Francis Scott Key bridge, as six people are presumed dead. There is also an economic ripple effect in those Maryland waters for Kentucky, and it all deals with new vehicles primed for the car lot. Automobiles that can’t get off cargo ships will make customers wait. “That port is one of the largest shipping ports for automobiles. More than 847,000 vehicles came through last year, so it is the largest port in the country for automobiles,” said Jason Wilson, president of the Kentucky Automobile Dealers Association. Wilson is keeping an eye on the news, knowing there will be a disruption in getting those vehicles to port due to the destroyed bridge. It could impact Kentuckians who are in the market for a new car. “What it could mean to a Kentuckian is that a vehicle that they are waiting on to come in is going to be delayed. It’s not going to be there, or it’s going to be rerouted, or they may have to wait for a different vehicle.