Transportation
Ford, GM Divert Shipments as Bridge Collapse Upends Supplies
- Mercedes says it’s monitoring situation, has options available
- More than 847,000 vehicles shipped through Baltimore last year
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The US automotive supply chain will be disrupted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, dealing another blow to America’s automotive ecosystem still recovering from pandemic-related setbacks.
“It’s a large port with a lot of flow through it, so it’s going to have an impact,” John Lawler, Ford Motor Co.’s chief financial officer, said Tuesday on Bloomberg TV. “We’ll work on the workarounds. We’ll have to divert parts to other ports along the East Coast or elsewhere in the country.”