Commodities
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Adds to Mounting Pulp Market Headaches
- Top exporters of paper ingredient look to divert cargoes
- Pulp prices climb on low inventories and supply constraints
The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland on March 26.
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The collapse of a major Baltimore bridge is creating disruptions in the flow of pulp into the US, in the latest headache for some of the largest exporters of the key ingredient in toilet paper.
Baltimore’s port was shut down Tuesday after a ship smashed into the bridge, killing six people. The harbor was one of the few used in the US by top pulp producers including Brazil’s Suzano SA and Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, according to people familiar with the operations who didn’t want to be identified discussing private company information.