Some cargo ships bound for Baltimore temporarily being rerouted through Wilmington due to bridge collapse

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Port of Wilmington will be seeing some new activity to pick up the slack after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge put the Port of Baltimore in a bad position.

The executive director of the the North Carolina ports says the organization is working with an existing port  customer who plans to utilize the Port of Wilmington as a contingent port until the situation improves in Baltimore.

The customer uses both the Port of Wilmington and the Port of Baltimore but the imports and exports bound for Baltimore will now temporarily be rerouted through the Port of Wilmington.

The first ship should arrive in the middle of the month.