Bridge Collapse Snarls Consol Energy Coal Exports From Port Of Baltimore
Bridge Collapse Snarls Consol Energy Coal Exports From Port Of Baltimore
U.S. coal miner and exporter Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE:CEIX) said Tuesday that a major bridge collapse is delaying vessel access at its terminal at the Port of Baltimore.
美國煤礦開採商兼出口商康索爾能源公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：CEIX）週二表示，一場重大橋樑倒塌導致巴爾的摩港碼頭的船隻進入延遲。
Early Tuesday, a container ship the company said wasn't carrying Consol coal struck a support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which later collapsed. Search efforts for six people were ongoing Tuesday afternoon, according to media reports.
週二早些時候，該公司稱一艘沒有運載康索爾煤炭的集裝箱船撞上了弗朗西斯·斯科特·基大橋的支撐柱，該橋後來倒塌。據媒體報道，週二下午正在搜尋六人。
After the collapse, the Coast Guard established a "safety zone" within a 2,000-yard radius around the bridge wreckage, Consol said.
康索爾說，倒塌後，海岸警衛隊在橋樑殘骸周圍的2,000碼半徑範圍內建立了一個 “安全區”。
"As a result, vessel access in and out of the CONSOL Marine Terminal, which is located in the Port of Baltimore, has been delayed," the company said in a statement.
該公司在一份聲明中說：“結果，船隻進出位於巴爾的摩港的CONSOL海運碼頭被推遲。”
"We are working closely with the Coast Guard, transportation authorities and city officials to safely restore vessel access to and resume normal operations at our CONSOL Marine Terminal," the statement continued. "However, at this moment, we do not have a definitive timeline of when vessel access or normal operations will resume. We are looking at all available options to us to minimize or address direct and indirect impacts to the company and its operations."
聲明繼續說：“我們正在與海岸警衛隊、運輸當局和市政官員密切合作，以安全地恢復船隻進入我們的CONSOL海運碼頭並恢復正常運營。”“但是，目前，我們還沒有確切的時間表來確定何時恢復船隻准入或正常運營。我們正在研究所有可用的選擇，以最大限度地減少或解決對公司及其運營的直接和間接影響。”
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The Port of Baltimore is the nation's second-biggest coal exporting hub after Norfolk, Va., and handled about a fifth of U.S. coal exports in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
根據美國能源信息管理局的數據，巴爾的摩港是僅次於弗吉尼亞州諾福克的美國第二大煤炭出口中心，2022年處理了約五分之一的美國煤炭出口。
Last year, Consol's Baltimore marine terminal brought in nearly $70 million in net income from 19 million tons of coal that passed through the facility, according to company financial data. Consol derives 60% of its revenue from export sales.
根據公司的財務數據，去年，康索爾的巴爾的摩海運碼頭從通過該設施的1900萬噸煤炭中帶來了近7000萬美元的淨收入。康索爾60％的收入來自出口銷售。
The company said the terminal is one of two export terminals on the Eastern Seaboard that can serve the biggest ocean-going vessels. It is the only one served by two rail lines, CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC).
該公司表示，該碼頭是東海岸可以爲最大的遠洋船隻提供服務的兩個出口碼頭之一。它是唯一一條由兩條鐵路線提供服務的線路，即CSX公司（納斯達克股票代碼：CSX）和諾福克南方公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：NSC）。
"The accident is a serious blow to the port operations of both CSX and Norfolk Southern, particularly for intermodal container, automotive and coal traffic," according to a report in Railway Age.
據《鐵路時代》報道：“這起事故對CSX和諾福克南方航空的港口業務造成了嚴重打擊，特別是對多式聯運集裝箱、汽車和煤炭運輸而言。”
CSX said customers should expect delays, and Norfolk Southern said it was assessing the impact on its operations and would issue a customer advisory, the trade publication reported.
該行業出版物報道，CSX表示，客戶應該預計會出現延誤，諾福克南方航空表示正在評估對其運營的影響，並將發佈客戶公告。
Consol shares fell nearly 7% Tuesday, making it one of the market's notable losers on a day when the S&P 500 recorded a 0.3% decline.
康索爾股價週二下跌近7％，成爲標準普爾500指數下跌0.3％的當天市場的主要跌幅之一。
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Photo: Tugs assisting tanker approaching Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge (I-695), Shutterstock
照片：拖船協助油輪駛近巴爾的摩的弗朗西斯·斯科特基大橋（I-695），Shutterstock
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