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many ships with non-ferrous metals, steel and forest products. We would get it off the terminals and bring it
to our outside yards and warehouse spaces. We did a lot of business with the terminals, which wasn't really in the business plan.”
Haines said warehousing and logistics is interesting and adventurous, with challenges on a day-to-day basis. “The best laid plans can go astray, and one phone call can fix it,” she said. “And one phone call can make a mess of it. It seems like when things are at their worst, Frans and I are at our best.”
With more than 40 years in the corporate and international warehous- ing and logistics business — about
half of that career spent in Baltimore — Zwanenburg is a veteran of work- ing through industry challenges across Europe, South America and the United States. He said the pandemic was an extraordinary case, but global disrup- tions routinely cause headaches. He mentioned piracy in the Red Sea, low water at the Panama Canal, tensions in China and flooding in Brazil.
On March 26, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was added to the list.
Moving Past the
Bridge and Beyond
Eight weeks after the bridge tragedy and three days after the Dali was removed from the scene, Haines was on the phone with Maryland Port Administration (MPA) officials discussing the latest updates. She
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