Ships as large as that which collapsed Key bridge don’t call on Wisconsin ports

SUPERIOR, Wis. (WRN) — Ships as large as the vessel which struck the Key bridge in Baltimore do not call on Wisconsin’s Great Lakes ports.

The Singapore registered cargo ship which collided with and collapsed the bridge is 984 feet long with a beam of 158 feet. That’s considerably bigger than vessels that call on Wisconsin ports.

A statement from Port Milwaukee says it receives oceangoing ships of roughly the same length, but only only half the width. Ships up to 875 feet in length call on the Port of Green Bay, about 100 feet shorter than the ship that struck the bridge.

And vessels like that which struck the bridge in Baltimore do not call at the Port of Duluth-Superior, where they wouldn’t fit through the locks.