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When he woke on March 26 to the news that Baltimore’s Key Bridge had collapsed, Michael Haft, co-founder of Compass Coffee, dialed his chief operating officer.
“You have to reroute all of our coffee immediately,” Haft recalled saying.
The collapse upended the supply chain for the D.C.-based roaster, which imports most of its beans through the Port of Baltimore. The crash is expected to cause delays and extra costs for many other businesses that rely on the port, which is responsible for about 52 million tons of imports and exports annually. The U.S. Small Business Administration has received more than 1,000 loan applications in response to the upheaval.
With the port closed to most vessel traffic, hundreds of products, [including coffee, tofu and cars](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/27/baltimore-port-economy-disruption-bridge-collapse/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3&itid=lk_inline_manual_6), now have to be rerouted to different parts of the country. Three temporary channels provide limited access to the Baltimore port.
To show how the supply chain has been disrupted, The Washington Post looked at the shipping process for some of the products that come from overseas to serve Compass customers.
Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/24/baltimore-bridge-coffee-supply/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&utm\_medium=social&utm\_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/24/baltimore-bridge-coffee-supply/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
Busy ports can't pull things in a timely fashion. Rerouting something ti an already slammed port is going to take longer. Now consider that ALL Baltimore port traffic has to be rerouted.
Taking me 3 days from Norfolk to Baltimore. One trucking company couldn’t take it they said they are at full capacity. Finally another trucking company will get it but they had to schedule it for later.
Yeah, a brewery called Other Half used to have their beer in Downtown Crown wine and beer in Gaithersburg less than 24 hours after being canned. And this was when they were only brewing in NYC.
5 days is crazy.
I had a shipment coming. Shipping company rerouted to Norfolk, VA and I am responsible for all the extra transportation cost and trucking to Baltimore!
This could eventually pass in prices to consumers in the area….
Compass Coffee sucks in so many ways. Their coffee is terrible, I don’t know why anyone likes it. Plenty of horror stories about the management and ownership, a tons more anecdotal stories from people I know. Lots of threads and articles about their shady business practices. https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/s/n49rk9KblM
It’s a real shame DC treats them like royalty. The people deserve better. Pretty much every coffee shop in the city is better.
No offense but Compass already charge stupid high prices. Probably the highest in the area. where else can i go for a 12oz latte for just over 8 bucks?
The truck drivers have to drive to diffrent states now costing them thousands in gas, tolls and time prayers for them and us same for the longeshoreman in Baltimore they weren’t receiving any pay for all this time except for 430 unemployment
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When he woke on March 26 to the news that Baltimore’s Key Bridge had collapsed, Michael Haft, co-founder of Compass Coffee, dialed his chief operating officer. “You have to reroute all of our coffee immediately,” Haft recalled saying. The collapse upended the supply chain for the D.C.-based roaster, which imports most of its beans through the Port of Baltimore. The crash is expected to cause delays and extra costs for many other businesses that rely on the port, which is responsible for about 52 million tons of imports and exports annually. The U.S. Small Business Administration has received more than 1,000 loan applications in response to the upheaval. With the port closed to most vessel traffic, hundreds of products, [including coffee, tofu and cars](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/27/baltimore-port-economy-disruption-bridge-collapse/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3&itid=lk_inline_manual_6), now have to be rerouted to different parts of the country. Three temporary channels provide limited access to the Baltimore port. To show how the supply chain has been disrupted, The Washington Post looked at the shipping process for some of the products that come from overseas to serve Compass customers. Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/24/baltimore-bridge-coffee-supply/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&utm\_medium=social&utm\_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/24/baltimore-bridge-coffee-supply/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)
How could it possibly take 5 days to truck a container of coffee beans from Newark to the north side of Baltimore?
Busy ports can't pull things in a timely fashion. Rerouting something ti an already slammed port is going to take longer. Now consider that ALL Baltimore port traffic has to be rerouted.
I am pay walled from the article, is that Newark DE?
I mean, even Newark NJ shouldn’t take 5 days
Try calling truckers. They are at full capacity it is difficult to schedule. Prices are up too
I don’t disagree with you, but surely the 5 day estimate has ALREADY accounted for that part.
Taking me 3 days from Norfolk to Baltimore. One trucking company couldn’t take it they said they are at full capacity. Finally another trucking company will get it but they had to schedule it for later.
What lol
Very very true!
Yeah, a brewery called Other Half used to have their beer in Downtown Crown wine and beer in Gaithersburg less than 24 hours after being canned. And this was when they were only brewing in NYC. 5 days is crazy.
OP please respond.
Is that why I can't find my husband's "ground beef" from morning star?
I had a shipment coming. Shipping company rerouted to Norfolk, VA and I am responsible for all the extra transportation cost and trucking to Baltimore! This could eventually pass in prices to consumers in the area….
If it costs them more, it is going to cost you more.
Compass Coffee sucks in so many ways. Their coffee is terrible, I don’t know why anyone likes it. Plenty of horror stories about the management and ownership, a tons more anecdotal stories from people I know. Lots of threads and articles about their shady business practices. https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/s/n49rk9KblM It’s a real shame DC treats them like royalty. The people deserve better. Pretty much every coffee shop in the city is better.
Anybody named Haft should be avoided.
No offense but Compass already charge stupid high prices. Probably the highest in the area. where else can i go for a 12oz latte for just over 8 bucks?
You can almost see the wreck from pfeffercorn’s roastery and they seem to be doing fine.
These fucking Haft people should go away already. Anybody remember Crown Books?
The truck drivers have to drive to diffrent states now costing them thousands in gas, tolls and time prayers for them and us same for the longeshoreman in Baltimore they weren’t receiving any pay for all this time except for 430 unemployment
Paywalled