Port of Baltimore
Port of Baltimore Dredging, Expansion Seen as Boon to Economy
Workers look on as a crane dumps sludge dredged from the Chesapeake Bay Navigation Channel at Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
Port of Baltimore officials say with the vast jump in imported cargo and tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, the sprawling facility on the Chesapeake Bay will see rapid growth the next several years.
March 30, 2021Crane Simulator Trains Baltimore Longshoremen Without Disrupting Dock Operations
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The Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore bought a $500,000 simulator this year to train crane operators at the Port of Baltimore without affecting the day-to-day loading and unloading of cargo.
October 28, 2019Port of Baltimore Sets Record for TEUs in a Month
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The Port of Baltimore continues to reach milestones, this time setting a monthly record in July when the facility handled 98,529 20-foot-equivalent containers.
September 30, 2019Proposal Advances to Deposit Port of Baltimore Dredge Spoils on Chesapeake Bay’s Barren, James Islands
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A proposal is advancing to deposit dredge spoils from the Port of Baltimore onto two eroding Chesapeake Bay islands.
August 23, 2019Maryland, CSX and Port of Baltimore Cooperate to Rebuild Critical Tunnel
A CSX Transportation inspection train carrying Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan emerges from the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore on Oct. 24, 2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
The Port of Baltimore and officials for the state of Maryland as well as railroad CSX Corp. are seeking federal help to rebuild the nearly 125-year-old Howard Street Tunnel, which, they say, is symptomatic of the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and is significantly slowing freight traffic.
June 17, 2019Baltimore’s Tradepoint Atlantic Intermodal Facility Transforms Old Bethlehem Steel Site
Tradepoint Atlantic's Sparrow’s Point Warehouse in Baltimore by Dan Ronan/Transport Topics.
In 2014, Tradepoint Atlantic bought the waterfront Sparrows Point in Baltimore site for a bargain-basement price of $110 million. It’s now being turned into what will be more than a $2 billion multimodal facility serving the East Coast and Midwest.
June 6, 2019Port of Baltimore Welcomes Its Largest Cargo Ship
Evergreen Line's Triton, a Neopanamax ship, is 1,210 feet long, the length of nearly four football fields. If stood on its end, it would reach 90 stories high. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
Towering over the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal, Evergreen Line’s containership Triton arrived in the predawn hours of May 24 after navigating the Chesapeake Bay carrying 14,424 containers, making it the largest container vessel to dock in Maryland.
May 29, 2019Port of Baltimore Tops 10 Million Tons of Cargo for Third Straight Year
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The port of Baltimore had another historic year in 2018. The Maryland Port Administration’s public terminals handled 10.9 million tons of general cargo — more containers, cars, construction equipment and other cargo than ever before — surpassing 10 million tons for the third straight year, officials announced March 6.
March 7, 2019Maryland, CSX Apply Again for Federal Funding for Baltimore Tunnel Project
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Maryland and CSX Transportation have submitted another application for federal money to heighten the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore so it can fit shipping containers stacked two high on freight trains — a project long sought by the Port of Baltimore, officials announced March 4.
March 5, 2019Port of Baltimore Awarded $6.6 Million to Upgrade Berth Accommodations
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The federal government will contribute $6.6 million to deepen a second container berth at the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal, according to the Maryland Port Administration.
December 7, 2018