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The Port of Baltimore will receive more than US$147 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Ports Program funding to expedite decarbonization and electrification efforts at the port.The Maryland Port Administration and private partners will use the funds to purchase 213 pieces of new zero-emission vehicles, equipment, and charging infrastructure that will replace old, inefficient, and polluting diesel combustion engines.The funding will also pay for capacity upgrades to the port’s ...
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The Port of Baltimore launched double-stack rail operations to and from the port on Oct. 28, opening competitive intermodal opportunities in the Northeast and to Midwestern markets.Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, double-stacking capacity will bring cost efficiencies, environmental benefits and help the port grow its business by about ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving has restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore, 11 weeks after a containership collided with ...
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The Port of Baltimore said it has established the Fort Carroll Temporary Alternate Channel, located on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, to provide limited access for commercially essential vessels.The 47-year-old, four-lane steel bridge collapsed March 26 when it was ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to open a limited access channel to safe navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by May, as wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge is cleared away.The Corps’ Baltimore District continues working with local, state and federal partners to ...
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Maryland’s Port of Baltimore handled record cargoes in 2023, as the region rebounded from pandemic impacts and worldwide supply chain issues.The 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo for 2023 was 18.3 percent higher than the previous record of 44.2 million tons in 2019, while value improved 8.7 percent to US$80 ...
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Cargo volumes continued an upward trend through the third quarter of 2023 for key targeted commodities at Maryland’s Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. From January through September at the Port’s state-owned terminals, roll on/roll off farm and construction machinery recorded a 28 percent increase compared to 2022, container volumes ...
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The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore has achieved a new cargo volume recordat its state-owned public marine terminals, handling 11.6 million tons of general cargo during the 2023 fiscal year. The milestone surpasses the previous record of 11 million tons set during fiscal year 2019 – the year before ...
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The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore welcomed the largest container ship ever to visit Maryland with the arrival of the Evergreen Ever Max at Seagirt Marine Terminal on August 19.The vessel weighs 165,350 tons and has the capacity to handle 15,432 TEUs.The Port of Baltimore is capable of accommodating ...
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Three original Post Panamax-style container cranes that have been at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal since it opened in 1990 were shipped on March 16, as Maryland’s port continues to upgrade infrastructure and make other enhancements to improve overall efficiency. The cranes will leave Baltimore ...
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