Port posts 15% gain in volume 
BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: April 23, 2012
Tags: automobiles, cargo, docks, equipment, exports, forest prodcuts, gypsum., imports, iron ore, Port of Baltimore, sugar, tons
Automobiles drove a banner year for the Port of Baltimore in 2011, as the port handled a record $51.4 billion in cargo, including a nation-leading total of cars and trucks. According to the port’s figures, it also led the nation in year-over-year increases in total cargo handled, with nearly 38 million tons passing across the [...]
Container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to start service to Baltimore
BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: February 26, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, company, container, export, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Hapag-Lloyd, import, Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District, port, Ports America Chesapeake, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, shipping
The fifth-largest container shipping company in the world is beginning a weekly container service to the Port of Baltimore that could create nearly 600 new jobs for Maryland. German company Hapag-Lloyd is expected to bring up to 30,000 containers through the port annually, with its first shipment scheduled to arrive Wednesday. Hapag-Lloyd has made the [...]
Port of Baltimore’s public terminals handle record number of containers, autos
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 9, 2012
Tags: autos, cruises, martin O'Malley, Port of Baltimore, public terminals
The Port of Baltimore’s public terminals continued to rebound from the recession by handling a record number of containers and autos last year, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Thursday. “The Port of Baltimore’s very successful 2011 year is great news for the thousands of men and women who depend on the port to provide for their [...]
Controls faulted at Maryland Port Administration
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: October 24, 2011
Tags: audit, maryland port administration, MPA, office of legislative audits, port, Port of Baltimore, Ports America, revenue, seagirft marine terminal, transportation secretary beverly k. swaim-staley
The Maryland Port Administration showed “significant deficiencies” in its oversight of more than $60 million in revenue and $15.3 million in payments in fiscal 2010, state watchdogs said in an audit released Monday. The issues raised “could adversely affect MPA’s ability to maintain reliable financial records [and] operate effectively,” according to the Office of Legislative [...]
Port of Baltimore now No. 1 international auto shipping hub
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: September 19, 2011
Tags: auto shipping, construction machinery, department of transportation, gov. martin o'malley, Panama Canal channel, port, Port of Baltimore, roll-on roll-off, Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, U.S. bond rating, U.S. Census Bureau
The Port of Baltimore was the busiest international automobile shipping hub in the United States in the first half of 2011, according to figures released Monday. Baltimore eclipsed New York, the top auto shipper last year, with 270,700 vehicles handled from January through June, about 30,000 more than in the corresponding period in 2010. Those [...]
Port of Baltimore prepares for Irene
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 26, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, coast guard, containers, dundalk, east coast, heavy rain, hurricane irene, irene, port, Port of Baltimore, shipping containers, wind
DUNDALK — Containers and cars are continuing to come off ships at the Port of Baltimore, but shippers are taking precautions as Hurricane Irene approaches. Extra lines are holding ships to the docks and shippers are working with the Coast Guard to make sure everything is tied down properly before Irene brings high winds and [...]
Port moves up to 11th in U.S. in value of goods shipped
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: August 9, 2011
Tags: goods, gov. martin o'malley, Jim White, maryland, maryland port administration, panama canal, Port of Baltimore, Ports America, roll on/roll off, Seagirt Marine Terminal, shipped, U.S. Census Bureau
The Port of Baltimore ranked 11th nationally in terms of the value of cargo shipped through its public and private terminals in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The $41.5 billion in cargo last year was a 39 percent jump over the year before and enough to nudge Maryland’s port up from the 12th [...]
Carnival signs 5-year extension with Port of Baltimore
BY: Rachel Bernstein
POSTED: August 8, 2011
Tags: Bahamas, caribbean, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Pride, enchantment of the seas, Gerry Cahill, maryland port administration, Port of Baltimore, royal caribbean
Carnival Cruise Lines has agreed to a five-year extension with the Port of Baltimore to run cruises from the port year round. The agreement announced Monday is effective Aug. 31, after the present two-year contract expires. The first two years of the agreement are guaranteed, and there are three one-year options. Carnival’s weekly cruise lasts [...]
Port of Baltimore to welcome giant ship
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 1, 2011
Tags: container ship, Helen Delich Bentley, maryland port administration, mediterranean shipping company, MSC Sindy, Port of Baltimore, shipping channel
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The Port of Baltimore is welcoming a giant container ship. The MSC Sindy will dock at the port on Monday. Former congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley, a longtime advocate for the port, says it’s the second ship of such size to call at Baltimore. It can bear 9,200 20-foot shipping containers on a single voyage. Bentley [...]
Amports laying off 116 as Hyundai, Kia business moves to Philly
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: May 11, 2010
Amports Inc., a logistics company, will lay off 116 workers at the Port of Baltimore this summer as shipments of Hyundai and Kia vehicles are redirected through Philadelphia. The layoffs at the Fairfield and Masonville auto terminals will be effective July 1, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company said in a filing with the Department of Labor, [...]
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