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 Audits, [...]

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 vehicles totaled [...]

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 heavy [...]

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 spot [...]

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 for [...]

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
Comments: 1

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 says the [...]

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, [...]

Shipment of road salt arrives at Port of Baltimore ahead of 2nd storm

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 9, 2010

The first of nine ships bringing hundreds of thousands of tons of road salt has arrived at the Port of Baltimore as the region prepares for another big snowstorm.
The ship carrying 40,000 tons of salt arrived Monday and Rukert Terminals President John Coulter says the next ship is due Sunday.
Coulter says the rock salt and [...]

Port officials say cruise traffic up in Baltimore

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 3, 2009

Officials at the Port of Baltimore say cruise ship traffic is up this year.

Port officials say 60 cruises have sailed so far this year, up from 27 last year. And they say a total of 81 cruises are expected to depart this year, breaking the record of 60 cruises set in 2004. Next year, 92 [...]