Baltimore's port is on the way up thanks to the surrounding industrial commercial real estate market. According to CBRE's inaugural North American Ports Logistics Annual Report, Baltimore's port is ranked No. 11 in the nation's top 15 based on port infrastructure capabilities and strength of the area's industrial commercial real estate market. “Overall industrial leasing activity in Baltimore was strong in 2014, with four million square feet of positive net absorption in the market,” Tim Zulick, CBRE Managing Director in the Baltimore region, said in a news release. “The majority of the net absorption occurred in Baltimore city, a submarket that is closely tied to port activity, causing availability to fall 6.8 percent compared to 2013." Baltimore in large part because Ports America, the port and terminals operator, has invested more than $100 million in the Seagrit Marine terminal. The port also boasts advantages such as a new berth with 50 feet of draft and four "super post-Panamax cranes."

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The Port of Baltimore only experienced between a 1 percent and 2 percent increase in the amount of containers as result of West Coast labor issues.

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The port set new records for importing commodities such as autos in 2014.

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Maritime leaders were told Tuesday that a federal commission is planning a series of meetings on dealing with port congestion that has resulted from a rebounding economy and bigger ships calling at the nation's ports.

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Good news for frugal Maryland boaters — a partnership between the Inner Harbor-based Baltimore Marine Centers and three Annapolis marinas allows annual slip holders in one city to receive a docking discount at the other.

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A ship owner’s lawyer plans to ask the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a nearly $1.6 million award to a Port of Baltimore longshoreman who suffered career-ending injuries when he slipped on ice in 2007.

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Large vessels carrying coal to Baltimore are still without a pier to offload their cargo nearly a month after a ship struck CSX Transportation Inc.’s deepest-water coal pier, closing it indefinitely.

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RICHMOND, Va. — The potential outsourcing of Virginia’s port operations will hurt maritime businesses and local governments, speakers told a state legislative panel Monday. Virginia officials are considering four proposals to take over the operation of some of the state’s ...

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As East Coast and Gulf of Mexico dockworkers consider striking in the midst of tense contract negotiations, Maryland Port Administration officials have a little less sweat on their brow than their counterparts from Maine to Texas.

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A study produced for the Maryland Energy Administration says Baltimore has the potential to become a hub for offshore wind power companies. The combination of the steel mill at Sparrows Point and the city’s port facilities could allow it to ...

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