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Six new cranes added to Port of Baltimore terminal
Ports America Chesapeake has purchased six new mobile cranes for Baltimore‘s Seagirt Marine Terminal as part of its ongoing expansion efforts. The rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, which can stack […]
Md. Port Administration to buy 103 acres for major Seagirt expansion
The Maryland Port Administration received approval Wednesday to spend up to $92.5 million to acquire 103 acres of land for a major expansion of the Seagirt Marine Terminal. According to […]
Port of Baltimore reports record year
The Port of Baltimore set a new record for imports and exports in the fiscal year that ended in June, the Maryland Port Administration announced Tuesday.
Cranes help to supersize Port of Baltimore
As a shipping crane methodically unloaded the CSAV Rupanco at the Port of Baltimore Wednesday, a small brass ensemble played patriotic tunes nearby while waiters wearing black bowties served tall glasses of tomato and grapefruit juice.
New cranes heading to Baltimore to close bridges
Massive new cargo cranes heading to the Port of Baltimore will stop traffic on two bridges along the way. The Maryland Transportation Authority says Coast Guard and transportation officials were […]
Week in review – 6/1/12: Baltimore County to study Sparrows Point use
Officials: We’ll shut down EBDI project A group of East Baltimore elected officials vowed to shut down construction, public funding and permits at the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. […]
New panel to advise Kamenetz on Sparrows Point options
A 16-member panel of business leaders will advise Baltimore County economic development officials about the best use for the Sparrows Point peninsula in the wake of last week’s announced woes […]
Transportation Secretary says public-private partnership aided Port
A big shipping container company signed on at the Port of Baltimore Friday, and Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley used the opportunity to further laud the importance of public-private partnerships in Maryland.
Baltimore is fifth-busiest East Coast cruise port
Baltimore was the fifth-busiest cruise port on the East Coast in 2010, and the Maryland Port Administration is scouting locations to expand the growing business. The Port of Baltimore‘s 210,549 […]
More on the Maryland transportation funding puzzle
Sen. Ed Kasemeyer, the chairman of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee, had a frank assessment Wednesday of the General Assembly’s record on the gasoline tax. “We just didn’t do […]
Dinegar talks Maryland, Virginia competition
Jim Dinegar, the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, has a unique point of view on the Maryland vs. Virginia economic development battle because his constituency […]
Port moves up to 11th in U.S. in value of goods shipped
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 […]
