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2016 a record year for Port of Baltimore
THE Port of Baltimore handled a record 10.1 million tonnes of general cargo and 538,567 containers in 2016, year-on-year increases of 5 per cent and 3 per cent respectively, the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) said.
In December alone, the port saw container throughput soar 23 per cent over the same month in 2015, according to American Shipper.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said: "Maryland's strategic investments in the Port of Baltimore have enabled the port to directly benefit from the expanded Panama Canal by serving the new mega-ships."
The Port of Baltimore is only one of four ports along the US East Coast that is equipped with the necessary infrastructure to accommodate these mega-ships, the MPA said.
Looking ahead, the Hogan administration applied for a US Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant in December 2016 to double-stack Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel, and the application is currently under review by the USDOT.
"Reconstructing the 121-year-old tunnel will accommodate double stacked container trains and break a bottleneck that impacts the entire East Coast," the MPA said. "This project will be key to meeting the Port of Baltimore's rapidly growing container business with mega-ships from the expanded Panama Canal."
In December alone, the port saw container throughput soar 23 per cent over the same month in 2015, according to American Shipper.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said: "Maryland's strategic investments in the Port of Baltimore have enabled the port to directly benefit from the expanded Panama Canal by serving the new mega-ships."
The Port of Baltimore is only one of four ports along the US East Coast that is equipped with the necessary infrastructure to accommodate these mega-ships, the MPA said.
Looking ahead, the Hogan administration applied for a US Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant in December 2016 to double-stack Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel, and the application is currently under review by the USDOT.
"Reconstructing the 121-year-old tunnel will accommodate double stacked container trains and break a bottleneck that impacts the entire East Coast," the MPA said. "This project will be key to meeting the Port of Baltimore's rapidly growing container business with mega-ships from the expanded Panama Canal."
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