b'14American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comMARYLAND PORTS 2025 Tradepoint Atlantic projects pushing forwardTradepoint Atlantic (TPA) is pushing forward with a multitude of new projects including a new site off campus. By George Lauriat, AJOTTradepointAtlantic,theSparrowPointandasthey immense3,300-acrelogisticssaytherestishistorystill centerlocatedonSparrowsin the making. Point in the Port of Baltimore, is a difficult place to pigeonhole.a y eara go LogisticscenterdoesntIn an interview with AJOT really define just how expan- withTPAexecutives,Kerry sive the facilities and servicesDoyle,ManagingDirector are at TPA.andRussellWilliams,Vice Justalittleexamina- President, the question was asked tionoutlinesthebreadthofabout what has happened over activity? Is it a Ro/Ro facil- the last year. Port of Baltimore: A remarkableity? Yes. Is it a bulk facilityOfcourse,justovera operator? Yes. Is the TPA ayearagoonMarch26 th the performance but challenges ahead warehouseanddistributioncontainershipDalicollided center? Yes. Does it providewiththeFrancisScottKey In 2024 the Port of Baltimore overcame a great deal to post the second-bestarailfreightservice?Yes.bridge,destroyingthespan, year on record. And out of the gate in the first quarter of 2025, the Port of Bal- Is it an e-commerce center?resulting in the death of six timore continued its impressive performance. However, the Port is battlingYes. But is it a container ter- workersandblockingthe headwinds of tariffs and other regulatory challenges. minal? No, not yet but it willchannel entrance to the Port be very soon. of Baltimore. But Sparrow Point wasntThe TPAs Sparrow Point By George Lauriat, AJOT alwaysknownashometolocation lies just outside the Key themega-logisticscenter.bridge and thus water access, For eleven long weeks in 2024 the Fortterminals that are the very heart of what Mary- BethlehemSteeloccupiedunlikemanyofthePorts McHenry main ship channel in Baltimore wasland Governor Wes Moore calls one of Mary- thesiteandoperatedonefacilities,remainedunaffected closed with debris from the allision of the MVlands leading economic generators. oftheworldslargeststeelalthoughthebridgesRoute Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge. ThatsDiversions and inventive re-routings weremillstherebeforeceasing695 cuts through the logistics an eventful eleven weeks. The Port of Balti- theorderofthedayastheport-communityoperations in 2012.In 2014(FORWARDcontinued onmore didnt have full access to the piers and(REMARKABLEcontinued on page 16) Redwood Holdings took over page 20)SERVING THE PORTS OFNY/NJ, BALTIMORE, & PHILADELPHIA C O M M I T T E D T OA N E L E V A T E D L E V E LO F S U S T A I N A B L I T YDRAYAGETRANSLOADING COMPETITIVE RATES ZERO EMISSIONS TRUCKSLOW EMISSIONS MODERN FLEETPROVIDING INNOVATIVE & SUPERIOR SERVICE SINCE 19822050 [email protected](973) 465-5310Best Transportation LLC, 263 Distribution Street, Port Newark,NJ'