b'18American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(REMARKABLEcontinued frompartnership with CSX, in which it wouldobstructions along the corridor betweenAlthough the Baltimores container page 16) supportCSXscontainertransportBaltimore and Philadelphia.business and Ro/Ro figures attract a lot year but around 225,000 TEUs off theoperationsatitsAtlanticTerminalinThe challenge of the project was toof ink, it is easy to argue that bulk and anticipated volumes.Baltimore, Maryland, providing expertincrease CSXs Howard Street Tunnelbreakbulk cargo are equally essential portlogisticstoensuretheseamlessand the adjacent Mount Royal Avenueto the Port of Baltimores tonnage suc-r olling wiThr o /r o movement of cargo through the facilityTunnel from approximately 19-feet tocess, resulting in the Ports total of 45.9 The Port of Baltimore is often con- duringtheHowardStreetTunnel21-feet, and meanwhile increasing themillion tons and an eighth place rank-sideredtobethecrme-de-la-crme(HST)constructionproject.Underlifespan without building a new tunnel.ing nationally in 2024. ofRo/RoportsintheUS.Unlikethisagreement,CSXwillmanageTodothis,theengineersproposedAdeeperdiveintothePort manyRo/Roports,Baltimoreshiftstransportation,whileAMPORTSwilltoexcavateandlowerthetrack,numbersrevealsjusthowimportant a great deal of inbound imported carsprovide handling services for containersreplacingthetunnelscurrentfloorbulkandbreakbulkcommoditiesare and trucks but also has a diverse mixat the Atlantic Terminal.andunderlyingbrickwithmoderntothePort.In2024facilitiesinthe of other freight ranging from High &And while this is not strictly anprecast concrete sections. Port handled 11,945,000 short tons of Heavy (HH) loads like wind turbineauto-processors role, it is part of theOn October 28th 2024, a temporarybulk and general cargo. As might be components to farm equipment, andstrategic connection that AMPORTSroutewasopenedasclearanceexpected with the channel closure, the construction machinery. And in 2024is developing with rail partners. Thisimprovements at rail bridges north ofnumbers were down - 22% from the the Port ranked first in the US han- is the third rail partnership that AMP- Baltimore were completed, providing15,250,000tonsthePortprocessed dling 848,628 tons of Ro/Ro farm andORTS has signed. AMPORTS handlesCSXtheopportunitytooperatein2023.Whatissurprisingisjust construction machinery. Remarkably,roughly half of Baltimores vehicles atdouble-stack rail service to the Port,howmanytonsofexportbulkand even with the disruption, the Port ofits three facilities or around 350,000- Maryland Port Administration (MPA)generalcargoareregularlyhandled Baltimore also handled 749,799 cars400,000 vehicles a year.Executive Director Jonathan Danielsin Baltimore. In 2024 the Port posted and light trucks in 2024, for the firstcommentedatthetime,Adding33,909,000milliontonsofbulkand time ranking second in the US, behindd igginga way Tod ouBle -s Tack :double stack capabilities to and fromgeneral cargo exports. While the tally Brunswick, Georgia [see Debra Phil- h owards TreeTT unnelP rojecT the Port of Baltimore allows us to takewas off8.5% from the 37,075 million lip article page 26] Noproject,apartfromthere- our container business to another levelhandled in 2023, the measure was far The Jacksonville-based auto processorbuildingoftheFrancisScottKeyand puts us on a more level playingless the -22% on the import side. AMPORTS,whichisthelargestautoBridge, is as important to the Port andfield with our competitors.Anditlookslike2025could processorinthePortofBaltimore,City of Baltimore as the $293 million,InFebruarythisyear[2025],shake out to be a good year for bulk/announced in June the launch of its newHoward Street Tunnel (HST) project.CSXannouncedthatwiththebreakbulk cargo in Baltimore, despite stevedore operation at the Atlantic andWhen complete the project will enableremoval of rail spikes, marking thethe roller coaster of tariff issues. Tim ChesapeakeTerminalsinBaltimore.full double-stacked container trains tonext phase of work on the HowardKassel,ExecutiveVicePresidentof ThisfollowstheJanuaryacquisitionconnect from Seagirt Terminal in Bal- Street Tunnel Project. CantonPortServices,acompany ofRedHookTerminalsMaryland,timore into the CSX network reachingCurrently the work on loweringthat provides stevedoring, warehous-LLCwhichoperatesasBaltimoreintothekeyMidwestmarkets.Thethetunnelfloorisunderwayandaing and third-party facilities manage-PortTerminal(BPT).Accordingtolink enhances Baltimores position asdiversionisbeingusedtolinkhi/ mentserviceslargelyforthebulk AMPORTSthenewservicesareathe western most major port on thelo double-stack trains Seagirt to theandbreakbulksectorinthePortof strategicexpansionstrengtheningEast Coast.CSX network. Baltimore, said of the current business AMPORTSpresenceontheEastButtodoso,engineersmustThereconstructionworkontheenvironment, I think we are very fortu-Coast. This wasnt the only move thatincreasetheverticalclearanceinthetunnel is due to be completed in 2026. nate to work in the bulk and break bulk the auto processor made in Baltimore.129-year-old,1.7-mile-longHoward(REMARKABLEcontinued on In February AMPORTS announced itsStreet Tunnel and address 22 additionalT hei nTrinsicv alue oFB ulk page 23)From Baltimore to the World Since 1998- 2 Deepdraft Marine Terminals- Direct Access to I-95- Onsite Warehousing- World Class Supervision and Labor- Dry Bulk- Breakbulk Baltimore, MD- Project Cargo Sandusky, OH- Heavy Lift VIST US ON THE WEB Stockton, CAwww.cantonmaritime.com Ask Us to Your Port'