b'14American Journal of Transportation ajot.comThe Port of BaltimoreOpen for business(VERSATILITYcontinuedfarms as feed material or to from page 13) crush plants to produce veg-CSX and Norfolk Southern.etable oil. and looking to expand While the rail is an obviousBut TPA feels there is room The Port of Baltimore like every other port in the world has been hurt byattractionforclientsliketo grow the bulk businesses.the COVID-19 pandemic but nevertheless the Ports open for business andVolkswagenmovingvehi- As Kerry noted, Id say looking to expand. cles or Orsted moving over- oneofourprimaryinitia-sizedwindturbinepartstotivesaswemoveforward onshore wind farm sites, it isiswefeellikewevemade By George Lauriat, AJOT of equal importance to com- afairamountofheadway panieslike Amazon,Underinputtingtheinfrastructure Far from the facilities in the Port of Balti- casts outdated. Armour,HomeDepot,inplaceforoffshorewind, more out at the York Spit in Chesapeake Bay,ButthePortisstillopen,stillhandlingAtlantic Forest Products andbreakbulk,rollon-rolloff crews contracted to the U.S. Army Corps ofcargo and still moving forward with criticalFedexgivingthesecom- cargo. We really need to opti-Engineers, Baltimore Districtprojectsthatwillpositionitpanies a significant alterna- mizeourabilitytohandle arebusywithmaintenanceforexpansioninthepost- tive to trucking and valuablebulk material. And its going dredging of the aptly namedCOVID-19 world. reach into the hinterland. tobefocusedonthefinger YorkSpitChannel.TheRichardScher,Direc- pierandconveyingsystems channel is being dredged to atorofCommunicationsfortPaanDB reakBuLk andstoragesystemstoeffi-depth of 51 feet and is one oftheMarylandPortAuthor- Part of the versatility ofciently move bulk commodi-six channels associated withity(MPA)wroteinanswerthe TPA is, in this era of con- ties through our site.thePortofBaltimorebeingto AJOT inquiries of the situ- tainerizedcargo,ithastheOf course, the entire TPA dredgedand in a way, thisation and the Port, The Portabilitytohandlebulkandenterprisehasbeenpush-dredging is part of businessofBaltimorehasremainedbreakbulk.BesidesOrsted,ingforwardinthemidstof as usual in this most unusualopen for business for all cargothesitehasanumberoftheCOVID-19crisiswhich of times. operations since the onset ofother clients who move bulkhas put tremendous stress on The Port of Baltimore isthecurrentCOVID-19pan- and breakbulk. For example,logistics services around the arguably the most diverse portdemic. Ports America Chesa- HomeDepotandAtlan- world.ButtheTPAsbeen on the U.S. East Coast and inpeake continues to adjust theticForestProductsmoveabletocontinuetomove 2019 had a banner year han- operating hours of the Seagirtlumber. Access World, a sub- forwarddevelopingthesite dlingarecord43.6millionRichard Scher, Director ofMarineTerminal.Theyhavesidiaryoftheinternationaldespite the pandemic.tonsofinternationalcargo,Communications, mD Port authority also closed Seagirt six times incommodityfirmGlencore,MarcSalotti,Co-MD with containers totals up, ro-ro healthy [ninththe last two months. These changes have beenhandles aluminum, steel andofTPA,explained,Weve straight year the port ranked number one in thedue to lower international container volumes.sacksofrubberandhasaactually been very fortunate, U.S. in vehicles handled] and bulk and break- Even when the truck gates are closed, ships are740,000sq./ftwarehousetoparticularlywithourpart-bulk figures holding their own - and going intostill being worked. Our other public marine ter- protect the products from thenersinBaltimoreCounty 2020thisyearlookedlikeitmightbeevenminals have continued to operate regular hourselements. ThereisalsoCapandstateofMarylandhere. bigger than 2019. Then the pandemic hit.for delivery and receipt of cargo. Rock and Perdue, which bothWevehadalotofsuccess Likeeveryotherportintheworld,theAlthough the Port of Baltimore has seenimport organic grain to theircontinuingtodriveprojects COVID-19 crisis has cut into the Port of Bal- terminal closures, the damage to cargo totalsonsite warehouses to be dis- forward throughout all of this timores numbers as blank sailing and otherhas not been as severe as might be expectedtributedthroughtheirEast(VERSATILITYcontinued factors have rendered earlier optimistic fore- (OPENcontinued on page 15) Coastnetworkstovariouson page 15)ai158618800811_BaltiMORE.pdf 1 4/6/2020 11:46:51 AM Ceres_AJOT_2016_Layout 15/6/206:43 PMPage 1BaltiMORE C e r e sW o r l d C l a s sSTEVEDORINGI n T h e P o r t O f B a l t i m o r eCMYCMMYCYCMY RORO CRUISE BREAKBULKKWELCOME Ceres handles all types and sizes of cargoes and day-to-day operations in the Port of Baltimore. 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