The Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Inc. (STA) has named David P. Hartman as its new President. Mr. Hartman has been acting as Interim President following the untimely death late last year of Michael P. Angelos.
Hartman is a lifelong Marylander and graduate of Towson University, with a B.S. in Business Management. He has been with the STA since 1983, rising through the ranks from Registration Clerk to Vice President, a position he has held since 2001. Hartman has been responsible for managing the STA’s extensive day-to-day operations, while also serving on Seniority Boards, Trade Practice, Safety, Stevedore, and Drug & Alcohol Program Committees. He has participated in several contract negotiations and has extensive knowledge of port labor practices. He also serves as Trustee on the STA-ILA Pension, Benefit and Severance & Annuity Funds, theSTA-ILA Vacation& Holiday Fund, and the Container Royalty Fund. Hartman is President of the STA Charitable Legacy Trust, a charity that serves the immediate port community.
Trip Bailey, the Chairman of the STA Board of Directors, commented, “David’s long experience with the STA and the collective bargaining parties made him the clear and sound choice for President of the STA. David has served in every leadership role at the STA with distinction.”
Hartman stated, “I am truly honored and humbled for the privilege to proudly serve as President of the Steamship Trade Association, representing all of its member companies, working as a team, employing members of the International Longshoremen’s Association as a partner, which will continue to ensure that the Port of Baltimore provides world class service to its many customers and stakeholders.”
The Steamship Trade Association is a management trade group representing 25 companies conducting business at the Port of Baltimore. STA member companies include Stevedores, Terminal Operators, Maintenance and Repair, Line Handlers, and Packaging andWarehouses, employing several thousand people on the Baltimore waterfront, of which approximately 2,500 are union members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, comprised of three locals, handling cargo worth millions of dollars. Various types of cargo handled at the Port of Baltimore include containers, automobiles, roll-on roll-off, wood pulp and paper, bulk products, and sugar. Approximately 37,300 jobs in Maryland are generated by port activity including ocean carriers, railroads, trucking companies, manufacturing, towing, bay pilots, agents, freight forwarders, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard. The Port of Baltimore is a major source of personal and business revenues in the State of Maryland, responsible for $3.3 billion in personal income and $2.6 billion in business revenues. Activities of the Port of Baltimore generate over $395 million in state, county, and municipal tax revenues annually.
