Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,250-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore, Maryland featuring an unmatched combination of access to deep-water berths, railroads, highways and storage space, announced today that in partnership with the Maryland Department of the Environment (“MDE”) and the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), it has reached a critical juncture in the environmental remediation of Sparrows Point, with the excavation and clean-up of the Tin Mill Canal.

The man-made Tin Mill Canal on the former Bethlehem Steel site was created to allow the conveyance of contact water from steelmaking operations to pass into the site’s water treatment facility. Over the years, process sediment built up in the canal. When Tradepoint Atlantic became the owner of the former steelmaking property in 2014, it quickly entered into a collaboration with the MDE and EPA to clean up and restore the iconic 3,250-acre industrial brownfield site at Sparrows Point, redeveloping the land to serve the global economy of tomorrow.
Earlier this year, Tradepoint Atlantic implemented a Maintenance Cleanup Plan to excavate and remove the process sediment from the 7,500-foot Tin Mill Canal.
“Tin Mill Canal is living proof of tremendous progress in the overall cleanup of Sparrows Point after more than a century of steelmaking,” said Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles. “The cleanup being done by Tradepoint Atlantic under Maryland Department of the Environment and EPA oversight shows the value of working in partnership to benefit Maryland’s economy while ensuring the environment and public health are protected.”
“Restoring the Tin Mill Canal and reducing the effects of a century of steelmaking was accomplished through a robust collaboration among EPA, state and local partners,” said Cosmo Servidio, Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. “The Tin Mill Canal is an important milestone in the ongoing cleanup at Sparrows Point but it is also a model for continued partnership on a larger scale across the full area of the site.”
“Today is a momentous occasion in the restoration of Sparrows Point, one of the largest brownfield sites in the country, to a productive global logistics hub with thousands of jobs,” said Eric Gilbert, Chief Development Officer. “By working closely in partnership with all levels of government to properly address the cleaning up of Sparrows Point, we have been able to realize tremendous progress in helping the site fulfill its vast promise. It’s important that we recognize everything we have been able to accomplish to date, as exemplified by the efforts underway with Tin Mill Canal as we continue to move forward with our commitment in making Sparrows Point cleaner and greener than ever before in its storied 125-year history.”
As the remediation of the Tin Mill Canal and broader Sparrows Point continues, by January 2019, sediment containing high levels of oil and grease will be removed, and a barrier will be erected to protect water quality. In addition, placed manicured rock and gravel will be arranged around the shoreline of the Tin Mill Canal to improve the overall aesthetic of the surrounding area. In coming years, Tradepoint Atlantic plans to utilize the Tin Mill Canal as a geographically central feature within the site’s retail component, The Shoppes at Tradepoint Atlantic.