Baltimore’s Public Marine Terminals Set Records in 2012

2012 was a record year for autos, containers and ro/ro cargo at Baltimore’s public marine terminals, according to data reported by the Maryland Port Administration. Export/import cargo handled port-wide by public and private terminals amounted to 36.8 million short tons with a record value of $54 billion.

Details are provided below:

Autos (public and private terminals): 652,000 cars, up 18 percent from the previous record, 551,000 in 2011.

Coal (private terminals): record 19.6 million tons, up 2 percent from the previous record, 19.2 million tons in 2011.

Containerized cargo (public terminals): 6.29 million tons, up 7 percent from the previous record, 5.83 million tons in 2011. 

Containers: 677,876 TEUs, up 7.3 percent from 2011.

General cargo (public terminals): record 9.59 million tons, up from 8.88 million tons in 2011 and the previous record, 8.96 million tons in 2008.

Roll-on/roll-off (farm and construction machinery – public terminals): 1.09 million tons, up 16 percent from the previous record, 969,272 tons in 2011.

Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal now boasts a 50-foot deep container berth with four supersized cranes.
Photo/Maryland Port Administration

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