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ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND PILOTS
Phone: (410) 342-6013
Fax: (410) 276-1364
3720 Dillon Street | Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Captain Kevin Gugliotta, AMP
observed infractions. “The result is that the
Maryland pilot aboard each vessel is acting
to enhance environmental protection by
ensuring the vessel is transiting the channels
as safely as possible,” Nielsen said.
In terms of their own environmental
actions, the Association has fitted pilot
launches with state-of-the-art, fuel-efficient
propellers that burn only low-sulfur diesel
fuel. The Association also operates fuel-effi-
cient vans for transportation and uses only
low-sulfur diesel in its headquarters and
tower generators.
“We’re small compared to many other
port organizations, but everyone can do
something,” said Nielsen, noting that
packaging materials purchased by the
Association are now 100% recyclable.
“We are doing our part to be efficient, to
minimize waste and increase recycling and
the use of recycled products.”
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A
Bay pilot’s
job is often a thrilling one,
boarding ships at any time of
the day or night, in all kinds of weather.
Some are Cape Class ships — ships so
huge they can’t fit through the Panama
Canal and must sail down the Suez
Canal or around the Cape of Good Hope
or Cape Horn.
“The Mediterranean Shipping
Company has already integrated the
post-panamax Cape Class ships into
its rotations,” said Nielsen, “and we’ve
already been getting these container
ships, which are 1,100 feet long and 140
to 150 feet wide, into the Port. They can
hold 8,500 containers.”
In 2014, the Panama Canal will
open its new locks and be able to
handle Cape Class vessels. It’s expected
that, as early as next year, the Port
of Baltimore’s Seagirt Berth 4 will be
allowing these ships in at their full
draft. “It’s exciting that the Port will be
handling these ships two years before
Panama,” Nielsen said.
A
Big
job
on the Bay
