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The Port of Baltimore
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the Port
SOUNDINGS
KATHY BERGREN SMITH
CARGO
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Trans American
Transports
Huge Steel-
Bending Press
T
he sign across the
front bumper of the
big rig said “Over
Size Load,” which, in this
case, might have been an
understatement. Trans
American Trucking Service,
Inc. recently came to the
Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk
Marine Terminal to arrange
the pick-up and delivery of
main components for a steel-
bending press that, when
assembled, will be the largest
machine of its type in the
United States.
Manufactured in Southern
Germany, the press arrived on
a “K” Line vessel in late March
and headed out of Baltimore
onboard a 19-axle truck and
trailer combination, destined for
the Timken Company in Canton,
Ohio. The press unit weighs
180,776 lbs., the two sideframes
are 82,315 lbs. each and the
base frame is 58,135 lbs.
“We enjoyed great coopera-
tion on the part of the terminal
operator in Baltimore,” said
Tom Jensen, Trans American’s
Director of International Project
Services. “Thanks to the Port of
Baltimore, it was another project
delivered on time and on budget.”
The shipping of the entire
machine has been ongoing for
the past few months, with a
total volume of 2,500 tons.
Rukert
Receives
IWIF
Award
R
ukert Terminals Corporation was one of 40
companies to recently receive a safety award
from the Injured Workers Insurance Fund
(IWIF). Award recipients were selected from a
field of 22,000 companies.
“It is quite an honor,” said Rukert President John
L. Coulter. “We’re a family business — We pride ourselves
on being a family workplace where safety is key. This
award is symbolic of what we strive to do here. We hope to
win it next year.”
Rukert is a 91-year-old, privately owned and operated
company specializing in the handling of metals, ores,
fertilizers, alloys and other dry bulk and break-bulk
cargoes. Services include stevedoring, warehousing, and
transfer to and from vessel, rail or truck.
SAFETY
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Rukert offers internal safety incentives. The company
has 170 employees in eight departments, and each
department receives a reward for going 90 days without
an injury. The reward — a special luncheon with crab
cakes. “As a department, they look out for each other,” said
Coulter.