January/February 2014
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The Port of Baltimore
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Wind Energy
Creates Maritime
Business
Opportunities
T
he State of Maryland and the
Business Network for Maryland
Offshore Wind (BizMDOSW)
brought in an expert from Germany to
review the Port of Baltimore facilities
and offer advice on capturing business
related to offshore wind energy.
Jens Eckoff
from Bremen, Germany,
has worked for 15 years in various
capacities to make Bremen and
Bremerhaven into one of Europe’s leading
wind-energy regions. In late October, Eckoff
toured the Port of Baltimore on land and on
the water aboard a McAllister tugboat and
met with Maryland Gov.
Martin O’Malley
.
He shared his observations in a briefing
at the World Trade Center. In November, a
delegation from Baltimore toured the port
facilities in Bremen and Bremerhaven.
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The Masonville presentation was
made by former BayBrook Executive
Director
Carol Eshelman
, who was a
key community representative in this
successful project.
“The Masonville Cove community
engagement process provided a much
more efficient and collaborative process
to the greater benefit of the Port,”
said Maryland Port Administration
(MPA) Executive Director
M. Kathleen
Broadwater.
“Masonville went from
concept to first inflow in only six years,
half the time typically required for site
development.”
Not only was the Masonville Cove
model successful with respect to its
original intent — confined placement
of harbor dredge material — it cleaned
up a cove decimated by a century of
pollution, and it is providing long-term
community benefits. It demonstrated that
engagement with all constituencies early
and throughout the process ultimately
saves time and resources and provides a
model for future efforts.
