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[22] The Port of Baltimore ■ September/October 2011
American Infrastructure Deal of the Year.”
The partnership between the MPA
and Ports America is expected to produce
5,700 new jobs, 3,000 of which are one-time
construction jobs. Another 2,700 permanent
direct, indirect and induced jobs will
come from the increased and sustainable
container business that the Port will see
upon completion of the 50-foot berth.
Ports America has operated the Seagirt
terminal since the facility opened in 1990,
and has also run some operations at the
Dundalk Marine Terminal since 1996.
The four new Super Post-Panamax
cranes, which are being built by ZPMC, can
unload vessels on which containers are
stacked in 22 rows across the ship.
“They will be able to handle the biggest
ships,” said Mark Montgomery, President
and CEO of Ports America Chesapeake. But
he added that the company has also modi-
fied the existing seven cranes at Seagirt
to allow them to handle 18-across ships.
Also, if need be, those cranes can trolley
from Berth 3 to the new berth until the new
cranes are finished.
May2011
Work proceeds as MPA hosts seminar on
“new container business opportunities.”
August 2011
One year to go.
KATHY BERGREN SMITH
CONSTRUCTION OF A BERTH >>>> >
At 9,178 TEUs, the MSC Bruxelles represents one of the largest container
ships to call on the Port. That capacity could increase by several thousand
TEUs when the new Seagirt berth is completed.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY PORTS AMERICA CHESAPEAKE
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY PORTS AMERICA CHESAPEAKE