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September/October 2011
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BY MERRILL WITTY
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Photography By Kathy Bergren Smith
PORT
person
TED BOUDALIS
— High-Quality Autos
Are A Calling for Mercedes-Benz Manager
T
ed Boudalis is manager of the 105-
acre Mercedes-Benz Vehicle Processing
and Distribution Center at the Port of
Baltimore’s Fairfield Auto Terminal. He heads a
team responsible for the distribution, quality control
and accessories installation of Mercedes-Benz and
Smart passenger vehicles for Mercedes-Benz, USA
(MBUSA), as well as BMW and Mini Coopers for
BMW USA. The high-end Mercedes-Benz imports
then head for 174 dealerships spanning 27 states.
How Boudalis got to this point at the relatively
young age of 32 is no mystery. “I came into the
maritime industry following in my father’s footsteps,”
he said, noting how his father (also Ted Boudalis)
worked for several other automotive companies at
the Port of Baltimore and elsewhere. “I spent my
years as a child tagging along to work with my dad
whenever I could, thereby getting to know how auto
processing worked at a very young age. The allure
of the auto business stuck with me out of the simple
