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The Port of Baltimore
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the Port
SOUNDINGS
EVENTS
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National Maritime Day
Draws Transportation
Secretary to Canton
U
.S. Secretary of Transportation
Raymond LaHood (in photo below
right), speaking at a National
Maritime Day commemoration May 19
at the Port of Baltimore’s Canton Marine
Terminal, called the shipping industry
a “vital building block” in America’s
emergence from economic decline. Port
advocate and former U.S. Rep. Helen
Delich Bentley added with pride that
“Baltimore is leading the country in its
recovery from the most recent recession.”
Maritime Administrator David T.
Matsuda also spoke at the event, which
was held onboard the N.S.
Savannah
, a
52-year-old nuclear-powered merchant
ship that is now a floating National
Historic Landmark.
The event was co-sponsored by the
Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy Kings Point Alumni, the
Baltimore Chapter of the Fort Schuyler
Maritime Alumni Association and the
Baltimore Port Alliance, in cooperation
with the U.S. Maritime Administration,
Savannah
Technical Staff. A special
visitor — the topsail schooner
Pride of
Baltimore II
— fired her cannon off the
Savannah’s
port bow during a wreath-
laying ceremony that honored past
merchant mariners.
CARGO
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Heineken
Bringing Beer
Through Baltimore
H
eineken USA is bringing its
beer products to the thirsty
mid-Atlantic region through
the Port of Baltimore.
Mediterranean Shipping
Company was able to offer Heineken
competitive rates to move its
business here; Heineken had been
importing beer into New York and
trucking it to the Mid-Atlantic region,
a supply chain that was vulnerable
to rising fuel costs. Heineken is
expected to ship 35 to 40 40-foot
containers through the Port each
week for the rest of the year.
“We’re happy to have Heineken
coming to the Port of Baltimore
directly from Europe,” said Charles
McGinley, who works in Trade
Development for the Maryland Port
Administration. “They’ve decided to
supply the region through the Port
due to the increased efficiencies
the Port of Baltimore offers and
to be a good corporate citizen by
reducing their carbon footprint.”
Satellite Logistics will handle
the cargo in Baltimore; it has 10,000
square feet of warehouse space
available for Heineken, but most of
the cargo will be delivered directly
to distributors in Maryland, West
Virginia and Washington, D.C.
IN MEMORIAM
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Hax, 74, Owned R.A.H. Courier
T
he Port of Baltimore is mourning the recent passing of Richard A. Hax, Sr.,
who died on April 3, 2012. He was 74. As Owner and President of R.A.H.
Courier Inc., Richard became a familiar face and friend to many in the port
while delivering various documents to ships. Hax began his business after serving as
a member of the Baltimore City Police Department.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BLAISE WILLIG
