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EVENTS
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Legislative Reception
Keeps Port on
Lawmakers’ Radar
T
he Baltimore Port Alliance (BPA)
played host to more than 100
legislators and staff members
during its annual Legislative Reception
in Annapolis. The event gave legislators
an opportunity to interact directly with
members of the Port community and
become educated on the scope of the
Port’s activities and importance to the
state’s economy.
This year’s 16th annual event was
themed “Investing Now for the Future,”
and highlighted private and public
investments in the Port. Maryland
Comptroller Peter Franchot asked the
members of the BPA to give themselves
“a round of applause in celebration of the
enhancements that private investments
have made to the Port of Baltimore.”
State Delegate Brian K. McHale,
a steamship clerk and member of
International Longshoremen’s Association
Local 953, said he took the floor at the
House of Delegates the morning of the
event to personally urge his colleagues to
attend the event at the Governor Calvert
House. “Citizens throughout the state
are stakeholders in the Port, and the
legislators want to be able to tell their
constituents that they are making a good
investment,” said McHale.
The news the legislators received
from Secretary of Transportation Beverley
K. Swaim-Staley was good indeed, as
she told the crowd that the Port enjoyed
another record-breaking year in many
sectors.
Also in attendance were Maryland
Department of the Environment Secretary
Robert Summers and Maryland Port
Administration (MPA) Executive Director
James J. White.
On hand for the 16th Annual BPA Legislative Reception were, clockwise from top left, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot
with Jock Menzies of The Terminal Corporation and Del. Brian K. McHale; Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley K.
Swaim-Staley (at podium); Capt. Mark P. O’Malley of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore with Paul P. Swensen of Moran Towing
of Baltimore; and Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant with Mark Montgomery of Ports America Chesapeake.
Support for the Legislative
Reception came from many
Port-related companies that
provided sponsorship of the
BPA Bull and Oyster Roast:
Association of Maryland Pilots
BalTerm
BATA Marine
Ceres Marine Terminals
Chesapeake Bay Piers –
CSX Transportation
Cianbro
CNX Marine Terminals
Council Fire
EcoLogix Group
Keystone Ship Berthing –
Helen Bentley
Maryland Environmental Service
Maryland Line Handling
Maryland Port Administration
McAllister Towing of Baltimore
Moran Towing of Maryland
Ports America Chesapeake
Rukert Terminals Corp.
Securitas Security Services
Steamship Trade Association
of Baltimore
T. Parker Host of Maryland
Terminal Shipping Company
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
KATHY BERGREN SMITH