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March/April 201 2
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The Port of Baltimore
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SOUNDINGS
AUTOS
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Electric Vehicles Make
East Coast Charge
Through Baltimore
M
itsubishi i electric vehicles
recently made their East Coast
debut, as the first eastern U.S.
shipment arrived in February at the
Port of Baltimore. The groundbreaking
2012 Mitsubishi i was recently named
by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) as the top-ranked, most
fuel-efficient vehicle available in the
nation.
“With so many vehicles sold in
different parts of the globe, Mitsubishi’s
100 percent electric-powered vehicle
has a proven record of reliability, safety
and ease of use,” said Mitsubishi
Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA)
President & CEO Yoichi Yokozawa.
Customer and fleet deliveries of
the vehicle began on the West Coast
in December 2011. Since March, the
vehicle has been made available to
test drive at participating dealerships
throughout the northeast, Virginia
and Illinois, with nationwide exposure
expected by this summer.
MMNA, which is responsible for
all manufacturing, sales, marketing,
research and development operations
for Mitsubishi Motors in the United
States, has a network of approximately
400 dealers.
The Mitsubishi i is the first of
several advanced, alternative-fuel
production vehicles that the Japanese
auto manufacturer plans on bringing to
the North American market in the next
few years.
INTERMODAL
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Rail Line Links Baltimore and Louisville
CSX
has added rail service between the Port of Baltimore and
Louisville, Ky., as part of the National Gateway project. A
public-private partnership between CSX, several states and
Washington, D.C., the National Gateway project strives to produce more efficient
rail service between mid-Atlantic ports and the midwestern market.
The Baltimore-to-Louisville service represents the first intermodal network
connection to this market in several years. CSX expects to link the Port to more
markets in the near future.
OUTREACH
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Chilly Charity Event has
Carnival Atmosphere
C
arnival, the world’s largest cruise
line, also has a large heart. The
company, which recently committed to
a five-year extension for operating cruises
out of the Port of Baltimore, is also making
a commitment to the local community by
taking an active role in such events as the
16th annual Maryland Polar Bear Plunge
that occurred in January.
Sponsored by the Maryland State
Police, the event featured a record
14,500 participants taking a dip in the
Chesapeake Bay to raise $2.5 million for
Special Olympics Maryland. Carnival was
not only the official cruise line sponsor, but
Carnival employees such as Regional Vice
President of Sales Kirk Neal and Business
Development Director Kathy Donnelly (in
photo) participated in the Plunge; in fact,
the “Bingo World & Carnival Cruise Lines”
team raised more than $50,000.
In addi-
tion, on the
day of the
event at Sandy
Point State Park near
Annapolis, a Carnival FunFest tent was set
up, filled with games and entertainment.
Other Plunge participants also had
Port ties, such as a team from Choptank
Transport (the “Choptank Chillers”) and
the Maryland Transit Administration Police
Plungers.
COURTESY OF CARNIVAL