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For information, contact
Steve Lassiter
The MPA entered the picture at North
Locust Point in 1964, signing a long-
term lease when B&O Railroad halted
its operations there. After extensive
renovations that included the construction
of two warehouses totaling 300,000 square
feet, the terminal got down to the business
of handling breakbulk cargoes for both
import and export.
“As containerization took over the
freight world, the terminal fell on hard
times,” Wheeler said. “No longer were there
droves of second- and third-generation
longshoremen walking to work from the
Locust Point neighborhood.”
Wheeler, who formed Canton Stevedoring
in 1998 to service the non-ferrous metals
industry, eventually diversified his cargo
base to include all types of breakbulk
cargo, including steel, plywood and
project cargoes. “In August of 2010, we
diversified further with the opening of a
drybulk operation at North Locust Point,”
“With the support
of the International
Longshoremen’s
Association and
the Maryland
Port Administration,
Project Stevedoring
has secured long-term
contracts for road salt
and copper slag.”
~ Rex Wheeler,
Canton Stevedoring President