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n April, Baltimore Port Alliance (BPA)
Chair Capt. Eric Nielsen handed over
his gavel to Paul Kelly, who had been
serving as Vice Chair.
Both men are adept at juggling multiple
responsibilities: Kelly is also Chairman of
the Board of the Maryland Motor Truck
Association, while Nielsen is President of
the Association of Maryland Pilots.
A member since 1990, Kelly praised
the BPA for its ability to bring all factions
of the Port together to solve problems.
He recalls that when the committee first
started, none of the major players from
the agencies and industries involved
in the Port would sit down together to
address issues plaguing customers.
Since then, the BPA has smoothed the
way for customers, helping to increase
business at the Port.
“This is a very important committee,”
Kelly said. “I want to make sure that all
involved support this council because
we have to do it as a group. It takes all
of us to get the problems solved — the
steamship trades, the ILA and MPA,
the private terminals and the brokers
and freight forwarders. I think Eric has
done an excellent job in the last two
years and I want to maintain a lot of his
accomplishments.”
Kelly said he will make sure that when
legislators propose legislation, such as a
fuel tax and increased tolls, they under-
stand how that affects the Port. “We have
to be aware of those things,” Kelly said.
“We have committees who meet with the
legislators, and we’ll continue to do that.”
Kelly also is the Vice President of
what is now known as A&S Intermodal
Capt. Eric Nielsen, left, greets new Baltimore
Port Alliance Chair Paul Kelly at a recent BPA
Legislative Reception in Annapolis.
T
he Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and other
Port-related companies and associations were on
hand for the inaugural Anne Arundel Community
College (AACC) Truck Pull, held in connection with the
Institute of Supply Management on March 28.
More than a dozen teams of five AACC students and
faculty members competed in a timed event, pulling an
empty delivery truck over a short, marked course.
Transportation, logistics and supply chain companies
set up booths, tables and displays providing information
on the industry, career opportunities and job listings. In
addition to the MPA, other participants included FedEx,
Ian International, the Maryland Motor Truck Association
and Securitas Security Services.
CSX brought a rail
truck, UPS brought a
20-foot tractor-trailer
and Rukert Terminals
Corp. brought several
trucks to the event, which
was sponsored by the
AACC Transportation,
Logistics and Supply Chain
Management program.
Transportation Industry
Pulls Together at College Event
Division, formerly Den-El Transfer, where
he has worked for more than a decade.
He and his wife, Phyllis, have three
children and nine grandchildren.
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