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The Port of Baltimore
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Emmorton Elementary School students were excited to receive saplings courtesy of Ceres
Marine Terminals, which was represented by, top photo from left to right, Steve Hussein,
Bill Wade, Doug Wolfe and Drew Droulliard.
Rod Pickens, left, and Michael Derby have
promoted WWL’s efforts to put filters on
storm drains at the terminal.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT SENKO
F
or Earth
Day, Ceres
Marine Terminals
Inc. challenged its terminal
managers across the country to do
something environmentally minded.
Doug Wolfe, Terminal Manager in
Baltimore, decided that Ceres would give
elementary school children trees to plant.
He chose Emmorton Elementary School in
Harford County because an employee had sent children there.
Wolfe and Ceres employees visited the school on Earth Day and handed out
600 tiny blue spruce saplings to teachers, staff and students. The saplings came
packaged in a tube with planting instructions.
“It was so much fun for the kids, and all of us got a lot more out of it,” said
Wolfe, who received more than 100 cards and letters from students describing
how they planted their trees. “For me, the memories will last a lifetime.”
Ceres
Takes
Saplings
to School
still powered by diesel fuel, Mid-Atlantic
Terminal has installed catalytic converters
and is using ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel.
“We’re not there yet, but we’re heading
in the right direction,” Pickens said.
Also at WWL’s Mid-Atlantic Terminal,
which is part of Dundalk Marine Terminal,
trees and a garden flank the office
building — a little bit of vegetation amid
65 acres of asphalt and warehouses.
Plus, Pickens hopes to add a rooftop
garden to the ends of the warehouse
buildings at some point in the future.
But right now, what WWL is doing to
help the environment isn’t green — it’s
gray. Gray filters line the storm drains on
the terminal, trapping sediment and small
bits of trash. The filters have “fingers”
that grab oil and other pollutants.
Mid-Atlantic Terminal’s portion of
the terminal has nearly 60 storm drains
requiring two filters each.
The company also designed an
attachment for its forklifts to allow them
to lift the heavy metal drain cover in
order to replace the filters.
“Storm drain filters are pricey and
they only last about a year,” Pickens said,
“but they are the last line of defense. It’s
a commitment by the company. It’s just
the right thing to do.”
NANCY MENEFEE JACKSON