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BUSINESS
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Agreement Signed with
Estonian Port of Tallinn
P
ort of Tallinn (Estonia) Chairman of the
Management Board Ain Kaljurand and
Maryland Port Administration (MPA)
Deputy Executive Director M. Kathleen
Broadwater recently signed a Memorandum
of Understanding agreement establishing
a formal cooperation between the two
seaports aimed at increasing maritime
business opportunities for both parties.
“We look forward to utilizing this
agreement as a way to generate new cargo
opportunities and to share best practices
with the Port
of Tallinn,”
Broadwater
said. “Tallinn
is the
largest port
in Estonia
and their
business profile includes some of the
same focuses as ours—containers, roll-on/
roll-off, and cruise. We look forward to the
partnership.”
The MPA has similar agreements with
other international ports, including Adani
Ports (India), Nagoya (Japan), Gdynia
(Poland), Genoa (Italy), Sokhna (Egypt) and
Cotonou (Africa).
EVENTS
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Seminar Turns
Eye Toward
Port’s Next
Generation
T
he Maryland
Washington D.C.
District Export
Council is inviting
exporting and related
service industries to a
seminar, “Preparing for the
Next Generation of
Shipping Through the Port
of Baltimore,” on January
8 in Baltimore.
Speakers include James
J. White, Executive Director
of the Maryland Port
Administration (MPA), who
will discuss the state of the
Port and the agreement with
Ports America Chesapeake;
and Capt. Kevin Kiefer,
Sector Commander Coast
Guard Sector Baltimore.
Richard Powers, Director
of Marketing for the MPA,
will provide an update
on steamship lines and
services, and Mark
Montgomery, President
and CEO of Ports America
Chesapeake, will speak
about the expansion of the
Seagirt Marine Terminal
and its new state-of-the-art
cranes. John Redding,
Senior Vice President of
The Belts Corporation,
will discuss the Maritime
Industrial Zoning Overlay
District (MIZOD).
The cost is $25 per
person. The event, which
runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
and includes refreshments,
takes place at Baltimore’s
City Hall, in the Curran
Room on the fourth floor,
10 North Holliday St.,
Baltimore, MD 21202.
IN MEMORIAM
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Sanderson Spent
Nearly 40 Years
with MPA
F
ormer Maryland Port
Administration (MPA)
Operations Specialist
Theodore K. “TK” Sanderson
Jr. died in October due
to complications from
Alzheimer’s disease. He
was 77. The Baltimore-born
Sanderson worked at Alcoa
Steamship Co. before joining
the MPA in 1960 as Assistant
to the Director of Terminal
Operations. At the time of his
retirement in 1998, he was a
Project Analyst in the MPA’s
Department of Engineering.
At the time of his death,
Sanderson lived in White
Marsh.
Ain Kaljurand and MPA Deputy Executive
Director M. Kathleen Broadwater sign a
Memorandum of Understanding regard-
ing the Port of Tallinn (Estonia).
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL MCALLEN
