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March/April 2014
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PHOTOGRAPHYBYKATHYBERGRENSMITH
EVENTS
LegislativeReceptionSpotlights
Private Investment inPort
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heBaltimore Port Alliancewelcomednearly 100 state
delegates and senators to a convivial legislative reception
at a historic inn across the street from theMarylandState
House in January.
SenatePresident
ThomasV. “Mike”Miller, Jr.
expressedhis
gratitude tomembers of thePort of Baltimore community “for all
youdo” todrive the economy of the state.
The theme of this year’s receptionwas private investment
in the Port. Companies showcased their infrastructure and
equipment improvements. Rukert Terminals President
John
Coulter
explained to lawmakers how his company has used
state-of-the-art technology to streamline the delivery of
salt to the state’s salt domes, whichwas especially timely
since the reception took place just after amajor winter
storm. Rukert Terminals supplies all of Maryland, Southern
Pennsylvania and Northern Virginiawith road salt, working
Alongwithspeechmaking, the reception
offeredmanychances tomingle.
Clockwise fromabove left: Sen. Edward
Reillywith theBPA’sPaul Kelly;Del. Brian
McHale, AndyNixonofRukert Terminals
andDel. LukeClippinger;Del. Tawanna
GaineswithMarkMontgomeryof Ports
AmericaChesapeake; Capt.MikeReagoso
ofMcAllister Towing,Del. AnneHealeyand
PeterWhiteof theAssociationofMaryland
Pilots; andSenatePresident ThomasV.
“Mike”Miller, Jr.withMichael Angelosof
theSteamshipTradeAssociation.
24/7 during peak season, filling dump trucks from the
massive salt piles near I-95.
Paul Kelly
, thePresident of theBPA, asked lawmakers to
make dredging apriority this session, amessage that was
not lost onDelegate
Doyle L. Niemann
. Niemann, amember
of the Environmental Affairs committee, spent six years on
theAppropriations committee and said that the legislature
is committed to “keepingBaltimore a vibrant and competent
thrivingport.”
