March/April 2014
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ThePort of Baltimore
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ASSOCIATION
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MARYLANDPILOTS
PHOTOGRAPHYBYCAPTAIN WILLIAMBANDAMP
Phone: (410) 342-6013
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Fax: (410) 276-1364
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dispatch@MDPILOTS.com
www.marylandpilots.com
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3720Dillon Street
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Baltimore, MD 21224
generated by cruise activity in Maryland,
including 220 direct jobs at the Port.
Additionally, Maryland benefits from $90
million in economic activity generated by
factors related tocruisepassengers, includ-
ing local spending on lodging, dining and
entertainment.
MPAExecutiveDirector JamesJ.White
said the return of Carnival further estab-
lishes Baltimore as “one of the top cruise
Cruise Ship
ReducingAir
Emissions
When theCarnival
Pride
returns to the
Port of Baltimorenext year after abrief
hiatus, the cruise shipwill be sporting
enhanced technology thatmeets
new federal air-qualityguidelines by
reducingemissions. Thenew standards
were set by the InternationalMaritime
Organizationand require that ocean-
going vessels traveling in anEmission
Control Area (ECA)must either use
anultra-low sulfur diesel fuel or have
equipment such as scrubbers installed
to clean the fuel exhaust before it is
emitted into theair. In theUnited States
andCanada, theECA encompasses all
waterswithin 200miles of the coast.
Carnival Corp. is investingmore than
$180million innew technology to clean
fuel exhaust onnearlya thirdof its fleet,
including theCarnival
Pride
.
ports in theU.S.” He added, “Whether we
are talkingaboutwelcomingbackCarnival
Cruise lines, forgingpublic-privatepartner-
ships or expanding cargo operations, the
O’Malley-Brown Administration and the
Congressional Delegation have ensured
the Port of Baltimore haswhat it needs to
attract business, create jobs and become
one of our nation’s greatest and most
diverse seaports.”
