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serving a new second deep-water berth. Having an additional deep
berth allows the Port to serve two supersized cargo ships simultaneously.
The new Seagirt berth and cranes complement the CSX-owned Howard Street Tunnel expansion project, which will allow for double-stacked container rail cars, clearing a longtime hurdle for the Port and giving the East Coast seamless double-stack capacity from Maine to Florida. The project involves clearance improvements
in the 127-year-old tunnel and at 21 other locations between Baltimore and Philadelphia. With the tunnel expansion project, Baltimore will
be able to send double-stacked containers by rail into the Ohio Valley and on to Chicago.
The Howard Street Tunnel project got underway in November and is scheduled to be completed in 2025. The project benefits from public- private investment from the federal
MSC is one of the top container shipping
companies in the world and a great partner of ours. ... With our infrastructure and incredible supply chain network, there’s no better port in the country right now for handling containers than Baltimore.”
— William P. Doyle, Executive Director, MPA
government, Maryland, CSX and others, and is expected to increase
the Port’s business by about 160,000 containers annually. It will also generate about 6,550 construction jobs and
an additional 7,300 jobs from the increased business.
Maryland’s Port of Baltimore generates about 15,300 direct jobs,
with nearly 140,000 jobs overall linked to Port activities. The Port ranks first among the nation’s ports for volume of autos and light trucks, roll-on/ roll-off heavy farm and construction machinery, and imported gypsum. It ranks 11th among major U.S. ports for foreign cargo handled and ninth for total foreign cargo value. 􏰀
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