Port of Baltimore

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists in Baltimore discovered a Horvathiolus superbus seed bug in a shipment of Italian ceramic tiles. A U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist confirmed that this interception was a first regional discovery of the species.
 
17 May 2013
Agriculture specialists with Baltimore U.S. Customs and Border Protection have intercepted a shipment of ceramic Italian tiles that was contaminated with the the Horvathiolus superbus seed bug, a potential agriculture threat pest.
 
09 May 2013
The Port of Baltimore has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new 50-foot-deep berth and four super-post-Panamax container cranes at its Seagirt Marine Terminal.
Baltimore Customs agriculture specialists discovered a snail, identified by U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologists as a Succinea Costaricana, in a shipment of cardamom from Guatemala.
 
08 Apr 2013
A U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist has confirmed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists recorded a first discovery of the Succinea costaricana snail in the Port of Baltimore.
 
01 Apr 2013
Ceres Marine Terminals has named Douglas Wolfe as vice president, effective April 1.
 
28 Feb 2013
Maryland’s Gov. Martin O’Malley reported that the Port of Baltimore’s public and private marine terminals handled a record 36.8 million tons of cargo in 2012, valued at an all-time high of $54 million.
Dead Khapra beetles.
 
15 Feb 2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations agricultural specialists at the Port of Baltimore discovered on Feb. 7 that a shipment of celery seed from India was infested with...
 
04 Jan 2013
From labor battles to natural disasters, 2012 was filled with risk for shippers and the companies moving and managing their cargo. Here are the stories that defined the year.
 
02 Jan 2013
Baltimore-based transloading company MoveTran recently acquired a 206,700 square foot warehouse for transportation access via the Port of Baltimore, and is in the process of purchasing the former Heidtman Steel distribution center...
 
28 Dec 2012
The Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt and Dundalk public marine terminals will be open Saturday for the delivery and receipt of cargo if no agreement is reached...
 
20 Nov 2012
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley today reported that in the first nine months of 2012, the Port of Baltimore handled 7.21 million tons of general cargo at its public marine terminals, a 10 percent jump from 2011.
Port of Tallinn's Ain Kaljurand and MPA's M. Kathleen Broadwater sign memorandum of understanding.
 
08 Nov 2012
The Maryland Port Administration and the Estonian Port of Tallinn signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 7 to increase maritime business opportunities for both ports.
 
06 Nov 2012
CSX Transportation shippers with intermodal shipments destined for the Port of New York and New Jersey but diverted to mi