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Port exports set record

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

80% increase in autos leads way

Propelled by a weakening dollar, a surge of exports - especially autos - drove the value of cargo moving through the port of Baltimore last year to a record $41.9 billion, though tonnage increased less than 1 percent, the Maryland Port Administration said yesterday.

Port exports set record

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Port exports set record

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The port is on a roll

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

State inaugurates new warehouse for storing paper

With imports surging, the first load of giant rolls of glossy paper have begun filling a new $26.3 million state-built warehouse in South Locust Point.

White's return as port chief, raise OK'd

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

James J. White will earn $252,000 annually when he takes over as executive director of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore Aug. 1, state Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari said yesterday.

Port of Baltimore chief to step down

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Ehrlich appointee leaving post with 3 years on contract

F. Brooks Royster III, brought in to head the port of Baltimore after a public battle for control between the previous director and the Ehrlich administration, said yesterday that he will step down with three years left on his contract.

AIG acts to boost its port business

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Buyer of P&O Ports to acquire Amports, import car handler

Gaining a bigger stake in the Baltimore waterfront, AIG Global Investment Group said yesterday that it is buying the auto processing company Amports for an undisclosed sum from a New York-based equity fund.

Port worker IDs by July in doubt

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Card readers lacking, Senate panel is told

The long-overdue identification card that is supposed to be issued to more than 750,000 port workers, including 20,000 in Baltimore, is likely to miss another deadline, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told a Senate committee yesterday.

AIG closes ports deal

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Dubai operator sells U.S. dock business

The Dubai terminal operator is officially out. The U.S. insurance giant is in.

Background checks at port

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500

TSA requires waterfront workers' reviews, purchase of ID cards

About 750,000 truckers, longshoremen and others who work at the nation's ports - including about 20,000 at the port of Baltimore - will face background checks and be required to buy identification cards beginning in March, according to long-awaited rules released yesterday by the Transportation Security Administration.