Port of Baltimore

The Port of Baltimore, since 2006 officially Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, is the port of Baltimore in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located on the southern outskirts of the mouth of the Patapsco River in the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Operators and managers is the federal Enterprises Maryland Port Administration, the Maryland Department of the Transportation is available. The port was named in 2006 after the former president of the United States Federal Maritime Commission and Republican Congressman Helen Delich Bentley.

Transport Structures

  • Seagirt Marine Terminal (containers)
  • Dundalk Marine Terminal
  • Fairfield Marine Terminal Automobiles, exclusive use by Mercedes -Benz USA
  • North Locust Point
  • South Locust Point
  • Intermodal Container Transfer Facility ( ICTF )
  • Dry docks
  • Cruise Terminal ( Cruise Terminal, East McComas Street)

Economic Importance

In the port general cargo, bulk cargo and containers are transshipped. He is also a passenger port, especially for cruise ships

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