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P&O Ports in Baltimore, Maryland

The Port of Baltimore, on the north end of the Chesapeake Bay, is one of the largest operations in the company portfolio. P&O Ports has a contract with the Maryland Port Administration to operate Seagirt Marine Terminal and Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore. These contracts were awarded through a competitive public bid process open to all qualified terminal operating companies.

Effective November 1, 2001, P&O Ports was appointed to operate the Seagirt Marine Terminal for a six-year term with an option to extend for an additional six years. P&O Ports provides customers with full service terminal and stevedoring operations as the contract operator for Maryland International Terminals. Effective March 2005, P&O Ports signed a multi-year contract to operate at Dundalk Marine Terminal.

In addition to the above contracts, P&O Ports contracts directly with steamship lines and cargo interests, providing services at all Marine Terminals in the harbor.

P&O Ports' annual cargo volumes in the Port of Baltimore are as follows: 450,000 TEU's [containers]; 350,000 vehicles; and over 575,000 tons of RoRo [roll-on/roll-off] & project cargoes.

P&O Ports Baltimore offers Maintenance and Repair services of containers and chassis at the Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals. P&O Ports maintain a mobile fleet that can travel between both terminals and offer roadability services as well as major repairs.

Seagirt Marine Terminal
Dundalk Marine Terminal
Automobile Operation
North Locust Point Marine Terminal

Seagirt Marine Terminal

Seagirt Marine Terminal is the Port's largest pure container facility that is operated by P&O Ports with Evergreen, CSAV and Mediterranean Shipping Company as its main customers. A flex-time agreement between the ILA and the Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore calls for staggered lunch hours by the clerks at Seagirt (as well as at Baltimore's other terminals), allowing cargo to be processed continuously all day.

Seagirt features the latest in cargo-handling equipment and systems. The computerized gate complex serves as the nerve center for the 275-acre (112 ha) container terminal. The terminal operating system uses software from Navis, the leader in container terminal management systems.

Seagirt features seven 100-foot gauge (30.5m), post-Panamax cranes which are among the most productive in the industry, averaging 35 containers an hour. Three of the cranes feature the latest dual-hoist systems, which lift two containers simultaneously to expedite the loading and discharge of the vessel. Currently handling 425,000 TEU's a year, Seagirt's practical yard layout places the storage area directly behind the berths, further increasing the productivity of the vessel loading and discharge operations.

Dundalk Marine Terminal

Dundalk Marine Terminal is located adjacent to Seagirt, and major customers include Atlantic Container Line (ACL), Hapag Lloyd, National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA), Nordana, Lykes and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Line. With 13 berths, 10 container and two gantry cranes and direct rail access, the 570-acre (230 ha) terminal remains the Port of Baltimore's largest and most versatile general cargo facility. Dundalk's direct rail access also allows unit trains to routinely deliver dozens of units of farm and/or construction equipment to the terminal at once. Dundalk's size makes it ideal for handling large break bulk and project cargoes.

RoRo and Automobile Operation

P&O Ports provides RoRo stevedoring services in a number of Baltimore terminals including the Fairfield Marine Terminals (Masonville, Chesapeake, and Atlantic).

North Locust Point Marine Terminal

North Locust Point remains a flexible facility capable of handling a variety of cargoes. The terminal has ample storage capacity with 25 acres of outside space. It can easily accommodate the storage requirements for breakbulk and project cargoes.

While North Locust Point has changed many times throughout its proud history, there remains one constant – its ability to meet the varied needs of the port’s customers.

Containers
Breakbulk
Bulk
- Steel
- Forest Products
Automobiles
- RoRo
Military
Cruise Vessels