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Feature: Perishables Get ‘em while they’re cold! p.10


Evergreen’s Triton is the largest mega vessel to call on the Port of Baltimore to date. (Ports America Chesapeake/John Wihelm Photo.)


Feature: 3PLS Drones, IoT, AI… all part of today’s warehouses p.24


In this Issue


Features News


Ocean Carriers p 16 European Ports p 20


APL partners with The Ocean Cleanup on


mission to rid oceans of plastics p2


NEWS


Supersized Ship Evergreen Triton calls at Port of Baltimore


The Evergreen Triton, with a capacity to handle 14,424 TEU containers, arrived at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore on May 24, becoming the


largest container ship


to ever visit Maryland. The supersized ship was able to call the Port of Baltimore because of the port’s infrastructure that allows it to handle some of the largest ships in the world. Previously, the largest


container ship to visit the Port of Baltimore was the 11,000-TEU container ship Gunde Maersk, which arrived at the Port of Baltimore in October. Thanks to a public-private partnership between the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and Ports


America Chesapeake, the Port of Baltimore is one of the few ports on the East Coast to have a 50-foot deep channel and a 50-foot deep berth necessary to accommodate the mega-ships traveling through the recently expanded Panama Canal. Ports America Chesapeake operates Seagirt Marine Terminal, the Port’s container terminal. In December, MDOT MPA


and Ports America Chesapeake announced a $32.7 million project to develop a second 50-foot-deep container berth at Seagirt Marine Terminal. When completed, this second berth will allow the Port of Baltimore to handle two supersized container ships simultaneously.


Construction on the new berth is expected


to commence by the end of 2019. The berth is expected to become operational by early 2021. “We’re thrilled to see the


TRITON here in Baltimore aſter coming through the expanded Panama Canal,” said Bayard Hogans, Vice President, Ports America Chesapeake. “The partnership between the Port of Baltimore, Ports America Chesapeake and Evergreen will continue to allow the world’s largest container ships to deliver the goods and commodities that power America’s economy through Maryland. Ports America Chesapeake is committed, with continued investment and expansion, to utilizing advanced technologies and


enhanced infrastructure to deliver world-class service.” The Port of Baltimore is


coming off a record-breaking year in 2018. A record 43 million tons of international cargo was handled last year by the combined state-owned public and the privately- owned marine terminals. That surpassed the previous high mark of 40.9 million tons in 1974. The value of the cargo passing through the port in 2018 was also a new benchmark: $59.7 billion, surpassing the previous $53.9 billion set in 2017. The port’s state-owned public terminals handled a record 10.9 million tons of general cargo last year marking the third consecutive year exceeding the 10-million-


ton plateau. In 2018, the port handled 1,023,152 TEU containers marking the first year ever it had exceeded one million. The port also handled a record 850,147 cars and light trucks in 2018, the most in the U.S. for the eighth consecutive year. The 43 million tons in 2018


was enough to move the Port of Baltimore up one slot in cargo handled to 11th among major US ports, and the $59.7 billion total cargo value ranked ninth nationally. Among the nation’s ports, the Port of Baltimore ranks first for autos and light trucks, roll on/roll off heavy farm and construction machinery, imported sugar and imported gypsum. The port ranks second in exported coal.


Port of Wilmington takes delivery of


new cargo handling equipment p6


Turkish Cargo keeps growing in 1Q 2019 p9


+ our regular From the Editor p.4


Logistics Roundupp.2 Sea Roundupp. 3-5


Road & Rail Roundup p. 6 Airfreight Roundup p. 7


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