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Port of Baltimore highlights ecological restoration, double‑stack rail and recovery progress
Summary
Maryland Port Administration leaders told the Eastern Shore delegation Feb. 14 that the port remains a key economic engine despite last year's Key Bridge collapse and wider supply‑chain disruptions, and described ongoing ecosystem restoration projects on Poplar Island and the Mid‑Bay Islands.
Maryland Port Administration Executive Director Jonathan Daniels and MPA staff updated the Eastern Shore delegation on Feb. 14, 2025, saying the port remains a major driver of jobs and commerce while continuing large aquatic ecosystem restoration projects on the Eastern Shore.
Daniels said the Port of Baltimore supported an estimated 273,000 Maryland jobs linked to port activity and that double‑stack container rail service into the Midwest began last October on a temporary route, increasing the port’s competitiveness until the Howard Street Tunnel work is completed. He said the rail service is expected to add roughly 60,000 containers of annual capacity and generate nearly 14,000 jobs in construction and…
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