Rail access and increased capacity for Baltimore

The funds have been allocated from the US Department of Transportation’s Transport Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant programme.

The project will use dredged material from the port’s main access channel to fill an obsolete and dilapidated basin and create a new 7.6-acre cargo storage area near the vessel berth.

The bulkheads at the terminal’s basin are antiquated and, at more than 60 years old, at the end of their useful life. The dredged material that will fill the basin will come from the 50 ft deep channel leading to the Seagirt Marine Terminal. Portions of the channel need to be widened to allow easier access for larger ships.