MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

The Port of Baltimore has a vital role in Maryland's economic development, generating almost $1.8 billion in economic benefits and supporting 127,000 jobs. Closer to the Midwest than any other East Coast port, the Port in Baltimore City is within an overnight drive of one-third of the nation's population. It serves over 50 ocean carriers making nearly 1,800 annual visits. The Port's container capacity increased by 50% with the opening in 1990 of Seagirt Marine Terminal, a 275-acre center for automated cargo-handling. General cargo moving through the State's five marine terminals in 1999 amounted to 6,411,741 short tons.

Tugboats, Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

The center of international commerce for the region is the World Trade Center Baltimore. It houses the Maryland Port Administration and U.S. headquarters for several major shipping lines.

Tugboat, Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Chief Exports: coal, corn, soybeans, lignite, coal coke, petroleum, and fuel oils.

Chief Imports: automobiles and small trucks, iron ore, petroleum products, gypsum, sugar, cement, bauxite, salt, crude mineral substances, fertilizer and fertilizer materials, and ferroalloys. Baltimore also continues to grow as a major distributor of imported wood pulp and paper.

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