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Join us at the Maryland Club on April 27, 2016
from 7:30AM-9:30AM for a
Joint Networking & Speaker Event with GBC
Business at the Port of Baltimore generates about 13,650 direct jobs, while about 127,600 jobs in Maryland are linked to Port activities. The Port is responsible for nearly 3 billion in personal wages and salary and more than 300 million in state and local tax revenues. Last year, the Port of Baltimore welcome the first megaship as a result of the Panama Canal Expansion. Baltimore is among only 3 east coast ports that can handle the world’s largest ships. Find out the powerful economic engine of the Baltimore Port and how it’s poised to continue growth.
Of the 360 ports in the U.S., the Port of Baltimore ranks ninth in the dollar value of the cargo it handles and 13th in tonnage, handling more than 30 million tons of cargo annually. But the Port of Baltimore is much more than containers; look at the area where we lead in the US rankings:
Automobiles
Farm equipment
Construction Machinery
Forest Products
Imported sugar, and
Imported aluminum
The Speakers:
Moderator: Don Fry, GBC, President and CEO
Dave Thomas, Maryland Port Authority; Director of Operations
Bayard Hogans, Ports America, General Manager
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Walter Kemmsies,
JLL; Managing Director, Economist and Chief Strategist for the U.S. Ports,
Airports and Global Infrastructure Group
Michael Derby, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, General Manager North Atlantic Operations
Hosted by: ACG
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Maryland
