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          t the foot of a 1,550-ton, 40-story-tall super-post-Panamax
        
        
          crane, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and other
        
        
          dignitaries came together May 8 to celebrate the Port of
        
        
          Baltimore’s bigger, faster, safer and more efficient Seagirt
        
        
          Marine Terminal.
        
        
          Joined by private-sector partners from Highstar Capital
        
        
          and Ports America Chesapeake, the Governor explained
        
        
          that Seagirt’s new 50-foot-deep berth and four supersized container
        
        
          cranes are key elements in the Port’s ability to accommodate larger
        
        
          
            SEAGIRT
          
        
        
          
            Supersized Cranes and 50-Foot-Deep Berth
          
        
        
          
            Put the Port on Course for Significant Container Growth
          
        
        
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            The Port of Baltimore
          
        
        
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          May/June 2013
        
        
          BY BLAISE WILLIG
        
        
          Photography by Bill McAllen