P&O Ports in Baltimore, Maryland
The Port of Baltimore, on the north end of the Chesapeake Bay, is one of the largest operations in the company portfolio. P&O Ports has a contract with the Maryland Port Administration to operate Seagirt Marine Terminal and Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore. These contracts were awarded through a competitive public bid process open to all qualified terminal operating companies.
Effective November 1, 2001, P&O Ports was appointed to operate the Seagirt Marine Terminal for a six-year term with an option to extend for an additional six years. P&O Ports provides customers with full service terminal and stevedoring operations as the contract operator for Maryland International Terminals.
Effective March 2005, P&O Ports signed a multi-year contract to operate a multi-purpose operation at Dundalk Marine Terminal.
In addition to the above contracts, P&O Ports contracts directly with steamship lines and cargo interests, providing services at all Marine Terminals in the harbor.
P&O Ports' annual cargo volumes in the Port of Baltimore are as follows: 470,000 TEU's; 250,000 vehicles; and over 1,000,000 tons of RoRo & project cargoes.
P&O Ports Baltimore offers Maintenance and Repair services of containers and chassis at the Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals. P&O Ports maintain a mobile fleet that can travel between both terminals and offer roadability services as well as major repairs.