The Port of Baltimore has opened an on-dock grain transloading facility at its Seagirt container terminal, eliminating an offsite container stuffing step and lowering handling and transport costs for agricultural exporters. The four-acre facility, developed by Ports America Chesapeake and Frey Commodities, holds three silos with a combined 60,000 bushels of storage and can load more than 200 containers a week.
Grain moving through Baltimore previously had to be loaded into empty containers away from the port and then trucked to Seagirt. Farm trucks can now deliver directly to the terminal, where a conveyor system transfers grain into the silos before it is loaded into export containers.
Ports America Chesapeake will operate the facility exclusively for Frey Commodities. Shortline rail connections to CSX and Norfolk Southern extend the catchment beyond Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania into the US Midwest, with the partners targeting grain exports to Europe, Asia and South America.
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Original Article from Splash Ports | Written by Splash Ports Staff
