Port of Baltimore Handling More Cargo Than Any Previous Year

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore has handled 8,019,919 tons of general cargo at its public marine terminals through the first nine months of 2017.
The number crushes the previous nine-month calendar year mark from January through September in 2016. The port’s pace was led by containers which has had a 11 percent jump over its record year in 2016.
During the third quarter of 2017, the Port of Baltimore had a 15 percent jump in general cargo tons from the th