Posted on April 21, 2026
By Hayes Gardner
More than a dozen container ships are scheduled to unload in Baltimore this week. A couple of years from now, that number could be much higher.
Tradepoint Atlantic, the booming logistics hub at the old Bethlehem Steel site, broke ground earlier this year on a new terminal expected to increase the Port of Baltimore’s container capacity by 70%. Crews will build a wharf eventually, but first, they must dredge millions of cubic feet of muck — barging some of it to as far as Norfolk.
The operator of Seagirt, Baltimore’s existing container terminal, has flagged that the new terminal will compete with its business. Overall, though, the build-out is expected to increase Baltimore’s capacity from No. 6 among East Coast ports to No. 3.
