Port of Baltimore

Fraser Smith and WYPR's Christopher Connelly discuss the Hogan administration's--and others'--claims about business, bond ratings and so forth.

A proposed rail-to-truck facility lost its state funding last week, effectively killing the project and handing a win to Morrell Park residents who…

A few weeks ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spotted an unfamiliar moth in a shipment of organic soybeans. It was a small victory in the effort to prevent the spread of exotic pests.

Carnival Cruise Lines announced today that it is reversing its decision to leave the Port of Baltimore. Instead, Carnival’s Baltimore-based cruise liner…

Despite threats to stop construction in a dispute over payments, the Spanish company leading the project to widen the Panama Canal says the work will go ahead. The expansion will double shipping capacity.

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Fern Shen of BaltimoreBrew.com talk about Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's advocacy of a proposed (and controversial) intermodal…

Work at the Port of Baltimore came to a halt Wednesday as one of the four unions with employees struck over stalled contract negotiations and members of…

WYPR's Joel McCord and Candy Thompson of the Baltimore Sun talk about Carnival's recent decision to relocate its cruise boat Pride to Tampa, Florida, and…

About 2,200 passengers were being flown back to Baltimore after their cruise ship caught fire on its way to the Bahamas. It was the latest black eye for the cruise industry, which is now trying to reassure passengers it's OK for them to sail. An industry group said it has adopted a passenger "bill of rights."

The port is one of only two on the East Coast that can handle the large cargo ships that can pass through the Panama Canal's locks when the project to widen the canal is completed in 2015. It could mean an economic windfall for Baltimore, but it faces competition from other ports.