In 2025, the Port of Baltimore handled 50 million tons of cargo, the second-highest annual total in its history, which stretches all the way back to 1706. The volume exceeded 2024’s 45.9 million tons and trailed only the record of 52.3 million tons set in 2023.
The port last year handled a lot of autos, farm and construction machinery, forest products, breakbulk freight, coal, aluminum, gypsum, salt and sugar. A high number of containers — in fact, a record number — stacked up on its docks, too.
The port registered 1,113,309 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at its Seagirt Marine Terminal, breaking the previous annual container record set in 2023 by more than 5,000.
With 2026 now in its final quarter, port leaders expect to set an even higher container-volume mark this year because of the expansion and modernization of CSX’s nearby Howard Street Tunnel, a multiyear project that was completed in June. Plus, an expansion of the intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF) at the Seagirt Marine Terminal — which is set to reach the construction stage this month — bodes well for future container-volume growth.
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