A major reshaping of the Port of Baltimore will require lots of dredging

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…

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