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Port of Baltimore reducing hours due to ‘significant and unprecedented’ shipping disruptions from coronavirus
Colin Campbell
By COLIN CAMPBELL
BALTIMORE SUN |
FEB 28, 2020 | 6:31 PM
The port of Baltimore’s booming container terminal will reduce its operating hours next week because of declines in incoming cargo due to the international coronavirus outbreak, officials said Friday.
Seagirt Marine Terminal will open at 7 a.m., and the inbound gate will close at 4:45 p.m. beginning Sunday, according to Ports America Chesapeake, the company that operates the state-owned terminal under a 50-year agreement. That schedule cuts an hour and 15 minutes from the typical port workday.
“Our hope is these actions are short lived, but the disruptions in the global supply chain as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak are significant and unprecedented,” the company said in a memo Thursday to port stakeholders obtained Friday by The Baltimore Sun.
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Colin Campbell
By COLIN CAMPBELL
BALTIMORE SUN |
FEB 28, 2020 | 6:31 PM
The port of Baltimore’s booming container terminal will reduce its operating hours next week because of declines in incoming cargo due to the international coronavirus outbreak, officials said Friday.
Seagirt Marine Terminal will open at 7 a.m., and the inbound gate will close at 4:45 p.m. beginning Sunday, according to Ports America Chesapeake, the company that operates the state-owned terminal under a 50-year agreement. That schedule cuts an hour and 15 minutes from the typical port workday.
“Our hope is these actions are short lived, but the disruptions in the global supply chain as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak are significant and unprecedented,” the company said in a memo Thursday to port stakeholders obtained Friday by The Baltimore Sun.
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