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8/23/2023
The Port of Baltimore last week welcomed the largest container ship ever to visit the state with the arrival of the Evergreen Ever Max at Seagirt Marine Terminal.
The vessel weighs 165,350 tons and has the capacity to handle 15,432 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The port has a 50-foot-deep channel and the cranes needed to serve a vessel of this size, Maryland Port Administration (MPA) officials said in a news release.
At approximately 1,200 feet long, the Ever Max is longer than four football fields. Previously, the largest container ship to visit the port was another Evergreen vessel, the Triton, which first arrived in 2019 and has a capacity of 14,424 TEUs.
Additionally, the port’s container business is expected to increase due to the CSX-owned Howard Street Tunnel expansion project in Baltimore, which will allow for double-stacked container trains. This would give the East Coast double-stack capacity from Maine to Florida, MPA officials said.
The Howard Street Tunnel project is being funded by the federal and state governments, CSX and other sources. It is scheduled to be completed in 2026 and expected to increase the port’s business by about 160,000 containers annually.