Port Of Baltimore Gets Grant To Upgrade Rail Yard, Improve Rail Service

The Port of Baltimore has received a $15.6 million grant to update the Seagirt Marine Terminal’s intermodal rail yard so that it can accommodate a larger number of shipping containers, according to port staff. This will support the increased demand for double-stacked trains of containerized cargo to markets across the country, port staff said. The grant comes from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Consolidated Rail and Infrastructure Safety Improvements (CRISI) program. It goes toward building four new rail tracks totaling 17,670 track feet and two crane rail beams totaling 7,000 linear feet within the Seagirt Terminal, according to port staff.   The FRA grant includes a $6.7 million match from Ports America Chesapeake, the Maryland Port Administration’s public-private partner at the Seagirt Terminal, port staff said.