Port of Baltimore’s new leader wants to expand cruise, cargo capacity

The Port of Baltimore could see more weekday cruise departures in the future as its incoming executive director begins to look at new opportunities for the port. Jonathan Daniels, the current CEO and executive director of Port Everglades in Broward County, Florida, will become the executive director of the Maryland Port Administration on Feb. 5. Daniels will help oversee and manage the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and its capital projects, such as the $466 million Howard Street Tunnel expansion.