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Port sales force makes pitch to attract, retain customers
The sales force for the port of Baltimore travels the country and the world, looking for business. It could be farm equipment manufactured in the Midwest on its way to Australia or furniture coming from South America or Alabama-built Hondas headed for...
Tags: Work Relations, Port of Baltimore, Hyundai, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Vehicles
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Teamwork made the Port's success possible
The Port of Baltimore had a very good year in 2012, during which it broke several cargo records and handled more autos and farm and construction machinery than any other U.S. port ("Port of Baltimore led the nation in two cargo categories in 2012,...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Port of Baltimore, U.S. Army, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Port of Baltimore led nation in two cargo categories in 2012, officials say
The Port of Baltimore led the nation in vehicle and roll on/roll off traffic in 2012 and surpassed previous marks for general cargo handling, state officials announced Wednesday. The port's public and private terminals moved 652,000 vehicles last year,...
Tags: Port of Baltimore, Martin O'Malley, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Contract talks between dockworkers, management break down
Talks have broken down between the union representing nearly 15,000 East Coast and Gulf longshoremen and the group representing shippers and port operators, with little more than a week to go before their contract expires.
Meeting Tuesday in Newark, N.J....Tags: International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Shipping Service, Barack Obama, Port of Baltimore, Strikes
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What to do with creationists
The Baltimore SunIn a post earlier today on the anniversary of the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, I casually grouped creationsts among hysterics about the Obama re-election and other individuals who do not appear to be wired to code. I may not have done them...Tags: H.L. Mencken, Paul C. Broun, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. House of Representatives
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With time running short, port braces for dockworkers strike
Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.
But that would be nothing, they say, compared with a management decision to lock out workers at the...Tags: Barack Obama, Port of Baltimore, George W. Bush, CSX Corporation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Contract talks between dockworkers and shippers go down to the wire
With time running out before the contract expires, the union representing 14,500 longshoremen on the East and Gulf coasts and the port employers' organization will meet Wednesday morning with a federal mediator to try to avert the first strike in 35...
Tags: Strikes, National Retail Federation, Health Insurance Cost, Labor Legislation, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Federal mediators to try to restart talks with dockworkers
Federal mediators will attempt to restart stalled contract talks between the union representing 14,500 East and Gulf coast dockworkers and the group representing their employers in an effort to avert the first strike in 35 years. A strike would clot...
Tags: American Apparel, Shipping Service, Work Relations, Hampton Roads, Strikes
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Industrial employment in Baltimore-Washington area falls 2.3%
Industrial employment in Maryland and Washington, D.C., fell 2.3 percent in a year-over-year period ending in May, with layoffs at defense contractor AAI Corp. and the closure of the Solo Cup plant in Owings Mills contributing to job losses,...Tags: Employment Opportunities, White Marsh, Howard County, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), General Motors Corp.
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Port's public terminals set new traffic records
The Port of Baltimore's public terminals set new marks last year in the handling of vehicles, containers and wood pulp while also posting a strong showing in the areas of general cargo and farm and construction machinery. The figures, released Thursday,...Tags: Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, Port of Baltimore, Manufacturing and Engineering, Government
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Carroll County Education Notes, from Winters Mills' brass act to new Leos at Francis Scott Key
Tech Center student places third in national welding competition Collins Lethbridge, a student at Francis Scott Key High School who is also a welding technologies student at the Carroll County Career and Technology Center, recently competed in the...Tags: Teachers, Maryland General Assembly, Students, Carroll County (Maryland), Sprague
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Port moves up one spot in U.S. cargo rankings
The port of Baltimore moved up one spot in the national rankings in cargo handling last year on the strength of a 37 percent jump from 2009 in the value of shipments over its docks, according to the U.S. Census. Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday that the...Tags: Work Relations, Martin O'Malley, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Salt, Heavy Engineering
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