February 11, 2026
Port of Baltimore handled 2,223 cargo vessel visits in 2025
The Port of Baltimore's state-owned public marine terminals, along with its private terminals, handled 2,223 cargo vessel visits in 2025, surpassing the previous record of 2,137 ships set in 2023. The 2025 total represents a 21 percent increase over 2024.
"Making certain the right investments are made to continue to grow and expand the Port of Baltimore is critical," said Maryland Acting Secretary of Transportation Katie Thomson. "The commitments we're making now and in future years will continue to advance our multimodal freight network and further accelerate the Port's growth and generate additional jobs."
A new record of 1,113,309 twenty-foot equivalent units - the standard measurement for containers used to ship goods across the world - were moved through the Seagirt Marine Terminal last year, exceeding the 2023 record by more than 5,000.
The terminal also set records for ship calls, or individual vessel visits, with 689, surpassing the 2023 record by nearly 100. These gains coincided with an increase in weekly container services - regular, scheduled vessel routes - from 12 in 2024 to 15 in 2025.
The Port's container business is expected to grow further with the 2026 completion of the CSX Howard Street Tunnel Project, a $518 million initiative to modernize a 130-year-old freight tunnel in Baltimore. The new freight tunnel will allow the port to accommodate double-stacked container trains, increasing the Port's capacity, while increasing competitiveness with regional ports - expanding potential business opportunities. The project is expected to increase the Port's business by approximately 160,000 containers annually and generate nearly 14,000 jobs.
Source: Port of Baltimore