The Port of Baltimore's container throughput rebounds to 2023 levels after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, exceeding previous records.
The Port of Baltimore has restored container throughput to 2023 levels after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March 2024 caused a sharp decline, reports Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
Container volumes fell 41 percent in 2024 to about 740,000 TEU but recovered to 1.1 million TEU in 2025, surpassing the 2023 record by more than 5,000 TEU. The rebound came despite tariff-related uncertainty.
The port handled 2,223 cargo vessel calls in 2025, exceeding the previous record of 2,137 in 2023 and marking a 21 percent rise over 2024. November saw the arrival of the Ever Model, a 366-meter vessel with capacity for more than 15,000 containers, the second-largest ship to call at Baltimore.
Officials credited the growth to infrastructure upgrades, including reopening the 50-foot deep, 400-foot wide channel and deploying supersized cranes at Seagirt Marine Terminal.
Baltimore expects further gains from the CSX Howard Street Tunnel project, a US$518 million modernization of a 130-year-old freight tunnel. The upgrade will allow double-stacked container trains, boosting capacity by 160,000 containers annually and generating nearly 14,000 jobs.
