The Future of the Port of Baltimore:

Innovative Reuse of Dredged Material

MDOT MPA: Part of a Larger
Port of Baltimore Community
The Port is a complex and
healthy mix of Private,
Federal, State and Local
agencies and facilities.
》 45 miles of waterfront facilities and
industries

》 ~ 36 private facilities in the Port that

handle nearly all the bulk commodities,
plus shipyards, chandlers, etc.

》 MPA’s 6 public cargo terminals handle

over 90% of the general cargo
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An Economic Engine for Maryland & the Region

Positioned as one of the leading ports in the nation

for freight and a key international gateway that
connects the region to global suppliers and
markets, the Port of Baltimore:

▪ is connected to more than 140,000 jobs in

Maryland

▪ ranked ninth with foreign cargo value of $58B

and eleventh in foreign cargo tonnage (43.6M)
(2019)

▪ handles more automobiles, light trucks,

and roll-on/roll-off farm and construction
machinery than any other U.S. port
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Annual Maintenance Dredging & Placement Capacity

Each year ~ 4.7 million cubic yards

of sediment are removed from the
navigation channel system serving
the Port of Baltimore

This volume would fill Ravens

Stadium – twice – every year!

The future of long-term, large-scale

and sustainable dredged material
management is to
find productive reuse opportunities
for this valuable resource and
creative ways to turn it into
marketable products

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Turning Sediment Into Solutions

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Innovative reuse and beneficial use
Innovative reuse is the use of dredged
material in the development or
manufacturing of commercial, industrial,
horticultural, agricultural, or other products
and includes upland uses of dredged
material. This may include roadway and
construction materials, manufactured soil
blends, geotechnical fill, and landfill cover.
Beneficial use includes the use of
dredged material for the restoration of
underwater grasses, island restoration,
stabilization of eroding shorelines, the
creation or restoration of wetlands, and
the creation, restoration or enhancement
of fish or shellfish habitats.
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MDOT MPA has completed several
small volume innovative reuse
demonstration projects:

▪ Alternative Daily Cover at

Baltimore’s Quarantine Road
Landfill

▪ Engineered Fill at Hawkins

Point DMCF

▪ Test Nursery at Cox Creek

Facility

▪ Ridgley’s Cove Remedial

Capping Material

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Hart-Miller Island

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 Hart-Miller Island

• How does the Port of • How can dredged

Baltimore engage with material, a valuable
the private sector in a resource, be leveraged
meaningful way? to support habitat
restoration?

• Are there new

technologies and/or • Can restoration efforts
ecosystem restoration at HMI support
strategies that could community
support habitat engagement and
development at HMI? education?

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Thank you.
Kristen Fidler
Director, Harbor Development
MDOT MPA
410-385-4563
kfidler@marylandports.com

Kristen Keene
Chief of DMMP Strategy & Partnerships
MDOT MPA
410-385-4462
kkeene2@marylandports.com