Work begins on major new shipping terminal at former Bethlehem Steel site

By: Christine Condon

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 989

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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The next chapter of Baltimore County’s former Bethlehem Steel mill dawned on Friday, with the official groundbreaking of a new container terminal expected to be complete within the next few years.

To get there, crews will need to dredge up 4.2 million cubic yards of sediment from a Patapsco River tributary, much of it contaminated by the site’s steelmaking history.

But when all is said and done, the privately held Tradepoint Atlantic site on Sparrows …

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