How far is the Port of Baltimore from Washington DC and Philadelphia?

About 40 road miles to Washington DC and about 105 to Philadelphia from the Seagirt gate. Harrisburg is about 85 and New York about 195.

Does the Key Bridge collapse still affect Maryland trucking?

Yes, until the rebuild opens in late 2030. Cross-harbor trucks use the I-95 or I-895 tunnels, and hazmat or over-height loads loop the west side of I-695, adding 30 to 35 miles.

Can containers from Baltimore move to the Midwest by rail?

Yes. CSX opened double-stack service through the Howard Street Tunnel on June 22, 2026, from the on-dock railhead at Seagirt with full clearance to the Midwest.

Do you have a warehouse in Maryland?

No. We coordinate partner warehouses, drayage carriers and transload crews across the state from one desk, and we pick the partner that fits the lane.

3PL and Port of Baltimore logistics across Maryland

The port behind every Maryland lane

The Port of Baltimore handled about 50 million tons of cargo in 2025, its second-best year on record. Seagirt Marine Terminal, the container terminal, set a record of 1,113,309 TEU. Dundalk Marine Terminal, the ro-ro and breakbulk terminal, kept the port No. 1 in the United States for farm and construction machinery at 887,513 tons and No. 1 for forest products at 1.1 million tons. The port ranked No. 2 for autos and light trucks with 728,225 units.

Every box, machine and vehicle in those numbers leaves the pier on a truck or a train. Baltimore 3PL coordinates the landing. We do not own a warehouse, a yard or a truck anywhere in the state. We run each move through a partner network we have curated for 50 years: warehouse operators, drayage carriers, transload crews, riggers, forwarders and licensed customs brokers. You get one accountable desk. The desk gets the right partner for the lane.

Two corridors: I-95 and I-70

Maryland freight follows two interstates out of the port. I-95 runs the length of the state. North of Baltimore it passes the Baltimore County east side, Harford County and Cecil County on the way to Wilmington and Philadelphia, about 105 road miles from Seagirt. South of the city it reaches Washington DC at about 40 miles and Richmond at about 150. The I-95 North pipeline is where the state’s new big-box space concentrates.

I-70 runs west from the Baltimore Beltway through Howard County and Frederick to Hagerstown, then on to Pittsburgh at about 250 miles and Columbus at about 420. Baltimore is the closest Atlantic port to the Midwest. About one third of US households sit within a day’s drive. I-83 adds a third spoke north to York and Harrisburg at about 85 miles.

Rail now matters as much as the road. CSX reopened the Howard Street Tunnel in September 2025 and cut the ribbon on double-stack service on June 22, 2026. Trains from the on-dock railhead at Seagirt now run double-stacked to the Midwest. The Maryland Port Administration expects about 160,000 more containers a year from that clearance. See our Howard Street Tunnel page.

One gap shapes truck routing until late 2030. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, and the rebuild now costs $4.3 billion to $5.2 billion. Cross-harbor traffic uses the I-95 Fort McHenry Tunnel or the I-895 Harbor Tunnel. Hazmat loads and loads over 14 feet 6 inches high or 11 feet wide may not use either tunnel. They loop the west side of I-695, about 30 to 35 extra miles and 45 to 60 minutes. Our Key Bridge truck routing guide covers the rules.

FTZ 74 covers seven jurisdictions

Foreign Trade Zone No. 74 is administered by the Baltimore Development Corporation. Its service area is Baltimore City plus Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard and Queen Anne’s counties. All of Tradepoint Atlantic, the private port at Sparrows Point, sits inside it. Imports that enter a zone site defer customs duty until they leave for the US market. Our FTZ 74 guide explains activation, and our FTZ and bonded warehouse service places freight with partners that already hold zone status.

Where we work in Maryland

Baltimore: the home market. Canton, Holabird, Curtis Bay and the Baltimore Peninsula.
Dundalk: Dundalk Marine Terminal and the Broening Highway warehouses, two miles from Seagirt.
Sparrows Point and Tradepoint Atlantic: 3,300 acres, FTZ 74, Amazon, Home Depot, FedEx and a container terminal in 2028.
Curtis Bay and Fairfield: the auto terminals, the CNX coal pier and Energy Parkway.
Baltimore County: the largest port-adjacent industrial pipeline, Dundalk to White Marsh.
Anne Arundel County: BWI, the Baltimore-Washington Corridor and Fort Meade.
Glen Burnie: the Cromwell Park Drive cluster at I-97 and I-695.
Hanover and BWI: Arundel Mills, BWI air cargo, Route 100 and the Parkway.
Elkridge: the Route 1, I-95 and I-895 3PL belt.
Jessup: the densest 3PL and produce cluster in the state.
Howard County: FTZ 74 since 2019 and Route 1 industrial.
Harford County: the I-95 North pipeline and Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Aberdeen: Eastgate 95 Industrial Park and Amazon.

What we run across Maryland

Drayage moves the container from Seagirt or Dundalk to the door, with the tunnel or the I-695 loop planned by cargo. Warehousing places your freight in the partner building that fits the lane: port-adjacent in Dundalk, big-box on I-95 North, or corridor space near BWI. Intermodal rail books the double-stack train from the Seagirt railhead when the final destination is Pittsburgh, Columbus or Chicago.

Behind those three sit transloading and ro-ro logistics for the automotive and heavy equipment trades.

What to send for a quote

Origin terminal or vessel, and the Maryland destination town or county.
Container count and size, or unit count for autos and machinery.
Commodity and HS code, and whether any item is hazmat.
Dimensions and weight of any piece over 14 feet 6 inches high or 11 feet wide.
Whether you need storage, transload or a direct delivery.
Interest in FTZ 74 duty deferral, with your annual duty estimate if you have one.

Send it to operations@sams3pl.com or call (419) 745-9492. We reply within one business day. The quote form takes the same details.