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Maryland Line Handling Co.
2200 Broening Highway | Suite 235A Baltimore, Maryland 21224
email: mdlinehandling@comcast.net office:410.633.2519 | fax:410.633.2565
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Mobile Full Service Ship Repair Yard
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Floating Equipment To Service Vessels At Cargo Piers
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The General Ship Repair Corp.
1449 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Phone: 410/752-7620 | Fax: 410/752-4650 info@generalshiprepair.com www.generalshiprepair.com
Industrial Division of The General Ship Repair Corporation
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companies often work together on a project. One of them might be hired by the shipping line, one by the cargo owner, one by the insurer, etc. The Maryland Department
of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) itself may also hire a surveyor to ascertain whether there has been damage to a pier by a ship, for example.
“I have worked continuously as
a marine surveyor in the Port since our founding,” Miernicki said. “I am currently training my son and have an associate in Norfolk, Va. The MPA is so good to work with; they’re
very professional.”
The wide variety of cargo Miernicki has overseen has included cases of wine, a transformer out of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant loaded on a barge heading to Mexico, and even a circus heading to Puerto Rico.
“The Port’s concentration on a
mix of business is really wonderful
for surveyors,” he said. Miernicki works with both breakbulk cargos and roll-on/roll-off ships. There has been mining equipment, tractors, cars, grain and even animal trailers.
“We used to load pregnant dairy cows from a farm in Pennsylvania going to Puerto Rico,” Miernicki said. “They were pregnant so the buyers could be positive they would give milk. We had a trailer break loose once and a cow escaped. They were required to have animal handlers with them and it was dicey for a little bit, but he corralled her.” 􏰀
INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYORS AT-A-GLANCE
PRESIDENT:
Stephen Miernicki
OFFICE:
7 Center Place, 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21222
cargosurveyors@cs.com