Page 11 - Port of Baltimore - September/October 2018

EVENTS
BME Hosts Annual Port Party and Shrimp Feast
Several hundred guests attended the 15th Annual Baltimore Maritime Exchange (BME) Port Party and Shrimp Feast at the Vane Brothers Campus in Fairfield. The party has taken place on the third Wednesday in September since the inaugural event in 2004.
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and numerous waterfront-related businesses, members and friends sponsored and attended the event.
The Baltimore Maritime Exchange is a nonprofit, membership-supported vessel-traffic information service founded by the Chamber of Commerce in 1899 and has been an independent nonprofit since 1954. 􏰀
(Top right) David Stambaugh, General Manager of the Baltimore Maritime Exchange, addresses the festive crowd. (Above) C. Duff Hughes of Vane Brothers and James Bartlett of Semmes, Bowen and Semmes. (Right) Nathan Hauser of Moran Towing, Captain Mike Reagoso of McAllister Towing, Jack Leishear of Norton Lilly International, Jeff Feeney of the MDOT MPA, and Paul Swensen of Moran Towing.
Liz Wainwright of the Merchants Exchange of Portland, Oregon, Lisa Himber of the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay, and Capt. Lynn Korwatch of the Marine Exchange of the SF Bay Region.
Ingrid Londono of the BME, Joseph Wyatt of the Association of Maryland Pilots, and Brittany Mills of the BME at the welcoming table in the lobby of Vane Brothers’ headquarters.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF VANE BROTHERS
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