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MPA Names Porter, Gutowski to Lead Business

[ April 24, 2026   //   ]

The Maryland Port Administration has promoted Nick Porter to director and Jeff Gutowski to deputy director of business development, strengthening its commercial team at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.

The business development unit is responsible for marketing and customer engagement across the port’s core commodities, including autos, breakbulk, containers, cruise, forest products and roll on/roll off high and heavy equipment.

Porter joined the MPA in 2017 following logistics management roles at UPS and Sam’s Club, and has focused on container accounts. Working with terminal operator Ports America Chesapeake, he has supported growth in Baltimore’s container business, including a record year for twenty-foot equivalent units in 2025. He has also been involved in preparations for double-stack rail service tied to the CSX Howard Street Tunnel Project, expected to come online this spring.

Gutowski joined the business development team in 2025 after more than a decade in operations, where he oversaw quality and rail activity, working with Class I partners CSX and Norfolk Southern. He has since played a role in managing the port’s roll on/roll off and heavy equipment segment, where Baltimore ranked first among U.S. ports for farm and construction machinery volumes in 2025.

The Port of Baltimore handled about 50 million tons of cargo in 2025, its second-highest total on record. The port also set annual records for container volumes at Seagirt Marine Terminal and total vessel calls.

Baltimore led U.S. ports in roll on/roll off farm and construction equipment and imported forest products last year, while ranking second in autos, imported gypsum, salt and sugar, as well as exported coal. Overall, the port ranked 10th nationally by foreign cargo value and 11th by total tonnage.

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