Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld has introduced Jonathan Daniels as the brand new government director of the Maryland Division of Transportation’s Maryland Port Administration. Daniels involves Maryland after serving as chief government officer and director at Port Everglades in Broward County, Fla., and has greater than 30 years of port and financial improvement expertise.
Daniels will start in his new place February 5, taking on from Brian Miller, who has been serving as interim performing government director on the port following the resignation of earlier government director William P. Doyle in June 2023.
The Maryland Port Administration manages and directs the six state-owned marine terminals of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
“We’re excited to have somebody of Jonathan Daniels’ stature be a part of us in such a pivotal function main the Maryland Port Administration,” Wiedefeld stated. “Jonathan’s robust expertise main main U.S. ports and his distinctive financial improvement background make him the proper selection for the Port of Baltimore as we proceed to advance vital initiatives that can develop enterprise and enhance job alternatives.”
At Port Everglades, Daniels led a $3 billion plan to broaden enterprise strains in containers, power and cruise exercise. Port Everglades is the thirteenth busiest container port within the U.S., the busiest power port in Florida and the third busiest cruise homeport on this planet. Previous to working at Port Everglades, Daniels was government director and CEO for the Mississippi State Port Authority and oversaw a $570 million enlargement and reconstruction mission. He additionally labored for the Port of Oswego in New York and the Japanese Maine Improvement Company. He’s a graduate of The Citadel, the place he obtained a bachelor’s diploma in Political Science; and the Maine Maritime Academy, the place he was a Grasp of Science Candidate in Maritime Administration.
“I’d wish to thank Governor Wes Moore and Secretary Wiedefeld for this glorious alternative,” Daniels stated. “The Port of Baltimore is among the prime performing ports within the nation, with an incredible labor drive and a really concerned port neighborhood. I’m wanting ahead to getting began, serving to to extend port enterprise and jobs, and lending my expertise and steerage to transformational initiatives just like the Howard Road Tunnel initiative and the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem restoration.”
The Port of Baltimore ranks first among the many nation’s ports for autos and light-weight truck quantity, roll on/roll off farm and development equipment, and imported gypsum.
