If transportation is your business or a part of your business that drives your success, Maryland is the place for your company. The Port of Baltimore, one of the top ports in the United States, located 180 miles inland, is accessible to a major portion of governmental, manufacturing, industrial and consumer markets in the United States. Maryland is also served by an award-winning international airport, an extensive network of major highways and a unique blend of line haul and short line railroads. So whether you need to move your products next door, across the nation or around the world, Maryland is your gateway to success.
Global Reach, Local Access
What’s the strategic advantage of a Maryland location? In a word, ACCESS. To customers. To partners. To federal decision makers. And to the rest of the world.
Located roughly halfway between Boston and Atlanta, London and Los Angeles, Maryland’s mid-Atlantic location provides proximity and access to key Pentagon, federal and commercial customers, partners and facilities in the aeronautics, space and defense industries and a leg up on the competition for lucrative government contracts. Alternative energy sources are starting to play a pivotal role in the nation's energy shift; Maryland is growing in that industry.
Strategic Advantages of a Maryland location:
- Ranked fourth in the U.S. for investment in science and technology infrastructure
- Ranked fifth in the U.S. for percentage of establishments in high-tech industries
- More than 50 federal agencies and research facilities
- Three international airports—BWI Thurgood Marshall, Dulles, and Reagan National—in close proximity
- CSX and Norfolk Southern Rail service nationally
- Amtrak service to all points in the northeast corridor (New York, Boston, Philadelphia)
Strength and Numbers
They say success breeds success. Maybe that’s why Maryland continues to attract leaders and entrepreneurs to an area that already boasts the premier aerospace and defense cluster in the U.S.
Take advantage of a Maryland location to build your business, starting in your own backyard—just like some of Maryland's leading companies: Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Domino Sugar, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson and Co., SAIC, Black & Decker, ARINC, McCormick, AAI, BP Solar, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Mittal Steel, and ATK Space Division/Swales.
An Exceptional Workforce
Maryland’s numbers speak for themselves, with many transportation-trained personnel at all levels:
- First ranked among U.S. states in percentage of professional and technical workers (25.7%) in the workforce
- First ranked among the states in percentage of population 25 or older with a graduate or professional degree (15.7%)
- Second among the states in percentage of population 25 or older with a bachelor's degree or higher (35.1%)
DBED's business location representatives are able to assist businesses in a number of ways:
- Helping businesses acquire real estate to lease or own that is suited for shipping and other transportation related purposes
- Meeting special needs and assisting in moving cargo in or out of the port or airport
- Facilitating meetings or assisting coordination among DBED, the port and airport administrations
- Assisting with any transportation-related need involving public or private transportation agencies or companies
The Department works closely with the Maryland Port Administration, the Maryland Aviation Administration, private port operators and rail and trucking groups by assisting companies that have transportation-related business needs and issues.
