Baltimore Shipping Channel

A Working Harbor on the Patapsco

This live webcam overlooks the Baltimore shipping channel, the deep-water artery that links the Chesapeake Bay to one of the busiest cargo ports on the eastern seaboard. A steady procession of container ships, tankers, and tugboats threads the marked channel toward the terminals.

Cranes of the Seagirt Marine Terminal

Across the water rise the colossal ship-to-shore gantry cranes of the Seagirt and Dundalk Marine Terminals, their booms lifting containers from towering vessel decks. The skeletal forms of the cranes dominate the industrial waterfront.

Gateway to the Chesapeake

Framed by a wooded shoreline, the channel carries the maritime commerce that has defined Baltimore for centuries. This panoramic real-time view captures the constant rhythm of one of the great Atlantic cargo gateways.