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Baltimore Maritime Exchange Membership Information

The Baltimore Maritime Exchange is a membership supported non-profit vessel traffic information service. Our goal is to provide timely and accurate reporting on all commercial vessel activities both at the Port of Baltimore and the several other ports within the Chesapeake Bay region where deep draft commercial vessel activity takes place.
Membership dues remain at $375.00 per calendar year and provide the member with telephone call in privileges to our watch standers 15 hours per day seven days per week.
No standard reports are included with the basic membership

Standard Reports

Report

Description

0600 Report issued 0600 hours Monday through Saturday Lists all arrivals from 12 noon the previous day up to 0600 hours on the day report issued, includes all vessels in transit or at anchor
Noon Report issued 1200 hours Monday through Friday Lists all arrivals from 12 noon the previous day up to 12 noon on the day report issued, includes all vessels in transit or at anchor. Also lists all vessel departures from the previous day. Monday's noon report summarizes all activity from 12 noon on Friday through 12 noon on Monday
3 Day Due In List issued 1200 hours each day Three day listing of vessels expected at the Pilot stations, both at cape Henry and at the C&D Canal. Information on vessel name, flag, last port of call, LOA, speed, draft, berth and agent is included in this report
Weekly Tentative Arrivals List issued each Friday at 1000 hours Listing of vessels tentatively scheduled to call at the Port over a seven day period includes vessel name, flag, tentative date of arrival, tentative berth and agent.
Monthly Traffic Flag Summary Report issued at the beginning of each month Provides a statistical summary of vessel arrivals by flag of registry and ship type. Also provides a breakdown of vessel arrivals and departures using the C&D Canal

Monthly Fee Details

Membership ($375 per year) is required in order to receive any BME reports. The additional monthly fees for report services are as follows
  via FAX
per month
per year with dues
Total
via email
per month
per year with dues
Total
any one report $20 $240 $615 $18 $216 $591
any two reports $22 $264 $639 $20 $240 $615
any three reports $24 $288 $663 $22 $264 $639
any four reports $26 $312 $687 $24 $288 $663
any five reports $28 $336 $711 $26 $312 $687

Web Site Access

The BME also offers access to our members only "real time 24/7" vessel activity website. This service provides all of the same reporting parameters offered from our standard reports with the added benefit of the information on the website is being up dated constantly all day every day. The most up to date information is to be found on the BME website. In addition, vessel voyage records from the previous three years up to the current date can be accessed through our website. Web Access Reporting is the best value at only $12.00 per month. A total of $519.00 per year!
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