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Port of Beaumont OKs $30M in Bonds for Harvey Repairs
Repairs to damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey at the former CB&I Island Park on Pine Street will soon begin. Port of Beaumont...

Port 32 Buys Tampa Harbour
Port 32, based in Charleston, South Carolina, has expanded its footprint in Florida with the purchase of Tampa Harbour, now named Port 32 Tampa.Managing Partner Jim Miller said the property...

Carolina This Week: Dredging Georgetown's Port and Putting a Face With The March of Dimes
CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — Rep. Carl Anderson stopped by Carolina This Week to discuss the need to dredge Georgetown's port to increase business in the area and a family spoke about why they’re...

Conley Box Terminal Breaks TEU Record Again
Photo: Port of BostonThe Port of Boston’s Paul W. Conley Container Terminal set a new all-time record in 2018 for volume for the fourth year in a row. The Port of Boston is the main artery of...

PhilaPort Nears Completion of Deepening Project
Image: ShutterstockPhilaPort, the Port of Philadelphia, is nearing completion of the Delaware River Deepening Project. The project will create a 45-foot shipping channel capable of accommodating...

Port of Savannah to Handle Six 14,000 TEU Vessels by 2024
Photo Credit: Georgia Ports AuthorityGeorgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the US has unveiled a programme for the Port of Savannah to accommodate six 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels by...

Corps Seeks Comments For Port Tampa Bay Expansion
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has published a public notice for the proposed Port Tampa Bay expansion project. The permit applicant proposes to dredge and expand existing...

Seattle Port Finds a Partner for Major Upgrade to Terminal
Trucks entering a terminal at the Port of Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)The Port of Seattle is one step closer to playing — or, at the very least, staying — in the big...

Ports of Seattle, Tacoma Finalizing Deal For Major Terminal Renovation
A deal between the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma would mean extensive renovations to Terminal 5.The Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma are close to finalizing a nearly half billion-dollar plan...

LST-325 Relocation Project Bids Are Over Budget
It's back to the drawing board again for the LST-325 relocation project after a series of bids come back over budget.The Port Authority Board is hoping the third time will be the charm.This is the...

Good News: Ports Authority Celebrates New Headquarters in Mount Pleasant
Staff reports | The S.C. Ports Authority last week celebrated the dedication of a new 80,000-square-foot headquarters building at the Wando Welch Terminal. “The port’s new headquarters offers a...

Port Director Shares Inside Scoop on Harbor Improvements
In December the Port of New Bedford announced that it had been awarded a $15.4 million Department of Transportation grant to improve the harbor. Great news. A ton of money. So this week I squeezed...

Georgetown Port Beyond Saving Despite Misinterpretations of SC Governor’s Speech
It was just a few words in one sentence of Gov. Henry McMaster’s “State of the State” speech last month, but that single phrase has raised a lot of hopes — in turns out false — in the...

Europe's Easternmost Port
What is one of the world’s largest dredging vessels doing in Georgia, a country that is several thousand miles from the nearest ocean and boasts some of Europe’s highest mountains? It is there...

Ports Authority’s New HQ Building Opens in Mount Pleasant
The S.C. Ports Authority’s 80,000-square-foot headquarters building is located in Mount Pleasant. (Photo/Provided)The S.C. Ports Authority’s new 80,000-square-foot headquarters building will house...