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Volumes up 25.4%, exceeding 5-year average for imports and exports The NWSA started the year with strong cargo growth as high vessel schedule reliability, consistent rail service, and new customers contributed to January volumes exceeding the 5-year average. Full international imports increased 34.7%, the eleventh consecutive month of growth and 9.5% above the gateway’s five-year… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida port leaders continue to point to supply-chain problems in recent years as they push lawmakers to increase transportation infrastructure funding. Appearing before the House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee on Thursday, a panel of port officials pointed to a need for improvements as a hedge against future supply logjams and to offset competition from… Read More
By Noah Hertz Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that Lynda Kirker will fill a vacant seat on the St. Augustine Port, Beach and Waterway Authority Board. Kirker, who lives in St. Augustine, is a retired chief financial officer of Flagler Hospital and works as a certified public accountant. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one. Speaking… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles has processed 924,245 TEUs in January 2025, the busiest start in the port’s 117-year history, up 8 per cent over the previous year. January 2025 loaded imports totalled 483,831 TEUs, a 9.5 per cent increase over the previous year. Loaded exports came in at 113,271 TEUs, a 10.5 per cent decline from 2024…. Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – Ports of Indiana has hired maritime logistics executive David Parrott to serve as the statewide port authority’s Chief Operating Officer. Parrott has worked in the marine industry for 30 years as a former CEO of Liberty Terminals, vice president of operations for Metro Ports, and international logistics manager for Schneider Logistics and Wallenius… Read More
South Carolina Ports today received the largest vessel to call on the Port of Charleston at the Wando Welch Terminal. The OOCL Iris, which was unveiled in December 2024, can hold 16,828 TEUs. Previously, the largest vessel to come into the port was CMA CGM’s Marco Polo, which had a capacity of 16,022 TEUs, or 20-feet… Read More
Among East Coast destinations for imported goods, many Florida ports have established themselves as appealing trade route endpoints by offering the deepwater channels and desired turnaround times needed to accommodate today’s Post-Panamax container ships. As such, competition among top Florida ports for increased tenants and traffic has port authorities looking to increase services and infrastructure… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at an unprecedented rate. A recent study from investment firm Goldman Sachs estimates that AI could replace 300 million full-time jobs within just five years. This shift is already being felt in Savannah, where some workers are fighting to protect their livelihoods from automation. Port Workers Push Back Against AI… Read More
Once considered a hidden gem lying in wait amid bigger East Coast ports, PhilaPort spent much of last year finishing the process of becoming a full-fledged polished diamond. In March, Philadelphia welcomed the largest vessel ever to call a Delaware River port – the CMA CGM Marco Polo with a capacity of 16,200 TEUs – to the… Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – The Ports of Indiana says cargo shipments have continued to increase, with 2024 totaling its second highest year for annual volume shipments in history. Indiana has ports in Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon on the Ohio River and Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan. Ports of Indiana shipped 13 million tons of cargo in 2024, an increase… Read More
Oakland, Calif. – February 13, 2025: The Port of Oakland deepens its commitment to sustainability by sending more dredged sediment from the Oakland Seaport to a Solano County wetland restoration site. Montezuma Wetlands will receive an approximately $2.1 million grant over the next three years to allow more Port-dredged sediment to go towards restoring wetlands… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Brunswick rode double-digit growth to become the top U.S. seaport for automobiles last year, Georgia officials said Feb. 12, surpassing the Port of Baltimore after it shut down for weeks following a deadly bridge collapse. Georgia Ports Authority CEO Griff Lynch made the announcement during a luncheon speech… Read More
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Trump administration planned to “move forward” with approval of a Texas port capable of shipping 1 million barrels of oil a day proposed by Sentinel Midstream LLC. The project, first proposed in 2019 and known as the Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port, has been awaiting a final authorization from the Transportation Department’s… Read More
The Ports of Indiana shipped 13 million tons of cargo in 2024, the second-highest annual volume in the port authority’s 60-year history. Last year was the fourth consecutive year of increased shipments, up 3% from 2023 and second best to 2018, which holds the record at 14.8 million tons, ports authority officials said in a press release. In… Read More
Contractors for the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) have completed a year-long construction project to expand vehicle Berth 22 at the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The berth is the first of two vehicle berth projects in a $60 million total initiative to increase efficiencies and accommodate additional vehicle vessel calls. Expanding Berth 22 allows it… Read More