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
The lack of progress on planned dredging work at the Brunswick Harbor by the Army Corps of Engineers is raising questions by U.S. Sens. Jon Offoff and Raphael Warnock, the state’s voices in the U.S. Senate. The two Democrats have sent a letter to Corps leadership expressing “alarm over the Corps’ failure to dredge the… Read More
WILMINGTON — A study of possible environmental impacts associated with the proposed Wilmington harbor-deepening project is expected to be released in the fall. The draft environmental impact study examines different alternatives for the North Carolina State Ports Authority’s plan to make room for larger container ships to get to and from the Wilmington port. The… Read More
Officials from the Port of Brunswick announced during the yearly State of the Port address that the harbour that processes more than 500,000 cars a year is now the country’s top port for autos and heavy machinery. The Port of Brunswick handled more than two million tons of roll on/roll off cargo in 2024. Last year, the Port… Read More
By Ric Anderson| In the annual State of the Port event, board chair Wendy Hamilton says this could be a “transformational year.” Terminal upgrades that are scheduled to go online in coming months and increased connectivity between Jacksonville and seaports around the world have JaxPort leaders feeling bullish about 2025, the chair of the Port Authority board… Read More
According to the latest Global Port Tracker report, a collaborative effort between the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates, revealed that in December 2024, US ports processed approximately 2.14m twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), exhibiting a robust 14.4% year-over-year growth. This performance marked a slight decrease from November and contributed to an annual total of… Read More
Long Beach, California — Los Angeles and Long Beach are home to the largest port complex in the Western Hemisphere. Last year, 40% of the nation’s imports, worth nearly $500 billion, passed through the ports in more than 20 million containers, according to L.A. and Long Beach port officials. Each shipping container gets offloaded by towering… Read More
A $20 billion federal program to beef up cybersecurity at U.S. ports could be in jeopardy under President Donald Trump’s proposed federal funding freeze. Failure to modernize commercial ports could cripple U.S. maritime cybersecurity efforts at a time when China is ramping up strategic port investments across the Western Hemisphere, security analysts warned in congressional… Read More
Tariffs and geopolitical conversation about control of one of the world’s most important waterways won’t be devastating threats to Jacksonville’s port, officials say, as Asian trade becomes a smaller part of the port’s overall business. At Thursday’s 2025 State of the Port summit, JAXPORT executives and labor leaders said that the tariffs the U.S. imposed… Read More
Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Tuesday unveiled their designs for its replacement, which will be taller and better protected against ship strikes. Construction of the state’s first cable-stayed bridge could be completed in 2028 and cost upwards of $1.7 billion. With its graceful outline… Read More
Logistics firms are scrambling to adjust to President Donald Trump’s new rules that threaten to upend their booming business delivering small parcels from Chinese sellers to American buyers. His decision to revoke a “de minimis” rule for China, effectively closing a loophole that allowed small packages under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free, took effect… Read More