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Transportation Department blames infrastructure, COVID-19 pandemic, claims progress being made Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been uncharacteristically quiet over congested ports across the U.S., and his critics say if he ever wants to see whether a future presidential campaign could float, he’d better start addressing the problem before shipping delays worsen ahead of the holidays…. Read More
The Port of New Orleans (NOLA) recently approved a contract for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for $1.5 billion Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St. Bernard Parish. Port NOLA’s board of commissioners unanimously approved a deal with HDR Engineering Inc., a global engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha,… Read More
Florida Trend has named JAXPORT CEO Eric Green one of the state’s most influential business leaders for the fourth year in a row. As one of the publication’s Florida 500 honorees, Green is recognized as a transportation industry leader focused on growing JAXPORT’s impact on Florida’s economy. Cargo activity through Jacksonville’s seaport generates 138,500 jobs… Read More
“Every grain of sand can make a difference,” says Port of Hueneme CEO Kristin Decas A $5.1 million federal grant to finish the dredging project of Port of Hueneme will enable vessels delivering goods like cars and bananas to stow heavier loads. The port first secured funding to deepen its south terminal in 2015, but a $12.3 million… Read More
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ships in record numbers have jammed the port complex near this weekend’s oil spill in California, according to port data, as investigators look into whether a ship’s anchor could have hit a pipeline to cause the leak. More than 3,000 barrels of oil leaked into the Pacific Ocean… Read More
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Cargo ships continue to arrive off the coast of Southern California, and the shipping bottleneck may be why product prices are going up, even though shelves remain empty. Officials say there could be as many as half a million shipping containers on cargo ships off the ports of LA and Long… Read More
Ports in New Jersey and New York, as well as in Texas and Georgia, have seen record pileups. Turnaround time for container ships has increased across the country. Southern California ports face the greatest delays as they handle nearly half of all US imports. Shipping delays are piling up across the country as multiple US… Read More
The southern California ports are struggling with a historic surge in cargo as containers continue to stack up. In late September, there were an estimated 500,000 containers sitting on cargo ships off the coast, according to published reports, with a record 66 ships as of Sept. 29. Ships are waiting an average of six days… Read More
The flotilla of vessels exceeds 20 ships at the fourth-largest gateway for seaborne imports in the U.S. By Paul Page The Port of Savannah, Ga., the fourth-largest U.S. gateway for seaborne imports, is trying to clear a backlog of more than 20 container ships that has grown in the waters outside the port, in the… Read More
Cargo ships are piled higher with containers than they’ve ever been, according to data from analyst firm IHS Markit. And the crowding is worst onboard ships sailing into US west coast ports. At the Port of Long Beach, which has been mired in record backlogs for months, the average ship now brings in 7,000 containers—up… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority Board approved more than $34 million to help expedite an additional 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in capacity to the Port of Savannah that will begin coming online in December. The news comes on the heels of reporting the second busiest month in the port’s history in August thanks to… Read More
During today’s monthly meeting of the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Board of Directors, the Board unanimously awarded a $48.8 million construction services contract to Superior Construction Company LLC for terminal improvements to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island to accommodate more containers. The construction contract covers the first seven of eight phases—or… Read More
Gene Seroka of Port of Los Angeles joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of U.S. ports and how he thinks the U.S. can fix the supply chain bottleneck. Source
A sandbar, never seen before, is stranding boats at the state’s most popular boat launch. The 10th Street Boat Launch at the Port of Everett is used by 30,000 boaters every year. Dave Miller is one of them. “This is the prime season for the Coho; they’re coming in and they’re coming in strong this… Read More
The port of Houston prevented a major hack suspected to be carried out by nation-state actors. The hack was detected in its early stage only which helped the part authorities to stop an attack which could give the actors unlimited access to its network. The port authorities defended it’s system under the able guidance of… Read More