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Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a new federal grant for the Port of Seattle of over $17 million. This funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Senator Murray helped shape and pass, and will go towards improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement… Read More
The Port of Oakland will be awarded a $36.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support green infrastructure development for added cargo transport capacity and operational efficiencies at its Outer Harbor. The grant is part of a $94 million federal investment in California ports. The grant award is part of the Bipartisan… Read More
There were a slew of terminal and port infrastructure project updates announced this past week. Here are just a few: DOT gives over $703M to 41 port infrastructure projects nationwide Forty-one projects in 22 states and one territory are the recipients of more than $703 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s… Read More
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests billions of dollars to modernize ports of all sizes and help cut costs for Americans Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in 22 states and one territory that will improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program…. Read More
The port of Charleston is gunning for a bigger slice of the pie of container traffic moving through US east coast ports. It broke ground last week on a near-dock intermodal facility seen as a game changer for intermodal flows and next month is set to complete dredging so it can handle post-panamax vessels. The… Read More
Congestion has cleared up at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which together make up the busiest container-terminal complex in the United States. But the slowdown hasn’t gone away: Instead, the same overabundance of cargo can now be found at Houston, which is the biggest container port on the U.S. Gulf Coast…. Read More
Governor Larry Hogan today hailed the expansion of the Port of Baltimore through a new partnership between Tradepoint Atlantic and Terminal Investment Limited that will establish an on-site 165 acre rail served container terminal at Coke Point. This project, which launches the next major phase of the redevelopment at Sparrows Point, will create 1,000 new… Read More
Port & Terminal Technology USA 2023 Conference, taking place on 28 & 29 March in Savannah, Georgia, is delighted to confirm that the event is officially supported by Georgia Ports Authority. The port will be delivering the keynote presentation at this must-attend event for representatives in engineering, maintenance and operations across the port and terminal… Read More
The port complex of Los Angeles and Long Beach is to receive about $840m in funding for infrastructure improvements – ironically just as throughput is down to near-record lows. The state of California is poised to spend $1.2bn to fund port and supply chain upgrades to remedy the congestion and disruptions that hindered cargo flows… Read More
Snaking along the Gulf of Mexico’s seabed are thousands of pipes sending oil and gas from the myriad of oil, rigs and platforms to over 200 refineries, fuel, depots, and chemical plants lining the shoreline of the Houston ship channel. The Houston region’s massive complex of petrochemical facilities take the piped oil/gas and use it… Read More
St. Lucia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Ports Holding Plc for a 30-year concession, with a possible 10-year extension. The agreement covers an extension of the current dock at Point Seraphine, which will allow the handling of Oasis-class ships. Global Ports Holding Plc has been making an impact of late, with several… Read More
South Carolina Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin delivered her first State of the Port address, sharing her vision to continue succeeding as the eighth-largest container port in the country by investing in operations, infrastructure and people. Melvin delivered her address to more than 1,100 attendees at The Propeller Club’s annual event in Charleston. Attendees… Read More
After the successful sale earlier this year of three ship-to-shore cranes through GovDeals, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has placed three additional ZPMC ship-to-shore cranes for sale on GovDeals, the leading online marketplace for government agencies and educational institutions to sell surplus assets. The fully functioning cranes will need to be disassembled and removed by the new buyer upon… Read More
“Let’s deliver Louisiana’s future together,” said Brandy D. Christian, president and CEO of Port NOLA and CEO of New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, during the 2022 State of the Port address Sept. 29 at The New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street. This was the first annual address since 2019. Because of completed projects, others in… Read More
Port Houston has registered its second-highest month ever for containers following a surge in demand for imported goods. Total throughput reached 353,525 TEU in September, a year-on-year increase of 26 per cent. Record breaking figures follow only August 2022. Loaded import container volume was up 31 per cent in September over the same month last… Read More