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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Maxine Buckles has been named Port Houston’s first-ever Chief Business Equity Officer reporting directly to Executive Director Roger Guenther. Buckles is responsible for implementing and administering diversity, equity, and training programs, including Port Houston’s new Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise Development Program and its successful Small Business Development Program. In this newly created position,… Read More
DredgeWire visited the site of President Biden’s important visit to the Port of Baltimore yesterday to celebrate America’s maritime infrastructure and over $1T of pending new government investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIF.) As you look at the gigantic American flags hanging from the enormous new post Panamax cranes, just delivered to the Port… Read More
November 5, 2021 The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: We write to express concern with the potential investment proposed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to acquire 100% ownership of Ports America. Ports America is… Read More
Two newcomers will be joining the Port of Seattle Commission. Hamdi Mohamed, 31, will win the race for Position No. 3 against incumbent Stephanie Bowman, 53, who has been a Port commissioner since 2013. Toshiko Grace Hasegawa, 33, will win the race for Position No. 4 against incumbent Peter Steinbrueck, 64, who has been a… Read More
The Virginia Port Authority’s investments at Norfolk International Terminal and Virginia International Gateway paid off this year: The port avoided the congestion problems that clogged global supply chains, executive director Stephen A. Edwards said. “While other terminal facilities struggled with severe congestion, Virginia leveraged best-in-class turn times and ever-improving vessel productivity to absorb the overflow,”… Read More
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott thinks the delays at the nation’s largest ports in Southern California is an opportunity for Texas to capture more business. Or at least he might want his state’s voters to think so, even if he doesn’t believe it. His campaign has put out a video which wrongly claims the way for… Read More
Florida’s Port Everglades is one of a number of US ports calling for more cargo in a bid to alleviate the cargo imbalance choking up major west coast ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Tacoma. Although seeing increases in container throughput in the past year – July 2021 saw the port break its… Read More
Leading the Organization’s internal and external Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Maxine Buckles has been named Port Houston’s first-ever Chief Business Equity Officer reporting directly to Executive Director Roger Guenther. Buckles is responsible for implementing and administering diversity, equity, and training programs, including Port Houston’s new Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise Development Program and… Read More
The Port of Seattle’s commission has voted to speed up its carbon-cutting efforts by ten years and now aims achieve net-zero emissions from its own operations by 2040. The port has also committed to accelerating its goal for tenant and port user emissions to be carbon neutral or better by 2050. The policy directives were… Read More
A 167,264-square-foot freezer facility is fighting the supply chain slowdown by increasing storage density and capacity. Technologically advanced, the facility features automated logistics. (TNS) — One of the Port of Virginia’s latest tools in the fight against supply chain disruption is almost as big as three football fields and “blasts” frozen food products with temperatures… Read More
A shortage of drivers and trucks has caused backups nationwide and some big-box retailers are now using the Houston port as an alternative. HOUSTON — There’s a container surge at Port Houston, which is in its seventh consecutive month of double-digit growth. “For 34 years that I’ve been here, I’ve never seen anything like this before,”… Read More
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Traffic was at a standstill Tuesday at the Port of Baltimore as the supply chain crisis shows no signs of letting up. Fortunately, port officials say as container ships wait in limbo at the port of Los Angeles, there’s no backlog here and it’s rerouting business to Baltimore. Long lines and lots… Read More
New England families have heard a lot in the past few weeks about supply chains and bottlenecks. They may even have begun to see empty shelves at some retailers more reminiscent of the old Soviet bloc than modern America. The White House describes the infrastructure components of its Build Back Better agenda as a “once-in-a-generation… Read More
RESERVE, La. — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Katie Klibert of LaPlace to the Port of South Louisiana Commission. She is filling the position left vacant by Patrick C. Sellars, who passed away on July 22. Klibert is a native of St. John the Baptist Parish and, along with her husband and son,… Read More
Every year on Halloween, the streets are filled with children dressed as classic heroes. Sidewalks all over the country are overrun by tiny Spider-Men, Captain Americas, and Batmen. But for Halloween this year, Henry Kearns had a different hero in mind. The Francis Scott Key second grader wanted to pay tribute to his local Baltimore… Read More