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Container transloading capacity expected to jump by 400,000 TEUs annually. A $25 million provincial Port of Prince Rupert project investment will enhance exporters’ competitiveness and opportunities in international trade, the NDP government said Jan. 14. The funding is to support work by the Prince Rupert Port Authority to expand export logistics infrastructure at Ridley Island…. Read More
Bolster by a strong second half of the year with increasing volumes into the year-end holiday season, the Port of Los Angeles reported that it achieved its fourth highest volume year in the port’s history despite the numerous challenges of 2020. Speaking at the annual State of the Port of Los Angeles event, held virtually… Read More
After five years of work, a study of how to protect the Texas Gulf Coast from storms is nearing final approval, and it could result in a slew of some of the longest and most expensive projects in the state’s history. On Oct. 30, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office… Read More
Reginald McKamie appointed Pilot Board Chair HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harris County Commissioners Court and Houston City Council met in joint session Monday, reappointing Houston businessman Ric Campo to continue to serve as the Chairman of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas. Additionally, during the virtual joint session, the governing bodies… Read More
Best December follows top November The South Carolina Ports Authority said “impressive volumes” helped it end 2020 with its strongest December on record. South Carolina Ports handled 209,606 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in December, a 11.6% year-over-year increase. Loaded imports were up 14.4% year-over-year and loaded… Read More
The U.S.-flagged containerized cargo ship National Glory today became the first ship to transit on the newly MARAD-designated Marine Highway M-10 from Houston to Port Everglades to Puerto Rico. Owned by National Shipping of America (NSA), the vessel picked up containers at Sun Terminals (King Ocean) in Port Everglades for delivery to the Port of… Read More
An unfair labor practice charge has been filed before any containers have been moved at the South Carolina Ports Authority’s new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. At issue is a contract clause that basically says all work at a proposed terminal should be done by International Longshoremen’s Association workers. The SCPA argues the soon-to-open Leatherman Terminal… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers this week began a $10.4 million project to dredge the Port of Hueneme’s main channel, deepening it from 35 feet to 40 feet to allow cargo ships to deliver larger, heavier loads. At the channel’s current 35-foot depth, cargo ships in general would not be able to carry their maximum… Read More
General Webinar Overview: The Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) of Harris County, Texas serves as the non-federal sponsor of the Houston Ship Channel. Port Houston and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have a successful partnership in building, maintaining, and growing this waterway for more than a century, to the significant benefit of… Read More
The nation’s ports continued their breakneck pace in November as imported products arrived and unloaded at a record or near-record rate at facilities on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The Port of Los Angeles had a strong month as the nation’s busiest facility processed 889,746 20-foot equivalent units, a 22% increase compared with November 2019,… Read More
The effort to deepen and widen the Houston Ship Channel recently reached a new milestone. In late December, Congress passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 as part of the year-end omnibus and Covid-19 relief package. The federal legislation authorizes the Expansion Channel Improvement Project, the multiyear, multimillion-dollar effort to deepen and widen the… Read More
South Carolina Ports handled 207,066 20-foot equivalent container units at Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in November, up 12% year-over-year. SC Ports has handled more than 1 million TEUs thus far in fiscal year 2021, which began July 1. SC Ports moved 114,899 pier containers – cargo boxes of any size – in… Read More
Gov. Tony Evers today announced grants for nine harbor maintenance and improvement projects in Wisconsin. MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced grants for nine harbor maintenance and improvement projects in Wisconsin. The improvements will boost statewide economic development by promoting waterborne freight, harbor infrastructure, and passenger cruise facilities. “Wisconsin is fortunate to have a… Read More
Passage of Water Resources and Development Act Opens the Way for Max Midstream to Begin Financing Deepening and Widening of Calhoun Port HOUSTON, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Max Midstream and the Calhoun Port Authority today announced that with the recent passage of the Water Resources and Development Act by Congress that expansion of the Calhoun… Read More
The arrival of new cargo-handling equipment is significant as SC Ports prepares to welcome the first cargo ship to the Leatherman Terminal in March. “It is always an exciting day when new cranes come through Charleston Harbor,” SC Ports CEO Jim Newsome said. “The Leatherman Terminal’s impressive new equipment will provide reliable service to our… Read More