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A contract has been awarded for the second phase of a project to deepen the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville) Ship Channel, which will allow the Port of Brownsville to accommodate today’s larger cargo ships. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District on Aug. 12 announced that the $104 million contract had been awarded to… Read More
NORFOLK, Va. — Dali, the cargo ship responsible for the collapse of the Key Bridge in March, has been cleared out of its contents as it undergoes repairs at the Norfolk International Terminal. Nearly five months since the fatal early morning crash after the ship lost power, new images captured Aug. 17 showed the ship… Read More
Dublin — The “Ports and Terminal Operations – Global Strategic Business Report” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global market for Ports and Terminal Operations is estimated at US$73.2 Billion in 2023 and is projected to reach US$132.6 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8.9% from 2023 to 2030. This comprehensive report provides an… Read More
The busiest port complex in the US is churning through import volumes near the highs set during the pandemic despite worries about a cooling economy. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for roughly a third of all US container imports, had their third-strongest month ever in July, just shy of an all-time… Read More
The port of Houston has surpassed 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for 2024, establishing a new record for the volume of cargo passing through the port. The number of TEUs processed through the port’s terminal is 13% greater than in the first half of 2023. In June alone, the port managed 7% more TEUs… Read More
The massive ships that regularly sail into Maryland carry cars, cargo, commerce — and a degree of potential calamity. That minute, but real, risk that each vessel presents became horribly apparent March 26, when the 100,000-plus-ton Dali cargo ship decimated the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six men, after losing power at the most inopportune moment…. Read More
The Alabama Port Authority and US Senator Katie Britt have announced that three major projects related to long-term dredge material management at the Port of Mobile are moving forward in Congress. In partnership with the Alabama Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Senator Britt has been working over the last year… Read More
Retailers like Walmart and other importers have been rushing goods in ahead of the September 30 expiration of the union contract covering some 45,000 dockworkers at three dozen U.S. seaports. A potential strike at U.S. seaports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico could back up cargo there for weeks or even months, shipping experts said… Read More
London, UK – while the total number of global terminal operators (GTOs) featuring in the Drewry league tables remained unchanged at 21 in 2023, the composition has changed significantly. The league tables that are a central feature in the latest edition of Drewry’s Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Review and Forecast now include Adani, AD… Read More
Eastern Class 1 railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX will help reach Midwest cities with double-stack trains from the newly expanded Port of Virginia central rail yard. The Port of Virginia has announced that the expanded central rail yard is fully operational, lifting annual rail capacity to 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units. “Modernizing and expanding the… Read More
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has won as the best-performing port on the West Coast at the Logistics Management’s 41st Annual Quest for Quality Awards. The award recognises NWSA’s accomplishment in providing good port services. The Quest for Quality Awards are a comprehensive and prestigious standard for assessing customer satisfaction and performance excellence in transportation… Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded a $1.6 million grant to Port Isabel to expand its commercial dock services and terminal operations at the Texas deepwater port near Brownsville. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently announced the award as part of $6.9 million in economic development grants to Texas for workforce training and port improvements. The larger… Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that the Port of Oakland and the Northwest Seaport Alliance, which includes the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma, are now members of the Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative, expanding the initiatives reach to the five largest container ports on the West Coast. FLOW is… Read More
Maryland Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin have announced over $3-million in funding for two water infrastructure projects – in Charles and Wicomico Counties. They also included critical resources for Army Corps of Engineers projects – for maintenance dredging and construction projects. Additional priorities secured by the Senators in the FY25 Energy and Water Development… Read More
Requires Vessel Owner to Pay up to $854 Million in Damages WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) introduced the “Justice for Victims of Foreign Vessel Accidents Act” (H.R.9348) with U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-04). A longtime leader on maritime issues in Congress, Garamendi was also elected as California’s Insurance Commissioner from 1991 to 1995… Read More