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The S.C. Ports Authority has reported its strongest fiscal year for containers handled at the Port of Charleston, with a 9.6% increase from fiscal year 2020. During fiscal year 2021, which ended June 30, S.C. Ports handled 2.55 million 20-foot units, or TEUs, across Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals. This growth… Read More
The St. Louis region’s claim to be the most efficient inland port in the United States has been strengthened with the recent addition of a new Mississippi River grain handling terminal in Cahokia, Ill. It increases capacity in the area known as the “Ag Coast of America,” a 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River with… Read More
June 2021 loaded imports reached 467,763 TEUs compared to the previous year, an increase of 27%. Port Completes Fiscal Year at Nearly 10.9 Million TEUs SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Port of Los Angeles processed 876,430 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in June, a 27% increase compared to last year. It was the Port’s busiest June… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi ended June 2021 with a new record quarter and a record first half of the year, moving nearly 80.5 million tons of cargo in the first six months of the year. The Port’s first-half 2021 total tonnage yielded a 4.7 percent increase over the same… Read More
The Port of Seattle Commission voted Tuesday to ban the use of biometric technology for surveillance and security purposes by government and law enforcement on all its properties, which include the downtown port and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The carefully worded ban, which keeps the port aligned with federal mandates, does not include voluntary facial recognition systems… Read More
Port Houston sees another record month with containers leading the way, according to the company’s release. This June was the highest June on record for containers at Port Houston, with a total of 292,627 TEUs. June was also the best month ever at Port Houston for loaded imports, with 139,488 TEUs. Total June container numbers… Read More
South Carolina’s Port of Charleston has just concluded its best year on record as the American economy emerged from the pandemic. South Carolina Ports reported its fiscal year 2021 results on Tuesday, showing 2.55 million twenty-foot equivalent units handled across Charleston’s its three container terminals: Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and the new Hugh… Read More
HOUSTON – Mr. Laurentino Cortiz Cohen, President of the Republic of Panama Canal, and Mr. Artistedes Royo Sanchez, Minister of Canal Affairs (the Panama Canal Authority), plan a historic visit to Port Houston. Panama is home to the Panama Canal. Its expansion provides the capability to accommodate larger vessels transits and has helped increase the… Read More
CHARLESTON — South Carolina Ports’ Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal has been named 2021 South Carolina Project of the Year by the South Carolina Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This prestigious award recognizes the complex engineering and construction process behind the Leatherman Terminal’s Phase One, and it celebrates the extensive collaboration among… Read More
Roger Guenther, executive director of the Port of Houston, is one of six people named by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Gulf Coast Protection District board of directors. Abbot also appointed Sally Bakko, Michel Bechel, Robert D. “Bob” Mitchell, Lori J. Traweek and Michael VanDerSnick to the board; all six appointments are for terms… Read More
Port St. Joe, FL – Today, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) hosted the grand opening of its Port St. Joe Facility (PSJ) adding to the company’s operational capabilities a 40-acre site that encompasses 1,000 feet of deepwater bulkhead with unrestricted access to the Gulf of Mexico test and trials grounds. The new facility is dedicated… Read More
The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) has released a solicitation for RFP-1922 HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL (HSC) EXPANSION CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (ECIP): PROJECT 11: BOLIVAR ROADS TO REDFISH STA 138+369 to HSC STA 73+476 (PACKAGE 3/4A) on the BuySpeed eProcurement System (BuySpeed). Port Houston would like your company to have an opportunity to participate in this… Read More
McCarthy Building Companies was recently awarded three construction projects aimed at expanding cargo capacity at Port Houston and the Houston Ship Channel. Two of the projects, totaling $99 million, are for the port’s expansions at its Bayport Container and Barbours Cut terminals. The third is to expand a dock along the Houston Ship Channel for a petrochemical company,… Read More
Indiana’s port system contributes $8.2 billion a year to the state’s economy, a 5% increase from the last study five years ago. The Ports of Indiana, the Indianapolis-based port authority, commissioned a study by Martin Associates that found the state’s three ports support 51,000 jobs and $552 million in tax revenue. Indiana has two ports… Read More
The Port of Seattle’s longtime Director of Maritime Cruise and Marketing, Mike McLaughlin, has retired, according to the port’s press release. Over his 36 years of service, McLaughlin was responsible for “spearheading the construction of cruise facilities and overall growth of cruise operations for the Port of Seattle,” the port wrote. His efforts included the… Read More