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Hopes are that a multi-million-dollar effort to dredge Salem Harbor will help usher in a transformation of the city’s port. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced a $14 billion wave of funding for nationwide projects tailored “to strengthen port and waterway supply chains and bolster climate resilience.” That includes more than $20… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority will begin laying the groundwork later this year for improved maritime infrastructure at the San Juan Harbor that will eventually help lower energy costs and better the area’s environmental quality. In an interview with News is my Business, Ports Authority Executive Director Joel… Read More
Western Alaska is finally set to get a long-sought piece of infrastructure that proponents say will not only benefit the region’s economy, but also emergency preparedness and response and even national security. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District officials announced a $250 million allocation for the first phase of work to expand Nome’s port… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2021 with record tonnage, mainly attributable to an 81.2 percent increase from 2020 in shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG), while crude oil exports averaged a record 1.76 million barrels per day in 2021, a slight increase over its 2020 record performance. The Port of… Read More
The Greater Houston Port Bureau (“Port Bureau”) is pleased to announce that Ric Campo, chairman of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority (“Port Houston”), has been named the 2022 Maritime Leader of the Year. Campo will be honored at the Port Bureau’s Annual Maritime Dinner on August 20, 2022. The Port Bureau… Read More
U.S. Army Corps Awards Channel Infrastructure Project $142 Million HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its FY22 Workplan for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Houston Ship Channel’s Project 11, the deepening and widening channel improvement program, was allocated $142,515,000. This funding is specifically designated to complete Segment 3… Read More
The Port of Long Beach set a new record in 2021 by moving 9.38 million cargo containers as dockworkers and terminal operators worked to clear the docks amid an historic, pandemic-induced import surge. The Port ended 2021 with 9,384,368 twenty-foot equivalent units processed, a 15.7% increase from the previous record of more than 8.11 million… Read More
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s state budget plan was released Monday, and its $286 billion top line figure includes an unexpectedly generous line item for shipping. If it is enacted, the State of California will spend $2.3 billion on seaport-related improvements, roughly on par with federal funding for the nationwide Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). The… Read More
The Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority Board of Directors and staff are celebrating the re-election of two of its commissioners. CEO Jim Kuntz swore in Chelan County District #3 Commissioner Rory Turner to his second term, while Douglas County District #2 Commissioner Alan Loebsack became his county’s longest-serving commissioner in its history. “This will be the… Read More
Following its successful deployment of four Konecranes rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at the Virginia International Gateway (VIG), the Port of Virginia has now ordered three more for its Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) facility. This follows on the successful deployment of four Konecranes RMGs of a similar design at VIG. The port is a longstanding Konecranes… Read More
WILMINGTON — The Port of Wilmington can handle the largest container ships that call on the East Coast, but only if those ships aren’t full. That’s because the shipping channel in the Cape Fear River is not deep enough. The channel, which runs 26 miles from the docks to the ocean, is 42 feet deep… Read More
BOSTON (AP) — The largest container ship ever to call on the Port of Boston arrived Sunday following an $850 million project to make way for larger vessels. Port officials hailed the arrival of the Ever Fortune as the beginning a “new chapter” for Boston as it works to keep up with a growing number… Read More
John Porcari, the Biden-Harris Administration’s Port Envoy, warned that long-standing shortfalls in U.S. infrastructure spending going back generations have created a reliance on an infrastructure “that our grandparents built.” Porcari told an International Propeller Club of the United States audience via Zoom that a series of measures including $17 Billion in infrastructure bill funds for… Read More
Container ships more than doubled in size over the past decade to keep up with global trade. To make room for the ‘mega’ ships, Congress has allocated billions of dollars to deepen US ports. The Ever Ace, the world’s largest cargo ship, is as long as four football fields and can carry over 23,000 containers…. Read More
California Governor Gavin Newsom has unveiled his 2022-2023 state budget proposal which includes a planned investment of $2.3 billion for California ports. The proposal, also known as “The California Blueprint”, aims to enhance operations at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach by addressing recent supply chain challenges brought on by… Read More