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
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Port of Virginia will be the East Coast’s first stop for Maersk’s new TP20 service later this year. Maersk is a transport and logistics company. It aims to provide additional capacity and fast transit times with the TP20 service. According to Maersk, the service will include port calls in Vung… Read More
The US port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) has secured a $49m grant from the Department of Transport (USDOT) to help the development of a $130m multi-use berth at the Southport ro-ro terminal. Philaport said the new berth would increase capacity for automotive imports and speed their inland delivery. The development of the berth ties in with… Read More
Fugro has received a contract renewal from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) for the provision of real-time wind and metocean measurements off the coast of New Jersey in the US over the next 2 years. The award is the latest in a set of three contract renewals between Fugro and Atlantic Shores based on… Read More
Maersk Line has launched a new service Southeast Asia/Vietnam and China service that will call at the Helen Delich Bently Port of Baltimore. Beginning in July, with the first ships reaching the Port of Baltimore in August, the Transpacific/Panama Canal service will include a string of up to 13 ships with carrying capacity of 4,500… Read More
The Port of New Orleans has issued a request for proposals for program management and controls services for development of its new $1.5 billion container terminal. The container terminal, which will be called the Louisiana International Terminal, will be capable of handling 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units annually. “A second terminal ensures we will be… Read More
DredgeWire Exclusive The vessel BBC Rainbow has imported dozens of giant 230 foot long (about 75 m) blades for wind turbines destined for a huge new wind power project in Black Rock West Virginia by the Clearway Energy Group. The BBC Rainbow is pictured below docked at Rukert Terminal across the Patapsco river from the… Read More