The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association in cooperation with the Coastal Zone Foundation announces the Call for Abstracts for the 2021 National Coastal Conference, September 28 – October 1, 2021 at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, LA. We are excited to return to New Orleans in person! ASBPA is the nation’s first organization… Read More
CHARLESTON, SC — MARCH 5, 2021 — South Carolina Ports COO Barbara Melvin has been recognized as the 2021 SCMA Woman of the Year for her enduring support of the state’s manufacturing sector. The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance presents this prestigious award each year to an outstanding woman in South Carolina for contributions to the… Read More
Growth is the key word at ports throughout the Southeast U.S. as they invest billions of dollars in ambitious infrastructure projects designed to accommodate larger ships, more cargo, and accelerating economic development activity. An ambitious approach to capital developments is necessary for ports in the region to keep up with growing volumes and the increasing… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles Monday opened the application period for its annual Community Investment Grant Program, which provides nonprofit organizations with grants to support events, programs and projects that benefit the harbor community. The port will provide a total of up to $1 million to nonprofits, which can apply for small grants of less… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has published its final environmental review required for the elimination of the environmental window for dredging the harbors at the state’s two seaports. The Corps’ Wilmington District published Thursday the final environmental assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI, which details what will take place to eliminate the historic… Read More
PORT ST. JOE Fla. (WMBB) — If you’re in Port St. Joe, you might have seen the Staten Island ferry sitting at the port and wonder how it got here. The port officially has a working shipyard where boats will come from being tested in Allenton and brought to the forgotten coast to be finished…. Read More
119 managers also demoted in reorganization Newport News Shipbuilding has laid off 314 salaried employees and demoted 119 managers in its first workforce reduction since the shipyard laid off 1,218 employees in 2015, according to a letter sent to employees by the company’s president, Jennifer Boykin. “Today is a tough day as we say goodbye… Read More
South Carolina Ports saw steady volumes at the start of 2021. S.C. Ports handled 216,265 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in January, up 2.5% year-over-year. SC Ports has handled more than 1.43 million TEUs thus far in fiscal year 2021, which began July 1. S.C. Ports moved… Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators have approved a proposal to borrow up to $550 million to expand the port in Charleston with more railroads and a barge that could carry cargo from one terminal to another. The senate OKed the bill 45-1 on Wednesday, but that final vote hides plenty of disagreement. Some… Read More
TELL CITY, Ind. (WFIE) – The Perry County Port Authority received a big-time grant from the US Department of Commerce to finish two infrastructure projects. The county received more than $4.5 million to replace two railroad bridges, project officials at the Port Authority say has been years in the making. “They are both over 100… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA –The Port of Corpus Christi — the nation’s largest energy export gateway — and the Port of Rotterdam — Europe’s leading industrial deepsea port — have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the two global entities to collaboratively improve their global maritime operations. The two Ports have outlined… Read More
In recent years strong emphasis has been put upon port call optimization to facilitate just-in-time shipping. Diverse initiatives to standardize processes and communications conducted within the port, with visiting ships, and with previous and next ports. Not surprisingly, ports and terminals have led this development to enhance their value proposition. One core value coming out… Read More
The leadership of the transportation committee at the U.S. House of Representatives is calling on the White House to prioritize a fund used to back maintenance projects at the country’s ports. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and ranking member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) proposed in a joint statement that President Joe Biden call… Read More
JAX LNG and TOTE Services recently completed their first ship-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). Crews loaded 1,800 cubic meters (450,000 gallons) of LNG from North America’s first LNG bunker barge, the Clean Jacksonville, to the LNG-powered vehicle carrier, Siem Confucius, at JAXPORT’s Blount Island… Read More