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$500 million project to raise railroad tunnel ceiling height by 18” (0.5m) will fix bottleneck that has hampered growth at the Port of Baltimore

Baltimore , MD, United States

Nearly half a billion dollars for 18 inches. That’s how much the CSX railroad, the state of Maryland and others are poised to spend expanding a more than a century-old tunnel under downtown Baltimore where an acrid chemical fire burned for days after a 2001 derailment. The changes will fix a bottleneck that has hampered… Read More

Ports of Indiana handling cargo for $600 million expansion

IN, United States

By June 30, Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville is set receive more than 30 barges carrying shipments destined for a local cement facility undergoing a $600 million expansion project. Lehigh Cement Inc. is shipping large pieces of cargo to the Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville destined for its cement facility located in Mitchell, Ind., nearly 50 miles from the… Read More

Amazon to Build 650,000 SF Fulfillment Center Near Richmond

VA, United States

HENRICO, VA. — Amazon plans to build a new robotics fulfillment center on 119 acres in Henrico, about 11 miles from Richmond. The Seattle-based company expects to create 1,000 new jobs at the facility, which is set to open in 2022. The multi-story, 650,000-square-foot property will be situated next to Richmond Raceway. In 2006, Amazon… Read More

Throughput in port of Rotterdam increases by 3.0% in first quarter of 2021

Netherlands

The volume of freight handled in the port of Rotterdam in the first quarter of this year totalled 115.8 million tonnes. This constitutes a 3.0% increase over the same period last year. As such, the port of Rotterdam has set a new step in its recovery from the decrease in throughput in 2020 as a… Read More

Ship From Port Of Baltimore Runs Aground Near Cape Charles

MD, United States

A 760-foot vehicle carrier ran aground early Tuesday morning near the Cape Charles Anchorage in the Chesapeake Bay, as the vessel headed south from Baltimore, destined for Savannah, Ga. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Virginia reports the vessel Tirranna ran aground around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, but has since been refloated. A Coast Guard boat crew from… Read More

SpaceX in deal for facility in Port of Long Beach

CA, United States

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — SpaceX is in a deal to use a marine terminal in the Port of Long Beach for West Coast rocket recovery operations. The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a new sublease agreement with Elon Musk’s space launch company on Monday. SpaceX will take over a wharf that was… Read More

Want Infrastructure? Build Shipyards

United States

By Jerry Hendrix, The Wall Street Journal April 22, 2021 A por­tion of Pres­i­dent Biden’s $2 tril­lion Amer­i­can Jobs Plan would fund roads, bridges and rail­ways, but one es­sen­tial piece of in­frastructure is over­looked en­tirely: the U.S. ship­build­ing base. For years there has been a bi­par­ti­san con­sen­sus that the U.S. Navy should grow to 355… Read More

GLDD Wins Mobile Harbor Deepening Contract

AL, United States

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $53,910,509 firm-fixed-price contract to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 18, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds; and fiscal 2021 civil… Read More

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Canadian West Coast ports weathering pandemic challenges

Despite the unprecedented global challenges of COVID-19, the leading ports on Canada’s West Coast are still enjoying robust trade with Asia. Vancouver and Prince Rupert even broke cargo records in 2020, with container trends continuing to show strength in 2021. And the Port of Nanaimo, in partnership with DP World, is expanding a major regional,… Read More

Pacific, Atlantic Coast Ports Set TEU Records in March

United States

On both coasts, the nation’s ports continued their record pace for container volumes in March as goods keep coming into the U.S., nearly 14 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, creating warehouse space shortages and kinks in the supply chain. Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest, moved 957,599 20-foot-equivalent units in March, a 113% increase… Read More

Port of Houston hosts Virtual Event to Discuss Future of Port

TX, United States

We invite you to join us for a Special Event! Port Houston’s partners play key roles in our success and on Thursday, April 29 we will be Navigating the Future giving you insights on where we are and where we are going. This is a one-time, free virtual event that you will not want to… Read More

Canadian West Coast ports weathering pandemic challenges

Canada

Despite the unprecedented global challenges of COVID-19, the leading ports on Canada’s West Coast are still enjoying robust trade with Asia. Vancouver and Prince Rupert even broke cargo records in 2020, with container trends continuing to show strength in 2021. And the Port of Nanaimo, in partnership with DP World, is expanding a major regional,… Read More

Oakland Tops L.A. Area as Ships Inundate World’s Ports

CA, United States

Los Angeles port officials see progress in reducing their bottleneck of cargo ships. Sail north to Oakland, though, and the line is even longer and there’s talk of the congestion lasting through the summer. As of Friday, 25 container carriers were waiting to enter the Port of Oakland at anchor in San Francisco Bay and… Read More

Georgia Ports Authority container traffic increases 48% in March

GA, United States

The Port of Savannah handled an all-time record of nearly 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, an increase of more than 48%, or 162,275 TEUs, compared to the same month in 2020. “Every new container that moves through the Port of Savannah means new jobs for Georgia,” said Gov. Brian Kemp. “The port and… Read More

Dredging, Other Projects Fall Into Place For Port

LA, United States

After a few years of battling sticky mud, high water, hurricanes and sandy shoals, smooth sailing appears to be ahead for the Morgan City Harbor & Terminal District Commission.On Monday, the commission took a step toward buying the land needed to more than double the river frontage of its dock if a state grant comes… Read More

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