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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved a $622.4 million budget for the Long Beach Harbor Department, more than half of which is dedicated to capital improvement projects that will ensure the Port of Long Beach’s continued competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability, according to the company’s release. The budget for fiscal year 2022… Read More
With its second 50-foot-deep container berth nearing completion and the long-awaited Howard Street Tunnel project advancing, the Port of Baltimore is moving ahead to offer further benefits from its propitious location. “We are moving forward at the Port of Baltimore!” William P. Doyle, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, enthusiastically told AJOT. “The Port… Read More
This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act announced a $2 million allocation for PortMiami’s Shore Power Pilot Program. This pilot program, announced in March, will be in partnership with Carnival Cruise Line at the new Cruise Terminal F. Shore power allows enabled ships to turn off their primary engines while docked, resulting… Read More
Alabama’s seaport modernization program began building on Friday to ship, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and crimson meat up the decrease harbor turning basin. The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers has achieved two building contracts in a multi-section, $365.7 million building program engineered and designed to deepen the present… Read More
The Port of Vancouver is the largest port complex in Canada, home to 29 major terminals that handle everything from cruise ships, containers, bulk and more The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s proposed expansion at Roberts Bank, the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, is costly, misguided, and threatening the Port’s future profitability, terminal operator GCT Global… Read More
PortMiami and Royal Caribbean set to agree on sharing the future MSC cruise terminal with Miami-Dade Mayor announcing a Memorandum of Intent. PortMiami and Royal Caribbean Group are on the verge of a significant deal that will see MSC and Royal Caribbean share berths at the new Berth 10 in PortMiami. It would enable Royal… Read More
Ports of Indiana announced that it has hired Jennifer Hanson as the new public relations manager. Hanson, a lifelong Indiana resident, will create and implement public relations strategies; lead brand-building communication and media strategies; manage the website and social media channels, along with other communication responsibilities. Hanson brings 27 years of experience in public relations,… Read More
The pandemic appears to have little impact on the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. The Burns Harbor port experienced a 77.5% increase in international tonnage shipped in 2020 from the previous year, according to port representatives. That achievement earned the port one of eight Pacesetter Awards from the U.S. Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp…. Read More
Two years ago, the island lying beneath Charleston’s Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge would have looked almost unrecognizable to today’s visitors. A slurry of sediment and water oozed across the island’s southern tip as millions of cubic tons of silt from the latest ports project rushed in from a pipeline, held in by dikes near the water’s… Read More
The Port of Houston has started construction on the project to widen and deepen the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. The project, known Project 11, will widen the channel by 170 feet along the Galveston Bay reach, from 530 feet to 700 feet. It will also deepen upstream segments to 46.5 feet. “Our port serves as… Read More
Only 40% of container ships arrived on time in March; Container cost from China to the US West Coast now up over 200% By Costas Paris, The Wall Street Journal Cargo ships have been delivering their loads later than ever this year, adding to the supply-chain woes that are undercutting efforts by retailers and manufacturers… Read More
On behalf of Port Houston, we invite your organization to join us for a virtual Project 11 Dredging Industry Day on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. CDT via Zoom Webinar. We ask that participants register online no later than 1:45 p.m. CDT on the day of the meeting. This presentation will deliver an… Read More
Activity across Port Houston’s docks jumped again in April, showing robust growth in both containers and steel due to high regional demand. Container activity increased 25% for the month of April, with 275,840 TEUs this month compared to April of last year’s 221,540 TEUs. This is reflective of the high consumer demand, growing regional population,… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles handled 946,966 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in April, a spike of 37% compared to last year. It was the best April in the Port’s 114-year history, and the ninth consecutive month of year-over-year increases. Four months into the year, overall cargo volume has increased 42% compared to 2020. Since January,… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (NOLA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for design and permit-support services for development of the Louisiana International Terminal in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The new container terminal will be capable of handling the largest container vessels and accommodate evolving shippers’ needs, port officials said in a press release…. Read More