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Roger Guenther Named as Greater Houston Port Bureau’s 2025 Maritime Leader of the Year The Greater Houston Port Bureau (“Port Bureau”) is pleased to announce that Roger Guenther, retired executive director of Port Houston, has been named the 2025 Maritime Leader of the Year. Guenther will be honored at the Port Bureau’s Annual Maritime Dinner… Read More
Dodging a Bullet On September 30th, 2024, the contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) which provides labor to the ocean terminal to the East Coast and Gulf ports and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing waterfront employers, expired, triggering a three-day long strike. After bargaining, the two sides agreed to continue with the… Read More
On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a new US$3.6 billion (A$5.8 billion) deepwater mega-port in Peru called Chancay. China’s state-owned Cosco shipping giant had purchased a 60% stake in the port for US$1.6 billion (A$2.6 billion), which gave the… Read More
China has invested billions in 129 ports worldwide, raising concerns the Belt and Road Initiative is quietly being weaponized On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a new US$3.6 billion deepwater mega-port in Peru called Chancay. China’s state-owned… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles processed over 10.3 million container units in 2024, marking a nearly 20% increase from the previous year and securing its position as the second-best performance in the port’s 117-year history. The achievement comes as the port celebrates its 25th consecutive year as the Western Hemisphere’s busiest container port. In December… Read More
State Intends to Bolster Water Freight, Improve Supply Chain Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers granted $10.8 million on Jan. 15 for five harbor infrastructure projects to improve the movement of freight and the state’s supply chain. “As billions of dollars of cargo move through our ports each year, maintaining and improving these critical parts of our… Read More
Tonnage and Containers Up at Houston’s Public Terminals Port Houston is celebrating a landmark year, achieving a record-breaking 53,066,219 million tons of cargo in 2024, up 6% over 2023 at the public terminals. Container volume rose 8%. This milestone demonstrates Port Houston’s critical role in moving cargo and driving economic prosperity for Houston, the region,… Read More
Everything you enjoyed this past holiday season — from the gifts you received to the meals on your table — was made possible by a distributor who worked tirelessly to maintain a safe and efficient supply chain. And there’s a crucial, often unseen factor that enabled this smooth flow of goods: our ports remained open…. Read More
Will shipping be blown off course by high tariffs under Trump? This article was originally published in November 2024. It has been republished to mark President Trump’s inauguration. Shippers are used to changing winds and having to be flexible with plans, and that will likely be a useful skill going into four more years of… Read More
Three quarters of businesses worldwide are overhauling their supply chains by working with more rather than fewer suppliers to mitigate risks in an increasingly fragmented global environment. Research unveiled by Economist Impact and DP World at the World Economic Forum highlights this strategic pivot, driven by geopolitical uncertainty which is likely to grow with the… Read More
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Green has announced that he would provide updates on the port’s main expansion projects and future plans. According to JAXPORT, this will occur at the State of the Port address on 6 February at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. The Propeller Club of the United States… Read More
Today marks the end of the Joe Biden administration in the US, one of the most profitable four-year periods for shipping. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the shipping industry has many questions about what the future of global trade holds, some of which could be answered swiftly with the incoming… Read More
HOUSTON –Ports in Houston and New Orleans were closed on Tuesday because of winter weather and are likely to remain closed through Wednesday. Port Houston closed all facilities on Tuesday, and they will remain closed through Wednesday because of a winter storm that brought snow and icy conditions to the region. Container terminal truck gates closed Monday… Read More
Representing the Port of South Whidbey in a sea of other port districts in the state, Jack Ng was recently chosen to be the vice president of the board for the Washington Public Ports Association. “We are just a small potatoes port district,” said Ng, who has served as a Port of South Whidbey commissioner… Read More
HOUSTON–The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced on January 10th that the agency awarded nearly $25 million in grant funding to the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) as part of a public-private collaboration between Port Houston and Linde Inc. (Linde), a leading industrial gases company, with additional partners GTI Energy,… Read More