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The Georgia Ports Authority shattered records in 2020, with COVID-related consumer spending driving a 20% increase in operations at the Savannah Port. “If you look at the Georgia Ports Authority over the last 15 years, our average [annual] growth rate was 6.2%,” said CEO Griff Lynch. “So clearly, there’s an anomaly here that’s driving additional growth.” The ports… Read More
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the Port of Baltimore on Thursday to tout the benefits of President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal. “Secretary Buttigieg is scheduled to take a tour, meet with port officials and workers, and deliver remarks,” the U.S. Department of Transportation said in a news release Tuesday. The federal transportation… Read More
Port of Olympia and Thurston County commissioners came together late last week to discuss their differences of opinion about when each of the two bodies should expand the number of commissioners on their governing boards. All six members of both commissions — Port Commissioners Joe Downing, Bill McGregor, and EJ Zita, and County Commissioners Carolina… Read More
From improving air quality to reducing waste, Galveston Wharves is identifying impactful ways to make long-term changes to improve the environment. Guided by Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for North America’s maritime industry, the port staff is researching, planning and implementing a number of environmental programs. The Green Marine environmental certification program addresses key… Read More
A critical player in the choreography of global trade, Oakland’s congestion is delaying shipments and pushing up prices As the morning sun climbs over the Port of Oakland, a hive of workers are hustling to move tens of thousands of shipping containers and unclog a lifeline of California commerce. Thousands more containers await them tomorrow,… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced that he has secured $1.5 million in the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee bill for deepening the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel. This funding will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete environmental compliance and update the overall cost and dredge material… Read More
Major container ports across the U.S. have experienced record-setting cargo growth, and the Port of Virginia is no exception. Over the course of the fiscal year ending June 30, it set a new annual cargo record, moving 3.2 million TEU – including a record 280,000 TEU in June alone. June was the tenth consecutive month… Read More
The head of one of the largest U.S. gateways for trade said robust demand for imported goods likely will be sustained into 2022 as companies scramble to rebuild stockpiles during an uneven rebound from the pandemic. “We easily see this going through up to Chinese New Year, and there’s a lot of indications now that… Read More
Editor’s note:This article has been updated to reflect the tonnage moved last year. More cargo has sailed through the Port of Corpus Christi in the first six months of 2021 than it did in 2020, which was its record year for waterway tonnage. The port ended June 2021 with a new record quarter and a record… Read More
The S.C. Ports Authority has reported its strongest fiscal year for containers handled at the Port of Charleston, with a 9.6% increase from fiscal year 2020. During fiscal year 2021, which ended June 30, S.C. Ports handled 2.55 million 20-foot units, or TEUs, across Wando Welch, North Charleston and Hugh K. Leatherman terminals. This growth… Read More
The St. Louis region’s claim to be the most efficient inland port in the United States has been strengthened with the recent addition of a new Mississippi River grain handling terminal in Cahokia, Ill. It increases capacity in the area known as the “Ag Coast of America,” a 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River with… Read More
June 2021 loaded imports reached 467,763 TEUs compared to the previous year, an increase of 27%. Port Completes Fiscal Year at Nearly 10.9 Million TEUs SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Port of Los Angeles processed 876,430 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in June, a 27% increase compared to last year. It was the Port’s busiest June… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi ended June 2021 with a new record quarter and a record first half of the year, moving nearly 80.5 million tons of cargo in the first six months of the year. The Port’s first-half 2021 total tonnage yielded a 4.7 percent increase over the same… Read More