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Two significant South Carolina Ports Authority projects received recognition during the prestigious 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards for their innovative, creative and environmentally focused approaches to engineering. The awards, given by the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina, honor the year’s most outstanding engineering accomplishments. S.C. Ports Authority and Collins Engineers Inc. received the… Read More
The US port of Virginia is preparing for a lengthy spell of handling materials and equipment for the establishment of offshore wind energy projects. Last Tuesday, the port’s board of commissioners gave its unanimous blessing to a proposed agreement with Danish offshore wind specialist Ørsted to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal. The… Read More
Thanking the Gulf Ports Association, Port of NOLA and USACE Colonels Murphy and Vail for productive meetings today. Callan Marine also hosted a visit to its new 32” cutter dredge, CSD General MacArthur at C&C Shipyard in Louisiana. Source: linkedin.com
Container activity at Port Houston surged in 2019, logging a hefty 11% increase and setting a record. This marks the eighteenth consecutive year of container growth at the largest container port on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Among the nation’s top ten container ports, Port Houston was 2019’s fastest-growing, according to data from maritime sector data… Read More
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced that the construction of the Port of Charleston’s new container facility, the Hugh K. Leatherman Sr Terminal, remains on track following the structural completion of the new operations building. In a statement, SC Ports said the milestone meant the terminal is on schedule to be ready by March… Read More
Charleston, SC — The Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal is taking shape along the Cooper River as S.C. Ports Authority prepares to open the new container terminal in March 2021. S.C. Ports celebrated today the structural completion of the terminal’s new operations building. More than 300 people — contractors, port employees, elected leaders and community… Read More
Brand Story – With its rail line, channel expansion plans and space to grow, the Port has its sights set on diversification. To the general public, ports and ships go together like airports and airplanes. While that perception is not necessarily wrong, at the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, maritime activity bookends a much… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has announced the acquisition of 145 contiguous acres to the Port of Savannah, enough land to accommodate more than 1 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in annual capacity. Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch announced the expansion on Tuesday, Feb. 4 , during the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference at Sea… Read More
Terminal operator APM Terminals Poti has presented its plans to the Government of Georgia for the creation of a deepwater port. As informed, the project would require an investment of over USD 250 million of private capital for phase 1 and a substantial amount for phase 2 in extensive development of the port infrastructure and… Read More
Originally posted on 10/28/2019 This evening the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a recorded vote the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF), H.R. 2440. The vote was 296 in favor and 109 opposed. The voting required a two-thirds super majority of the House in order to pass under “suspension of the… Read More
For the first time in a long time, the Port of New York and New Jersey ranked No. 2 in the U.S. by volume shipped from January through May. The Port of Long Beach in California for a while has been the country’s second-busiest port behind its close neighbor, the Port of Los Angeles. In… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inland Port Dillon handled 29,580 rail moves in its first year of business. The South Carolina State Ports Authority announced Inland Port Dillon’s first year statistics in a news release this week. “SCPA’s container business had a record-setting fiscal year, and our inland ports in Greer and Dillon continue to see record… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey published its plans on how it will handle an expected doubling of container volume over the next 30 years, all while trying to mitigate pollution and congestion. The plan has major implications for the region’s four largest marine terminals as the Port Authority of New York and… Read More
We’re going to need a bigger dock! With cargo ships getting bigger and bigger, the Northwest Seaport Alliance is working to bring in cranes that can keep up. You can see the huge cranes at Terminal 5 from the West Seattle Bridge. But as big as they are, Seaport Project Management director Anne Porter says… Read More
The Port of Galveston reported a record $43.5 million in operating revenues during 2018, according to a financial report that was confirmed by an independent audit. The operating revenues were 15 percent higher than the $37.8 million reported for 2017. Net operating income was $8 million in 2018, up from $4.5 million in 2017. Other… Read More