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CHARLESTON, SC – AUG. 12, 2020 – S.C. Ports Authority is seeing signs of a moderate recovery beginning to emerge at the start of fiscal year 2021 amid the ongoing global pandemic. S.C. Ports handled 176,974 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in July. S.C. Ports moved… Read More
The Port of Seattle Commission has approved another two years of funding for Washington Maritime Blue, a non-profit strategic alliance formed to foster maritime innovation and sustainability in support of an inclusive blue economy. As explained, the port’s support will help advance economic recovery by offering a maritime accelerator initiative, hosting maritime blue forums and… Read More
More than a decade in the making, the first new container terminal to open at a U.S. seaport since 2009 is on track for a March debut in North Charleston. The State Ports Authority’s future Leatherman Terminal at the city’s former Navy base will receive the first two of five ship-to-shore cranes next month for… Read More
OGDENSBURG — The board of directors of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority acted to accept $20 million in grants from the state Department of Transportation that could lead to the start of a long-awaited dredging and port expansion project next year. The project, the planning of which dates back to 2015, includes dredging the… Read More
The N.C. Port of Morehead City welcomed this new crane, a rail-mounted gantry crane made by German company Liebherr, to its operations last year. The N.C. State Ports Authority just released its year-over-year financial findings for fiscal year 2020, which ended June 30. WILMINGTON — The North Carolina State Ports Authority recorded year-over-year increases in… Read More
Monday’s Port of Morgan City board meeting was conducted by Zoom and in the Emergency Operations Center training room to accommodate social distancing. Shown from left are port grants manager Michael Knobloch, Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade and board member Lee Dragna. One business is benefiting Tuesday from a Port of Morgan City project, and… Read More
The role of the next Virginia Port Authority CEO and executive director will not be quite the same as the current leader’s. When he was hired in 2014, John Reinhart was tasked with fixing the port’s finances, rebuilding container capacity and modernizing its footprint in Portsmouth and Norfolk. He did just that, port leaders say,… Read More
The nation’s East Coast ports continued to be battered by lower imports from overseas in June, just as their West Coast counterparts have been because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the nation’s busiest facility on the East Coast, told Transport Topics on Aug. 8 it… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met virtually Thursday for its regular July monthly meeting. In his opening remarks, Chairman Campo provided an update on progress towards authorization of Project 11 in the U.S. House of Representatives, with its recent approval of Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) legislation. While the companion… Read More
Construction of the Hugh K. Leartherman Terminal at the Port of Charleston is on schedule for a March 2021 opening, South Carolina Ports Authority officials said yesterday. The project’s first phase will add 700,000 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) of annual throughput capacity to the port. At full buildout, the three-berth terminal will double S.C. Ports current… Read More
Red Hook Terminals has ordered a fleet of ten BYD 8Y all- electric yard tractors, from BYD’s local truck dealer, Hudson County Motors. This zero- emission fleet will be deployed at Red Hook Terminal’s intermodal yard in Port Newark, NJ, and will be the largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks operating on the US East… Read More
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited Cairo, Ill., yesterday to announce that the State of Illinois will provide $40 million through the Rebuild Illinois capital plan to anchor a public private partnership that will construct a new inland port in Cairo, Illinois at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The state will immediately grant… Read More
The transformation of State Pier into an offshore wind facility exclusive of other uses has been part of conversations at Connecticut Port Authority meetings for months, but a permit application made public yesterday from the Army Corps of Engineers specifies the continuing support of break bulk cargo operations. “The purpose of this project is to… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles has announced that the world’s first zero-emission top handles are now being used in daily operations at the Everport Container Terminal. In a statement, the Port said the handlers were designed an built by Taylor Machine Works, a leading heavy-duty equipment manufacturer and the largest supplier of top handlers in… Read More
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