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Container volumes in May were down at most of the nation’s major seaports as the facilities struggled with the deepening U.S. recession and the slowdown of Asian and European economies at the start of the coronavirus outbreak earlier this year. Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest, reported a 29.8% year-over-year decline in twenty-foot-equivalent (TEU)… Read More
The Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently received a signed Chief of Engineers Report for the proposed Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project. The report culminates a four-year, $10 million study conducted by USACE in partnership with Port Houston to identify needed channel improvements, determine economic value to the nation and… Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency obligated an estimated $2 million to repair the Lighthouse Beach Fishing Pier in Port Lavaca. The pier was destroyed in 2017 by Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Department of Emergency Management will reimburse the city for 90% of project costs as long as the city adheres to FEMA guidelines. Jody Weaver,… Read More
The Port of Morgan City board continues to take the good with the bad as it tries to keep commercially important waterways open. At a meeting by teleconference Wednesday, delayed for two days by Tropical Storm Cristobal, the board also heard about a couple of departures. Cmdr. Heather Mattern, who commands the Coast Guard’s Marine… Read More
Operations at ports from Maine to Texas will cease for one hour Tuesday as ILA and USMX show respect for George Floyd Port of New Orleans terminals were closed Monday after Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sunday evening. Although the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression and moved… Read More
WASHINGTON — For the second time in less than 18 months, SpaceX has abandoned plans to build a manufacturing facility at the Port of Los Angeles for its next-generation Starship launch vehicle. In a March 27 letter obtained by SpaceNews, SpaceX notified the Port of Los Angeles that it was terminating a lease approved just… Read More
Officials envision offshore wind industry tenants shipping to Long Island BETHLEHEM — Plans to expand the Port of Albany by 80 acres to the south into the town of Bethlehem received a boost last week when the town planning board agreed to accept the State Environmental Quality Review or SEQR survey for the project. Now… Read More
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $1.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020/21. The budget is based on expectations of slower cargo volumes in the near term and a continued slowdown in the worldwide economy, due to market uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lingering impacts from the… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA –The Port of Corpus Christi was awarded a grant by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) under the 2019-2020 Port Access Program for safety improvements to the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor and Rincon Road leading to the Rincon Industrial Complex. The Port Access Program is funded by the Texas Mobility… Read More
Work will deepen harbor without disrupting ship traffic, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is taking advantage of slow container traffic incurred by coronavirus business shutdowns to catch up on infrastructure improvements, announcing Sunday that it has set a new precedent by using four dredges simultaneously on its Savannah harbor… Read More
Braskem has chosen South Carolina as the location of its new Global Export Hub to serve its international customers, according to the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). In a statement, the SCPA said the the new Global Export Hub facility will provide packaging, warehousing and export shipping services to support Braskem’s U.S. polypropylene (PP) production… Read More
Ports America Chesapeake, terminal operator of the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal, recently announced the expansion of its partnership with Norfolk Southern Corporation to offer on-dock intermodal rail service at Seagirt starting today, May 26th. The new on-dock loading will offer enhanced services for Norfolk Southern’s international customers, shifting its international intermodal business from… Read More
Ports America Chesapeake, terminal operator of the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal, recently announced the expansion of its partnership with Norfolk Southern Corporation to offer on-dock intermodal rail service at Seagirt starting today, May 26th. The new on-dock loading will offer enhanced services for Norfolk Southern’s international customers, shifting its international intermodal business from… Read More
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, approved the recommended plan for navigation improvements at the Port of Nome during a signing event Friday in Washington, D.C. With the completion of the Chief’s Report for the… Read More