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Tax credits are available for propane forkliftsfor 2018 – 2020. WASHINGTON (April 13, 2020) – The Propane Education & Research Council is encouraging propane forklift users to take advantage of the Alternative Fuel Tax Credit, which was recently passed by the U.S. Congress as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. Businesses operating propane… Read More
The temporary suspension does not apply to Northwest Seaport Alliance projects. The Port of Seattle will temporarily suspend approximately 20 current construction projects from Thursday, April 9 to Monday, April 13 to complete reviews and updates of contractors’ jobsite safety plans, an action necessary to protect workers and slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus…. Read More
Activity at ports tracked by the Global Port Tracker fell in February to the lowest level in five years. Imports accounted for 1.51 million 20-foot-equivalent unit containers in February, the latest data available. That was down 6.8% from the same time last year, and sequentially down 17% from January of this year. “Even as factories… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Container activity at Port Houston, the largest container port on the United States Gulf Coast, began slowing in late March as expected as the coronavirus outbreak continued to threaten countries across the globe, including the U.S. Port Houston handled a total of 248,280 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in March, a drop of 11 percent compared… Read More
N.C. Ports has completed the second phase of its turning basin expansion that will ready the Port of Wilmington to serve some of the largest container ships reaching ports along the East Coast, according to a news release. The capital project widened the turning basin — just north of the Port of Wilmington in the… Read More
The cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles, the number one container port in the United States, have plummeted due to the shock wave the coronavirus pandemic has sent throughout the global supply chains. The port said that its March cargo volumes reached 449,568 TEUs marking a 30.9 % fall year-on-year and a drop… Read More
UK port operator PD Ports has continued its investment in environmentally sustainable technology at Teesport as part of its commitment to reducing the port’s carbon footprint. In December, PD Ports took delivery of three electric rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, supplied by Liebherr Container Cranes Limited, as part of the latest phase in the port operator’s… Read More
In-bound container traffic lowest since 2015 labor dispute at West Coast ports WASHINGTON – Traffic at major U.S. container ports fell to its lowest level in five years during March, according to estimates from the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. Imports are projected to remain significantly below… Read More
Just to the south of where Americans once launched men to the moon and will soon begin their voyages to Mars is the site of a different kind of facility — one that also helps launch people, but to more Earth-bound destinations. Port Canaveral is a cargo and naval port 10 mi. south of the… Read More
Sometimes called Kentuckiana because of the region’s close relationship between Kentucky and Indiana, the greater Louisville, Ky., metropolitan area has inland riverports on both the sides of the Ohio River that serve the region. The Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville, headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., is involved in a $23 million expansion to better serve its customers. Plans… Read More
Three vessels, which include a 14,400 TEU, 13,0000 TEU and 8,000 TEU, working at #SCPorts Wando Welch Terminal this afternoon. 13 cranes deployed to keep freight moving. The South Carolina maritime community is working hard to ensure goods get delivered. #theworldconnectshere Source: linkedin
The Alabama Port Authority has finished its 400-foot container dock extension at the Port of Mobile. Completion of this project comes as funding secured by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is now in place to dredge and widen Mobile Harbor by 2024. Within days wrapping up the project, the terminal simultaneously handled two container ships at… Read More
The APM Terminals Mobile facility in Alabama has handled two container ships simultaneously for the first time at its newly expanded berth. The Alabama Port Authority completed its 400-foot container dock extension on March 20 and it now enables two x 8,000-10,000 TEU ships to be handled simultaneously. The two ships were Belita with a… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s newest Commissioner, Dr. Bryan Gulley, was sworn in on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales administered the Oath of Office after Commissioner Richard Bowers participated in his final Port of Corpus Christi Commission meeting. Commissioner Gulley will fulfil the remainder of… Read More
The Port of Seattle and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has announced it will parts of its port available for the US Army in the fight against the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic. In a statement, it said it will make sections of Terminal 46 available for trailers, container equipment and storage needs in support of… Read More