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Grain companies facing skyrocketing rent at the Vancouver port want Ottawa to intervene. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevators Association, said rent on federal property at the port went up 13 to 30 percent this year. It’s costing grain terminals hundreds of thousands of dollars every quarter and will total millions before… Read More
A $9.9 million grant awarded to the Port of Los Angeles by the U.S. Department of Transportation will help pay for construction of improvements at the heavily traveled interchange at Harbor Boulevard/Front Street and the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, port officials said Wednesday. Planned improvements to the DOT-designated National Highway Freight Network include… Read More
Despite worldwide slowdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operations at the Port of Savannah continue on the upward swing with 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, an increase of 1.6% compared to the previous year. During August the port handled 441,600 TEUs marking not only… Read More
The ports of Tacoma and Seattle on Tuesday offered the first glimmer of economic hope after seeing cargo slowdowns fueled by the pandemic and U.S.-China trade war. The ports in September had their best month so far this year with the highest monthly container volume since October 2019, according to cargo statistics provided by the… Read More
The grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Program “will bring new rail service, create new streets and support large industrial manufacturing companies with cutting-edge, green technology,” said Jim Hockaday, Conneaut’s city manager, in a written statement. Source: bizjournals
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $220 million in grants to ports in sixteen states and territories. The discretionary grant funding was announced Thursday by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The funding is provided through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program. The program “aims to support efforts by ports and industry… Read More
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)—the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas—has installed Mario Cordero, executive director of California’s Port of Long Beach, to serve a two-year term as the association’s Chairman of the Board. After having been elected for the role at the association’s Spring Conference meeting in March, AAPA… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi is known for its petroleum business, especially its booming oil export trade, but it also has a thriving breakbulk and project cargo segment. Its five multi-purpose docks handle steel pipe for upstream and midstream companies, giant process modules for the petrochemical industry and wind turbine components for the growing onshore… Read More
POINT COMFORT — The Calhoun Port Authority is “pushing hard” for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release a jetties deficiency report they need in order to have a chance at U.S. Congress approving the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project by the end of the year. “We’re doing everything that we can to force… Read More
CHARLESTON — S.C. Ports Authority’s September volumes reflect the strongest year-over-year activity since the pandemic hit, showing a continued recovery and strength in containers, vehicles and inland port moves. SC Ports handled 195,101 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals — a record September for SC Ports and a… Read More
The grant is part of a package of $220 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Port of Portland will receive nearly $4.1 million for upgrades as part of a package of $220 million in federal grants for port improvements from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Portland grant will be… Read More
COOS BAY, Ore. — Wind howls across the channel — the kind of wind that turns umbrellas inside-out. On the water, the ghost-like outline of a ship, scarcely visible through white fog and driving rain, seems to stand still. It is here the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has proposed the largest project in… Read More
September imports increase 10.6% year-over-year, exports up 5% The Port of Oakland reported that it had achieved its best September ever for import cargo volume. The 93,916 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handily beat a monthly record set in 2019 of 84,901 TEUs. Containerized import volume in September also jumped 10.6% from the same month in… Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the award of more than $220 million in discretionary grant funding to improve port facilities in 16 states and territories through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program. “This $220 million in federal grants will improve America’s ports with nearly half… Read More