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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced last week that it has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. This funding is designed to improve port facilities at or near coastal seaports. The Port of Savannah is a major recipient. “Ports are gateways… Read More
American Association of Port Authorities is criticizing President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget because of what the association says are the cuts to funding for the nation’s ports. “We’re very apprehensive about the president’s fiscal 2021 budget,” said Chris Connor, CEO of the Alexandria, Va.-based organization. “Adequate federal investments into U.S. port-related infrastructure, on the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) last week announced that it has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. The Port Infrastructure Development Program supports efforts by ports and industry stakeholders to improve facility and freight infrastructure to ensure that national freight transportation… Read More
The S.C. Ports Authority has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund infrastructure projects at the Wando Welch Terminal. The Port Infrastructure Development Grant will go toward building a toe wall and deepening three berths at the Wando terminal. The toe wall is a retaining wall comprising steel… Read More
The Coast Guard’s top officer will announce Thursday that Charleston will become one of the largest concentrations of ships and guardsman in the nation, growing the economic footprint of the military in the region. Adm. Karl Schultz is scheduled to detail the news during his annual State of the Coast Guard address at the Port… Read More
New grants will provide critical infrastructure support Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced that it has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. This funding is designed to improve port facilities at or near coastal seaports. “Ports are… Read More
Port Houston Chairman Ric Campo testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means – Subcommittee on Trade, where he highlighted the need to expeditiously widen and deepen the Houston Ship Channel. In his testimony, Campo highlighted the critical need to expeditiously widen and deepen the Houston Ship Channel – “Project 11.”… Read More
Kalmar has been awarded a contract to supply the Port of Houston public container terminals with a suite of process automation solutions for its rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) fleet. The order comprises of hardware installation and commissioning as well as system integration across two sites and work is scheduled to be completed by the end of… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi has received a federal grant of more than $17 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration to expand Oil Dock 3 as the first of four phases in the redevelopment of the Avery Point Terminal (Avery Point). Located on the Corpus Christi… Read More
“The Houston Ship Channel is the busiest deep draft waterway in the country, and serves as the epicenter of our national energy industry,” said Babin. Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) released the following statement after the announcement by the Trump Administration that the Houston Ship Channel would receive vital… Read More
Progress at #SCPorts Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal. Phase One, which opens in March 2021, will have a 1,400-foot wharf that can accommodate up to a 19,000 TEU vessel. It will also have five ship-to-shore cranes with 169-ft of lift height, as well as 25 new hybrid rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes. “In a little more… Read More
South Carolina Ports Authority was awarded a nearly $20 million federal grant on Feb. 11 to assist with building vital infrastructure at Wando Welch Terminal in support of the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project. The United States Department of Transportation awarded the Port Infrastructure Development Grant for S.C. Ports’ Wando Welch Terminal Wharf Toe Wall and… Read More
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey has issued an order to Bouchard Transportation Company requiring that three tug and fuel barge units currently anchored in New York Harbor immediately be moved out of anchorage and moored at a safe berth. The Coast Guard says they will be required… Read More
APM Terminals Poti, part of Dutch terminal operator APM Terminals, has re-initiated the process of obtaining the necessary permits to build a new deep-water multipurpose port in Poti. On February 11, 2020, APM Terminals submitted an application to the Technical and Construction Supervision Agency to obtain the permit for land usage for construction of the… Read More
The Miami project is one of six grant winners located within an opportunity zone A pair of Florida seaports received a combined $58 million for infrastructure improvements as part of federal grants issued to 15 coastal facilities on Friday. Port Canaveral was awarded $14.1 million to upgrade its cargo berth through the completion of several… Read More