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Container activity at Port Houston surged in 2019, logging a hefty 11% increase and setting a record. This marks the eighteenth consecutive year of container growth at the largest container port on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Among the nation’s top ten container ports, Port Houston was 2019’s fastest-growing, according to data from maritime sector data… Read More
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced that the construction of the Port of Charleston’s new container facility, the Hugh K. Leatherman Sr Terminal, remains on track following the structural completion of the new operations building. In a statement, SC Ports said the milestone meant the terminal is on schedule to be ready by March… Read More
Charleston, SC — The Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal is taking shape along the Cooper River as S.C. Ports Authority prepares to open the new container terminal in March 2021. S.C. Ports celebrated today the structural completion of the terminal’s new operations building. More than 300 people — contractors, port employees, elected leaders and community… Read More
Brand Story – With its rail line, channel expansion plans and space to grow, the Port has its sights set on diversification. To the general public, ports and ships go together like airports and airplanes. While that perception is not necessarily wrong, at the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, maritime activity bookends a much… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has announced the acquisition of 145 contiguous acres to the Port of Savannah, enough land to accommodate more than 1 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in annual capacity. Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch announced the expansion on Tuesday, Feb. 4 , during the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference at Sea… Read More
Terminal operator APM Terminals Poti has presented its plans to the Government of Georgia for the creation of a deepwater port. As informed, the project would require an investment of over USD 250 million of private capital for phase 1 and a substantial amount for phase 2 in extensive development of the port infrastructure and… Read More
Originally posted on 10/28/2019 This evening the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a recorded vote the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF), H.R. 2440. The vote was 296 in favor and 109 opposed. The voting required a two-thirds super majority of the House in order to pass under “suspension of the… Read More
For the first time in a long time, the Port of New York and New Jersey ranked No. 2 in the U.S. by volume shipped from January through May. The Port of Long Beach in California for a while has been the country’s second-busiest port behind its close neighbor, the Port of Los Angeles. In… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inland Port Dillon handled 29,580 rail moves in its first year of business. The South Carolina State Ports Authority announced Inland Port Dillon’s first year statistics in a news release this week. “SCPA’s container business had a record-setting fiscal year, and our inland ports in Greer and Dillon continue to see record… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey published its plans on how it will handle an expected doubling of container volume over the next 30 years, all while trying to mitigate pollution and congestion. The plan has major implications for the region’s four largest marine terminals as the Port Authority of New York and… Read More
We’re going to need a bigger dock! With cargo ships getting bigger and bigger, the Northwest Seaport Alliance is working to bring in cranes that can keep up. You can see the huge cranes at Terminal 5 from the West Seattle Bridge. But as big as they are, Seaport Project Management director Anne Porter says… Read More
The Port of Galveston reported a record $43.5 million in operating revenues during 2018, according to a financial report that was confirmed by an independent audit. The operating revenues were 15 percent higher than the $37.8 million reported for 2017. Net operating income was $8 million in 2018, up from $4.5 million in 2017. Other… Read More
Port Corpus Christi could emerge as the United States’ top crude oil export hub over the next decade, thanks to more than $380 million in new shipping facilities and three oil pipeline projects worth $5.2 billion, according to a new study. Wood Mackenzie’s North America Crude Markets Service reported that the startup of three new… Read More
First U.S. port commits to develop LNG as future fuel for maritime industry. Not One of the largest eastern U.S. ports is looking to promote the use liquefied natural gas as the marine fuel of the future. The Port of Virginia announced it will become the first U.S. port to join SEA/LNG, an industry coalition… Read More
President Trump said he would pause tariff escalations with China after meeting with that country’s president, Xi Jinping, at the G20 Summit. One Georgia industry tracking the ongoing talks is shipping. The Trump administration had threatened a 25% tariff on ship-to-shore cranes that come from China. The Georgia Ports Authority is ordering six new ones… Read More