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Cargo ship traffic has seen little impact from COVID-19 The Port of Vancouver closed its administrative offices but continues to operate amid COVID-19 pandemic. Most its 60 staffers are working remotely, and all of the port’s terminals are operational. “We’re continuing to see cargo moving across our docks, which is great,” said Ryan Hart, the… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 24, 2020– The Houston Ship Channel and the 200-plus private terminals and eight public terminals that comprise the greater Port of Houston remain operating and open for business following today’s announcement by Harris County, Texas of a county-wide stay-at-home order. Our essential critical infrastructure workers will remain on the job. Employees supporting or… Read More
OGDENSBURG — Commercial traffic is about all there is on the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge. “It’s extremely slow, as far as what we are used to,” said Steven Lawrence, interim executive director of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority. “Other than commercial traffic, and that’s been reduced, it looks like 10 at night out there.” The… Read More
Port Houston plans to reopen its Bayport and Barbours Cut Container Terminals today, March 20, 2020. The terminals were closed after one ILA worker, who recently worked at both Bayport and Barbours Cut Terminals, tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The port authority said it had conducted a thorough investigation regarding the ILA worker, who has… Read More
Rockport Terminals LLC reports that its private port at Aransas Pass, near Corpus Christi, Texas, processed and transloaded over 60,000 tons of bulk liquid and pipeline pipe in Nov/Dec 2019—the first bulk product moved through the facility in 12 years. The Aransas Pass property was previously owned by Nilok Chemicals, which closed and dismantled the… Read More
Jasper County Council has amended a resolution that calls for possible legal action against the South Carolina Ports Authority in an effort “to work with the powers that be instead of fighting with them,” Councilman Tom Johnson said this month. Council voted unanimously March 2 to remove from the resolution a deadline after which it… Read More
The outbreak of COVID-19, which caused numerous Chinese factories to halt production and shut down earlier this year, has led to about a 20% year-over-year drop in shipping volume at the Port of Savannah during the first two weeks of March. “We’re about 20% below last March for the first two weeks of the month,… Read More
Lowe to entitle portion of Union Pier Terminal for redevelopment Charleston, SC – South Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors approved today a professional services agreement with Lowe, the owner of the Wild Dunes Resort and developer of the new Cooper Hotel on Charleston Harbor, to entitle and sell the non-maritime portion of Union Pier… Read More
SEATTLE — So few shipping containers are coming from China that two Seattle marine cargo terminals shut their gates Friday, and one stopped all operations — the first time in five years a Seattle terminal has done so. The combined effects of the coronavirus and the U.S.-China trade war have caused cargo volumes to fall… Read More
A number of US cruise terminal projects scheduled to come online over the next two years put the passengers’ experience first Three new and renovated cruise and passenger terminal projects in the United States provide snapshots of how port authorities and other officials are making strategic investments, growing business and services, and creating functional, signature… Read More
WATCH: #SCPorts President and CEO Jim Newsome discusses the latest on COVID-19 and how SCPA is operating business as usual. The Port plays a significant role in keeping consumer goods moving through the supply chain. Source: linkedin
CanAm repaid $60 million EB-5 Investment from Philly Shipyard. CanAm Enterprises (“CanAm”) is very proud to announce that a $60 million EB-5 investment that was used by Philly Shipyard to help fund the construction of four ocean-going product tanker vessels was repaid today, representing 120 EB-5 immigrant investors. Philly Shipyard, formerly Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, is… Read More
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On February 21, U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration administrator, Admiral Mark H. Buzby, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator John Kennedy and Representative Garret Graves in presenting a $13.4 million Port Infrastructure Development Grant check to the Port of South Louisiana for the Globalplex Multi-Modal Connections Project. “This funding is… Read More
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced it has closed Baltimore’s cruise ship terminal due to the spread of the coronavirus. The cruise terminal will remain closed, “until further notice.” Cruise ships scheduled to return to Baltimore on active sailings will be permitted to return. Provided guests onboard do not have any confirmed cases of coronavirus and/or… Read More
CHARLESTON — S.C. Ports Authority saw steady container volumes in early 2020 and recorded the highest February ever for both cargo volumes and rail moves at inland ports. S.C. Ports moved 197,214 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) across the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in February. SCPA has handled nearly 1.64 million TEUs… Read More