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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
The South Carolina Legislature has appropriated $8 million for the future Jasper Ocean Terminal in the budget bill it passed last month and local lawmakers who have pushed state port officials to move the project forward said they are pleased with the results. “In all, the $8 million appropriation shows a strong commitment by both… Read More
LA WATCHDOG–On Friday, June 28, the Los Angeles City Council, as expected, voted to assert jurisdiction over a recent decision by the Board of Harbor Commissioners that essentially permitted Maersk, the operator of a 484 acre terminal at the Port of Los Angeles, to make minor infrastructure improvements associated with its capital intensive plan to… Read More
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast port has fewer maritime jobs now than it did before a $570 million restoration and expansion project funded by a federal grant. But the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the state is complying with job-creation requirements. The Sun Herald reports Republican Gov. Phil Bryant… Read More
Forwarders, shippers and the management at Houston are hoping for a speedy decision on dredging to improve access to the port. Container growth is hamstrung after the governor of Texas signed legislation that limits operations of large container vessels in the Houston Ship Channel, a 52-mile federal waterway that provides access to the port’s terminals…. Read More