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Baltimore Project Improves Water Quality in Chesapeake Bay BALTIMORE, MD – A stream at The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore that was once eroded has a second life thanks to an ecosystem restoration project funded by the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA). “The Maryland Port Administration is committed to growing the Port… Read More
The City of Delta is a prime example of how port operations can drive the economy and bolster communities. Roberts Bank hosts the largest container terminal in Canada, generating over $1 billion in economic activity every year. Port operations not only fuel Delta’s local economy, they power the country’s, too. By facilitating trade with over… Read More
ICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city is examining the possibility of building a new $125 million port on the southern Mississippi River. The Vicksburg Post reports that the city of Vicksburg has hired an engineering firm to do a feasibility study. Mayor George Flaggs Jr. says the firm will look at whether Vicksburg and… Read More
CHICAGO (AP) — The inclusion of $35 million in funding for state port districts in Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget is “awesome” but more money will be needed to repair the Port of Chicago’s aging infrastructure, a port executive said. The Illinois Ports Association had requested $250 million for all 19 Illinois port districts, including… Read More
Our Port represents us around the world. It keeps our local economy in motion and it defines us like nothing else By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index To put it mildly, I am a huge advocate of the Port of Tacoma. Few, if any, entities are more intimately tied to the past, the future and… Read More
On Mar. 27, 2019, the M/V Zhen Hua 25 arrived in South Philadelphia to unload two behemoths at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. These new cranes, identical to two that arrived in 2018, make for a total of four super Post-Panamax cranes – capable of handling the largest ships in the world – now operating… Read More
My administration is working to improve the transportation infrastructure of Pennsylvania, and the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) is no exception. More than $300 million in infrastructure, warehousing, and equipment investments are underway at PhilaPort through my Capital Investment Program and port development plan. The arrival of two super post-Panamax cranes last year increased PhilaPort’s capacity… Read More
Regular maintenance to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) is required for recreational and commercial boats to make their way up and down the body of water along the coast of Charleston. Without regularly scheduled dredging maintenance, the waterway would fill with sand, silt and sediment preventing boats from passing through at low tide. Recently, the… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harris County Commissioners Court appointed Wendolynn “Wendy” Montoya Cloonan to serve as a member of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority. The appointment occurred Tuesday, during the Commissioners Court weekly meeting. “I am pleased to welcome Commissioner Cloonan to the Port Commission and look forward to her leadership,” Port Commission Chairman… Read More
Fourth largest U.S. port looks to usurp West Coast gateways for Midwest box volumes. The Port of Savannah aims to boost its market share of freight moving into the U.S. Midwest, saying it offers a cheaper way into the Gateway of the West than the West Coast gateways. To that end, the Georgia Ports Authority… Read More
The Canadian government will fund two projects to boost capacity at the Port of Halifax and reduce trucking traffic in the eastern Canadian city’s downtown. The C$47.5 million investment (a Canadian dollar equals US$0.74), announced on June 3, will allow more cargo to transfer via rail from the South End (Halterm) to the Fairview Cove… Read More
Massport officials are pushing to keep the large new container cranes they plan to buy off of the list of tariffs on Chinese imports, saying that the higher levy on goods from China would add millions of dollars to the project to help the Conley Terminal handle the increasingly larger ships companies use. “Should the… Read More
The Wando Welch Terminal in Charleston will operate for an additional 30 minutes during weekdays starting July 1 in a bid to improve terminal fluidity as container volumes increase in South Carolina. The terminal will be open from 5 am to 5:30 pm on weekdays, the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) said. Current gate hours… Read More
Palmetto State’s leadership failure continues … Listen to us now, hear us later … A dozen years ago, this news outlet published a sweeping manifesto aimed at improving outcomes across-the-board in South Carolina, which then (and now) lags well behind the rest of the nation in a host of critical metrics. Dubbed the “95 Theses,”… Read More
The Port of Savannah and St. Louis Regional Freightway have partnered on a significant investment plan that creates a new rail connection between the St. Louis, Missouri, region and the Georgia sea port to help improve the movement of goods to the Midwest. Port of Savannah is investing $3 billion to increase its containerized cargo… Read More