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Three vessels, which include a 14,400 TEU, 13,0000 TEU and 8,000 TEU, working at #SCPorts Wando Welch Terminal this afternoon. 13 cranes deployed to keep freight moving. The South Carolina maritime community is working hard to ensure goods get delivered. #theworldconnectshere Source: linkedin
The Alabama Port Authority has finished its 400-foot container dock extension at the Port of Mobile. Completion of this project comes as funding secured by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is now in place to dredge and widen Mobile Harbor by 2024. Within days wrapping up the project, the terminal simultaneously handled two container ships at… Read More
The APM Terminals Mobile facility in Alabama has handled two container ships simultaneously for the first time at its newly expanded berth. The Alabama Port Authority completed its 400-foot container dock extension on March 20 and it now enables two x 8,000-10,000 TEU ships to be handled simultaneously. The two ships were Belita with a… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s newest Commissioner, Dr. Bryan Gulley, was sworn in on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales administered the Oath of Office after Commissioner Richard Bowers participated in his final Port of Corpus Christi Commission meeting. Commissioner Gulley will fulfil the remainder of… Read More
The Port of Seattle and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has announced it will parts of its port available for the US Army in the fight against the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic. In a statement, it said it will make sections of Terminal 46 available for trailers, container equipment and storage needs in support of… Read More
(The Center Square) – Experts discussed why ports are essential to New Jersey’s economy during the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey’s Transportation Summit recently. Edward Kelly, executive director of the Maritime Association of New York and New Jersey, said at the summit that New Jersey’s shipping industry provides more than 400,000 jobs and… Read More
Labor leaders say regional ports are still on track to see a growth in tonnage numbers despite changes and precautions the Southeast Texas shipping industry has experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. Since local authorities started enforcing infection prevention policies two weeks ago, the Coast Guard has issued five Captain of the Port orders for the… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Container activity at Port Houston climbed 29 percent in February compared to the same period last year, while blank sailings in the month of March caused by a combination of the Lunar New Year and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic expect to impact volume in March and the months ahead at the nation’s 6th… Read More
Maryland port’s Seagirt Marine Terminal will not move cargo Monday and Tuesday The Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore will be closed Monday and Tuesday. Ports America Chesapeake operates the Seagirt Marine Terminal, which the Maryland Port Administration said would be closed because of “current declines in international container volumes.” Seagirt handles the… Read More
Best February ever recorded despite challenges from coronavirus pandemic It’s business as usual at Georgia’s ports, but with an “isolate and operate strategy.” That strategy includes spreading out workers at the 1,300-acre Garden City Terminal in Savannah to minimize the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch said…. Read More
As Donjon Marine began dredging operations to prepare a berth at New York City’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal for the U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort, on the other side of the country, Foss Maritime tugs were this morning assisting sister ship USNS Mercy into the Port of Los Angeles. At 0730 hours today, Foss tugs… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Container activity at Port Houston climbed 29 percent in February compared to the same period last year, while blank sailings in the month of March caused by a combination of the Lunar New Year and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic expect to impact volume in March and the months ahead at the nation’s 6th… Read More
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