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The South Carolina State Ports Authority home-based its largest cruise ship yet at the Union Pier terminal near Charleston’s Historic Downtown just a couple of weeks before the state’s Supreme Court will decide whether neighbors should have a say in the port’s proposal to build a bigger cruise facility. The Ports Authority wants to build… Read More
On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, the Port of Corpus Christi celebrated the commencement of the Port’s Ship Channel Improvement Project, marking a historic milestone in America’s progress to becoming the net exporter of energy. Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge Compnay shakes hands with Sean Strawbridge CEO of the Port of Corpus Christi. GLDD… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi is dredging the ship channel in hopes of building a terminal to load supertankers at Harbor Island. But the port isn’t the only player in a game which would mean billions to the winner. There’s a race to build an oil export terminal in the Coastal Bend. These terminals load… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi is already one of the country’s main oil export hubs, but they’re facing competition from Dutch company Trafigura. Both want to build a supertanker facility in the Coastal Bend; so, the race is on, but is it winner take all? VLCC terminals are coming to the Coastal Bend, there’s no… Read More
QUÉBEC CITY, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – The Québec Port Authority (“QPA”) is proud to announce the signing of a long-term commercial agreement with Hutchison Ports, the world’s leading port network, and CN (Canadian National Railway), the leading North American transportation and supply chain company, to build and operate the new container terminal, known as… Read More
ORLEANS — The project to dredge Nauset Harbor is going forward, at least on the Orleans side. Eastham decided at its town meeting to turn away from supporting most of the proposed initial work; specifically the board of selectmen objected to dredging the channel immediately behind the Nauset barrier beach, fearing that it will lead… Read More
LAREDO, TX (KGNS) – Laredo is making history after knocking Los Angeles out of the top spot as the country’s largest port. The City of Laredo and the local trade industry are rejoicing over reaching an important milestone. A Forbes article shows port Laredo processed over 20 billion dollars in trade two months ago, while… Read More
JAX LNG, a liquefied natural gas facility at Dames Point in Jacksonville, Florida, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 16 to mark the official start-up of the newly constructed plant. JAX LNG is the first small-scale LNG facility in the United States with both marine and truck-loading capabilities. The state-of-the-art facility was constructed through a joint… Read More
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) presented the 2019 Port Person of the Year award to Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla. The award was presented last week following the Congressional PORTS Caucus in Washington, D.C. Díaz-Balart (pictured above center) is the ranking member of the House Appropriation Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Subcommittee…. Read More
There’s a battle brewing between the Port of Corpus Christi and a Port Aransas environmental group. The battleground is Harbor Island, located across the ship channel from Port Aransas. At issue, is the Port’s proposed crude oil terminal on the island. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently asked the port for a new Environmental… Read More
Citing continued increases in tonnage, including resin exports, Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther provided a report of solid operating results to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority, at its monthly meeting held Tuesday. Total tonnage has increased by nine percent for the year, including an 11 percent increase in loaded container… Read More
The 14,000 TEU Evergreen Triton arrived Friday at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, setting a new record as the largest container ship to ever visit Maryland. The Neopanamax ship was able to call at Baltimore thanks to the port’s recent dredging work. The previous record-holder as the largest container ship to visit the… Read More
William D. McKnight has been elected the new Chairman of Georgia Ports Authority (GPA). McKnight, who has served as vice chairman since 2018, will assume his new responsibilities July 1. “I’m excited to help lead the GPA at a time when Gov. Kemp has made the success of small business a major priority,” McKnight said…. Read More
Mexican state-owned port administrator Administración Portuaria Integral de Manzanillo S.A, also known as (API Manzanillo), said in late April it plans to “immediately” dredge the facility’s access and secondary channels to improve navigability at the port. Captain Héctor Mora Gómez, the port administrator’s general director, said dredging must bring the port’s access channel to a… Read More
Argentinian Port Administrator Consorcio Portuario Regional de Mar del Plata (CPRM) plans to use its own money to fund an estimated $3 million US dredging project, which is expected for 2020, CPRM’s president, Martín Merlini, told local media Pescare. Merlini said the port administrator expects to release a dredging tender by either the second half… Read More