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Two of the biggest container ports on the U.S. East Coast received top billing from President Trump’s 2020 budget plan that allows their harbor deepening projects to remain on schedule for completion within three years. The South Carolina Port Authority (SCPA) was budgeted for $138 million to continue deepening Charleston harbor to 52 feet. The… Read More
The first phase of a $375 million expansion project for the Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) concluded this month, expanding capacity by 12 new container stacks. The Port of Virginia wove this into part of a $375 million expansion project scheduled to be completed in 2020. In all, 30 semi-automated container stacks served by 60 new… Read More
Carlyle Group Managing Director Ferris Hussein speaks with reporters at CERAWeek by IHS Markit. The Carlyle Group is investing $400 million into developing a crude oil export terminal near Corpus Christi. A Washington investment firm is making a $400 million bet that will allow Corpus Christi to regain and keep its status as the top… Read More
The Port of Virginia continues to move near-peak season cargo volumes, thanks in part to the completion of all 13 new container stacks at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) – bringing the total number of stacks at the terminal to 28. It was the best February in the port’s history with 228,151 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units),… Read More
Championing Social Justice and Environmental Leadership The Port of Hueneme capped off a week of focus on California’s ports in February 2019 with a groundbreaking for their newest project, deepening the harbor an additional five feet. The project is largely funded by a $12.3 million TIGER Grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) from the U.S…. Read More
If successful, a 4th cruise ship berth would open in Seattle’s Pioneer Square near 1st and Main by 2022. The Port of Seattle is open for a sea change on Terminal 46. On Tuesday, the Commission voted 5-0 to release a ‘Request for Qualifications’ for a $200 million dollar renovation of the Terminal’s north side,… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In his first weeks as Port Houston Commission Chairman, Ric Campo stressed his firm commitment to finding a solution to the concerns raised regarding one-way vessel traffic to accommodate the larger container ships calling the Houston Ship Channel. Wednesday, Campo provided testimony before the Texas Senate Committee on Ports Hearing and underscored his priority… Read More
Pixabay, MGN SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump wants another $130 million to continue deepening the shipping channel to Savannah’s busy seaport. RELATED: New funding for Savannah Harbor Project could mean jobs, more for the midstate Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2020 would be the federal government’s largest annual expenditure yet on the $976… Read More
(IMG: WPMI) MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The Port of Mobile has more than an $8 billion impact annually, which is certainly not chump change. But the modern era requires the channel to be widened and deepened for bigger ships. According to Port Executive Director Jimmy Lyons, that means five feet deeper than its current status… Read More
Houston — The Port of Corpus Christi should be able to load Aframaxes, Suezmaxes and partially loaded VLCCs to export US crude to international markets by October 2020, an executive with The Carlyle Group, an investor in the port’s expansion, said Tuesday. “We expect to be operational in October 2020 at 54 feet,” Ferris Hussein,… Read More
PortMiami, which is already setting cruise and freight records, is poised to multiply the bounty with the world’s largest contractual guarantee between a cruise line and any seaport. A resolution in county committee this week would see the county-owned port and the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line, MSC Cruises, move toward a contract that would… Read More
Photo Courtesy: © Shutterstock The state-owned public terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore handled 10.9 million tons of general cargo in 2018, a record and the third consecutive year of exceeding 10 million tons. General cargo includes rolled paper and wood pulp, machinery, cars, light trucks, and break bulk cargo. Last year,… Read More
The expanding Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth already is efficiently handling some of the largest containerships calling the US East Coast. As the Port of Virginia moves toward surpassing the 3 million 20-foot-equivalent container unit throughput milestone this year, the head of the Virginia Port Authority is most encouraged that vast infrastructure enhancements not only… Read More
Dredging is essential to ensure the shipping channels are clear of material to allow the safe passage for cargo and cruise vessels. The Port is one of the largest economic generators in the State of Maryland. Dredge material can be used to restore environmental habitats, along with other uses. Source: Port of Baltimore
Officials from the Jacksonville Port Authority and SSA Marine inked a $238.7 million deal on March 4 to expand a container terminal. Provided/Jaxport Another container terminal is joining the Southeast’s busy seaport building boom, what some are calling an arms race. The Jacksonville Port Authority, also known as Jaxport, said last week its board approved… Read More