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Transportation and government relations expert Jennifer Cohen has been appointed by the Port of Los Angeles as its new Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs. Cohen most recently served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). In her new position, Cohen will direct the Port’s legislative team and… Read More
Repairs to damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey at the former CB&I Island Park on Pine Street will soon begin. Port of Beaumont commissioners on Monday gave final approval for the sale of up to $30 million in bonds to fund the work. Port Director and CEO Chris Fisher said some utility restoration has already… Read More
Port 32, based in Charleston, South Carolina, has expanded its footprint in Florida with the purchase of Tampa Harbour, now named Port 32 Tampa. Managing Partner Jim Miller said the property represented an outstanding opportunity for the company and investors. “The marina is large, well built and maximizes use of the site. All of our… Read More
CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — Rep. Carl Anderson stopped by Carolina This Week to discuss the need to dredge Georgetown’s port to increase business in the area and a family spoke about why they’re marching for moms and babies for the March of Dimes. Watch the full interviews with Trey Paul below: CTW_MARCHOFDIMES_ANDERSON Source: wpde.com
Image: Shutterstock PhilaPort, the Port of Philadelphia, is nearing completion of the Delaware River Deepening Project. The project will create a 45-foot shipping channel capable of accommodating vessels as large as 14,500 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Additionally, the Packer Avenue Terminal, a $300 million public-private investment, is ready to accommodate additional capacity. Increased capacity means… Read More
Photo Credit: Georgia Ports Authority Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the US has unveiled a programme for the Port of Savannah to accommodate six 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels by 2024. As part of the new Big Berth / Big Ship programme, Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is expected to receive 21 new… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has published a public notice for the proposed Port Tampa Bay expansion project. The permit applicant proposes to dredge and expand existing port facilities to accommodate additional demand for deep-water cargo service in the Port Tampa Bay area. The proposal seeks to build a 63-acre upland expansion… Read More
Trucks entering a terminal at the Port of Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press) The Port of Seattle is one step closer to playing — or, at the very least, staying — in the big leagues of the global freight business. On Feb. 5, officials with the Northwest Seaport Alliance, the joint venture between the ports of… Read More
A deal between the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma would mean extensive renovations to Terminal 5. The Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma are close to finalizing a nearly half billion-dollar plan to renovate West Seattle’s Terminal 5 and shift existing containers to other terminals in the meantime. It would likely mean… Read More
It’s back to the drawing board again for the LST-325 relocation project after a series of bids come back over budget. The Port Authority Board is hoping the third time will be the charm. This is the second time bids have come back on this project, and the second time they’ve come in too high…. Read More
Staff reports | The S.C. Ports Authority last week celebrated the dedication of a new 80,000-square-foot headquarters building at the Wando Welch Terminal. “The port’s new headquarters offers a single, modern campus for employees with direct access to our biggest operating terminal, the Wando Welch,” said SCPA president and CEO Jim Newsome. “The building design… Read More
In December the Port of New Bedford announced that it had been awarded a $15.4 million Department of Transportation grant to improve the harbor. Great news. A ton of money. So this week I squeezed myself into the tiny office occupied by Port Director Ed Anthes-Washburn in the aerie atop the Wharfinger Building on Pier… Read More
It was just a few words in one sentence of Gov. Henry McMaster’s “State of the State” speech last month, but that single phrase has raised a lot of hopes — in turns out false — in the coastal city of Georgetown. While talking about a $558 million project underway to dredge Charleston Harbor to… Read More
What is one of the world’s largest dredging vessels doing in Georgia, a country that is several thousand miles from the nearest ocean and boasts some of Europe’s highest mountains? It is there because little Georgia, with a population of only 3.7 million, is constructing a major international deep sea port on its Black Sea… Read More
The S.C. Ports Authority’s 80,000-square-foot headquarters building is located in Mount Pleasant. (Photo/Provided) The S.C. Ports Authority’s new 80,000-square-foot headquarters building will house around 160 employees at the Wando Welch Terminal in Mount Pleasant. The port is relocating operations from its longtime office building at 176 Concord St. in downtown Charleston. Lowe bought the site… Read More