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The Port of Oakland announced the appointment of Carl Cade as its new Chief Real Estate Officer effective Sept.14, 2026. Cade will lead the agency’s effort to develop and revitalize various real estate assets within its jurisdiction, including Jack London Square, Oakland Estuary, and Oakland Airport Business Park. “Carl’s expertise and vast experience from leading… Read More
By Chris Gray The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees approved a deal with Houston’s Power LNG on Thursday to develop a new LNG facility that could produce up to 400,000 gallons per day, an agreement that could establish the Port of Galveston as a regional leader in providing cleaner marine fuels. According to the port,… Read More
By Paolo Montrone The competitiveness of US container ports deserves a more serious discussion. America does not lack infrastructure, cargo or scale. In 2025, Los Angeles alone handled 10.24 million TEU, compared with approximately 14.2 million in Rotterdam and 13.53 million in Antwerp-Bruges. The combined Los Angeles/Long Beach gateway handled approximately 31% of all US… Read More
The Port of Savannah achieved a record September for container volumes, moving 504,015 twenty-foot equivalent container units last month, an increase of 3.7 percent compared to September 2025. Georgia Ports’ September performance brings the first quarter of its fiscal year to more than 1.5 million TEUs, up 40,560 TEUs or 2.7 percent. The quarter represents the second-best… Read More
By Jens Karsten The North Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) has asked the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend consideration of a US$1.35 billion proposal to deepen Wilmington Harbor’s main navigation channel from 42 to 47 feet (13 to 14 metres), citing unresolved environmental questions, including possible contamination of dredged sediment. SPA Executive… Read More
By Usaid Siddiqui Oil exports from the Gulf have resumed significantly in recent days, despite a surge in attacks on ships around the Strait of Hormuz, maritime experts and trackers say. Gulf oil flows, excluding Iran, recovered to more than 81 percent of pre-war levels in September, while crude exports from the wider Middle East… Read More
Renovations at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal are now more than 60 percent complete on the $1.6 billion project. The facility’s annual container capacity will grow from 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units to 1.75 million TEUs. The 2,650-foot berth is fully completed and operational, with the entire yard expected to be finished by the… Read More
Palm Beach officials have long raised concerns about expansion plans at the Port of Palm Beach near the northern tip of the island. And they continue to cast a wary eye, as the port begins moving ahead with a $43 million project aimed at bringing in more cruise passengers and accommodating longer ships. Port commissioners… Read More
Mexicana de Dragados, linked to the Belgian group Jan De Nul, was the only one of the four bidders whose technical proposal was deemed compliant Mexico awarded Mexicana de Dragados the construction dredging and the formation of the 40ha north platform of the port of Progreso in Yucatán, for 1.080,5 billion (bn) pesos (US$59.4 million… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Beth Branch has been elected to serve a full two-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). Branch was elected to an At-Large seat for the 2026–2028 term during AAPA’s 115th Annual Convention… Read More
By Mike Schuler Global shipping is not running short of ships. The bigger problem is that a growing share of them are getting caught in congestion. Roughly 12% of global container ship capacity is currently being absorbed by port congestion, the highest level in four years, according to C.H. Robinson’s October Edge Report. The logistics… Read More
More than half of the cargo moving through America’s 150 busiest water ports passes through the Gulf Coast. In 2023, those 150 ports handled about 2.6 billion short tons, and 52% of that tonnage moved through Gulf ports. The concentration is even sharper at the top: half of all tonnage passed through just 10 ports…. Read More
Renovations at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal are now more than 60 percent complete. The $1.6 billion project will grow the facility’s annual container capacity from 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units to 1.75 million TEUs. “Ocean Terminal is a major part of our strategy to prepare Savannah for future growth. The renovated berth is… Read More
Louisiana’s role as a major U.S. maritime and freight gateway is taking center stage this week as port executives and industry leaders gather in New Orleans for the American Association of Port Authorities Annual Convention. The 2026 AAPA Annual Convention runs from Sept. 28 through Sept. 30, bringing together port authorities and maritime industry stakeholders… Read More
By Aaron Karp The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s board of commissioners authorized $110 million toward expanding Newark Liberty International Airport’s (EWR) Terminal A, the $2.7 billion facility that opened in 2023. The Port Authority said the terminal was designed to handle 13 million annual passengers, but is already seeing passenger numbers… Read More