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The 37.2-metre Sanlorenzo motor yacht LoveBug has been raised following an incident in July 2024 where the yacht ran aground between Beverly Beach and Curtis Point, at the mouth of the West River, USA. Over the weekend of Saturday 27 July 2024, LoveBug ran aground in Chesapeake Bay, approximately half a mile offshore. According to local sources, the captain of LoveBug intentionally steered… Read More
In July 2024, Port Houston experienced a 5% decline in container volume compared to the same month last year, handling 325,277 TEUs. The month presented challenges due to Hurricane Beryl and a global system outage that briefly disrupted operations. Despite this, year-to-date container volumes have risen by 10%, totalling 2,423,474 TEUs, with the port gearing… Read More
Dive Brief: Widespread system outages dragged into the fourth day at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the wake of a cyberattack that began disrupting services at the Port of Seattle, which operates the airport, Saturday morning. Most flights are departing and arriving as scheduled, cruise ship operations are operating as normal, and security checkpoints and systems are not impacted, officials said… Read More
Whether or not the replacement Francis Scott Key Bridge will be fully federally funded — or if the state of Maryland will need to chip in 10% of it — remains to be seen, but one sizable payment that will cover a portion of the rebuild has already landed. The Maryland Transportation Authority received a $350 million… Read More
HOUSTON – Construction has begun on a new cruise terminal at the Port of Galveston. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 20 with a number of elected officials and community leaders including executives from MSC Cruises and the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) in attendance. The terminal is being built in an existing cargo warehouse and will be converted into the… Read More
The money came from the Ship Channel Improvement Revolving und meant to help build up infrastructure across the state. Source
The Port of New York-New Jersey recorded its busiest July ever, surpassing 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units on surging inbound container flows as importers moved early on back-to-school and end-of-year holiday inventory ahead of a host of issues clouding the global supply chain. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in a release said… Read More
The Port of Seattle said some internet and web-based systems are impacted, and there is no estimated time for a fix. SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle, which includes Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is experiencing outages that may have been caused by a cyberattack, Port officials said on Saturday. The outages are impacting internet and web-based… Read More
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation introduced a bill Thursday that would require the federal government to cover the entire cost of repairing the Baltimore bridge that collapsed after a ship hit it last month. The legislation was introduced by Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and all eight Maryland House members: Kweisi Mfume… Read More
The Port of Portland on Friday gave Gov. Tina Kotek a report that explains what’s needed to keep container operations at Terminal 6 open for the long haul. Its answer: millions in state funding, a renewed push to find a private-sector operator and lots of new customers. The port had planned to end container service this fall… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles has named Erica M. Calhoun as its new Deputy Executive Director. She will be responsible for overseeing the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s Administrative Bureau. Calhoun’s new role will reportedly include planning, directing, and managing many major divisions at North America’s largest commercial gateway and busiest container port in… Read More
A contract has been awarded for the second phase of a project to deepen the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville) Ship Channel, which will allow the Port of Brownsville to accommodate today’s larger cargo ships. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District on Aug. 12 announced that the $104 million contract had been awarded to… Read More
NORFOLK, Va. — Dali, the cargo ship responsible for the collapse of the Key Bridge in March, has been cleared out of its contents as it undergoes repairs at the Norfolk International Terminal. Nearly five months since the fatal early morning crash after the ship lost power, new images captured Aug. 17 showed the ship… Read More
Dublin — The “Ports and Terminal Operations – Global Strategic Business Report” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global market for Ports and Terminal Operations is estimated at US$73.2 Billion in 2023 and is projected to reach US$132.6 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8.9% from 2023 to 2030. This comprehensive report provides an… Read More
The busiest port complex in the US is churning through import volumes near the highs set during the pandemic despite worries about a cooling economy. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for roughly a third of all US container imports, had their third-strongest month ever in July, just shy of an all-time… Read More