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Georgia Ports Authority has emerged as a major beneficiary of a widespread shift away from West Coast ports. And port officials are moving quickly to ensure that momentum doesn’t slow. The Port of Savannah handled record cargo volumes of 3.8 million TEUs for the fiscal year to date from July 2022 to Feb. 2023, with… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey regained the top spot as the busiest shipping port in the country, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Although U.S. port activity is typically quieter in February due to overseas production slowdowns and closures related to the Lunar New Year holiday, the Port Authority’s… Read More
The increasing promise of green ammonia in the maritime industries is rapidly being recognised. Now some major players in the maritime industry have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake a feasibility study of green ammonia to fuel ships operating on the east coast of the United States. Ammonia is a promising alternative marine… Read More
A container ship that made its way up the Columbia River Wednesday is the largest ever to dock at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, narrowly edging out another massive ship that set the previous record last year. The MSC Katie began heading upriver from Astoria Wednesday morning and had made it as far as Kalama… Read More
Soon, the soothing sounds of nature from Charleston’s downtown waterfront will be accessible to everyone with a newly designed Union Pier. “The redevelopment of Union Pier is designed with Charleston in mind,” President and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority Barbara Melvin said. The design brings the past to the future along Concord Street…. Read More
The labor contract for Canada’s West Coast ports expired on Friday, March 31 with the union already saying that they are at an impasse with their employers. The Canadian federal government is becoming involved, deferring the possibility of strikes till at least June in what is likely to be protracted negotiations. The last five-year contract… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey is once again claiming the title of the business container seaport in the United States surpassing the volumes of its traditionally busier West Coast rivals in Los Angeles and Long Beach both on the volume of imports and exports. While shipping volumes globally have slowed in the… Read More
With the first quarter of 2023 officially in the books, U.S. seaports want to know what the rest of the year holds as they prepare for what they hope will be a fall peak shipping season. A panel of port executives who gathered here this week for the American Association of Port Authorities’ annual legislative… Read More
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has appointed Jacksonville business and civic leader Soo Gilvarry to JAXPORT’s Board of Directors. The Jacksonville City Council unanimously approved Gilvarry’s appointment on March 28. Gilvarry is the CEO/Owner of Jacksonville-based Lotus Commercial USA LLC, which specializes in commercial real estate development, including the ongoing multi-million redevelopment of the historic former… Read More
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Monday, March 20, and got updates on progress with the Houston Ship Channel deepening project and on the impact of softening container imports. Chairman Ric Campo reported that the Houston Ship Channel expansion and deepening program, Project 11, is still on time and on budget. However,… Read More
Port Houston reached a total of 313,452 TEU during February, reflecting a 15 per cent increase compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date volumes are up 6 per cent to 633,442 TEU. Though Port Houston experienced growth throughout the first two months of 2023, recently its terminals are beginning to see some softening in import demand consistent… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has agreed to spend $170 million on 55 hybrid-engine rubber-tired gantry cranes to outfit the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, as it is redeveloped into an all-container facility. “This significant investment in new equipment will help prepare the Port of Savannah to handle more ships and cargo while maintaining the world-class… Read More
The Georgetown County Council unanimously approved a resolution March 28 to acknowledge its approval of the impending transfer of the Port of Georgetown from the South Carolina State Ports Authority. A proviso approved in the state budget for fiscal 2022-23 requires County Council and the state ports authority board of directors to each approve the… Read More
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is adding its fifth container service at JaxPort, the Jacksonville Port Authority announced March 23. The Switzerland-based company will offer the direct, biweekly container service with seven Northern Europe destinations starting in late April at JaxPort, the port said in a news release. MSC Mediterranean’s ScanBaltic service to the U.S. focuses… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Greater Houston Port Bureau (“Port Bureau”) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Captain Eric Carrero as President. Captain Carrero has 26 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) and currently leads the Waterways Management Division for the USCG’s Eighth District, which encompasses 26 states and some of… Read More