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A more than $9 billion annual budget up for final consideration next month at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey calls for a big increase in capital investments after the agency reduced such spending in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several big-ticket projects that align with the Port Authority’s longer-term… Read More
It was in 1984 I first became aware of the port on Roberts Bank in the south arm of the Fraser estuary, when we moved to a small farm in East Ladner. Back then it was only a coal port (what is now Westshore Terminal opened in 1970) with trains moving coal from mines in… Read More
As the terminal currently undergoes several optimisation programmes to build upon its semi-automation capabilities, creating capacity for additional freight and furthering its need for reliable and ubiquitous connectivity on-site, the Norfolk International Terminal (NIT) has announced an agreement to build a Verizon Business Private 5G Network at its Virginia facility. The Port of Virginia described itself as America’s most… Read More
At 5:00 p.m., November 15, 2023 (Pacific Standard Time), Long An International Port (Vietnam) and Port of Long Beach (USA) signed a letter of intent to agree on establishing a sister port relationship coinciding with the event welcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation partners organized by the California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA). The signing ceremony was… Read More
The Port of Savannah had a good October but business is down when looking at a bigger picture. Savannah handled 449,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containerized cargo last month, the port’s fourth-busiest October ever and a 5% increase over October 2019, the most recent year not affected by the pandemic. But business is down… Read More
Want a quick takeaway from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s proposed 2024 budget? The plan is to move “full steam ahead” and bring spending levels back to what they were at before the coronavirus pandemic, officials say. On Wednesday, the Port Authority released a $9.3 billion proposed budget for the upcoming… Read More
Rockefeller Group and the Matan Companies have announced the formation of a joint venture partnership to develop a 5-million-square-foot industrial and logistics centre in Virginia. The 500-acre Port 460 Logistics Centre is designated for heavy industrial, logistics, sophisticated manufacturing, life sciences, and warehousing purposes. The first phase of the project is underway, with five buildings… Read More
The president and CEO of Tampa’s port, bustling with cargo and cruise ships, got a salary hike Tuesday that will have him making about $597,000 a year. The governing board of Port Tampa Bay voted at their monthly business meeting Tuesday to give Paul Anderson, 63, an 8% raise above the nearly $553,000 he was… Read More
Dive Brief: The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach will offer $60 million in vouchers to help companies acquire zero-emission Class 8 drayage trucks that operate in the San Pedro Bay ports complex. The move comes ahead of California’s new truck emissions rules, which take effect Jan. 1, that require any new trucks hauling… Read More
Delaware officials announced a $50 million federal grant to help pay for a massive container terminal expansion project to enable the century-old Port of Wilmington to handle larger Panamax vessels and have a larger footprint for cargo storage. “For decades, jobs at the Port of Wilmington have been a gateway into the middle class for thousands of workers… Read More
A Spanish wind turbine manufacturer vacated its lease and pulled out of a planned $200 million project at Portsmouth Marine Terminal. “Siemens Gamesa discontinued plans to build and operate an offshore blade facility in Virginia, as development milestones to establish the facility could not be met,” a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The… Read More
Project freight forwarder deugro announced it has opened a 96,775-square-foot operations and logistics terminal in Baytown, Texas, about 26 miles east of Houston. The facility offers access to the nearby Houston Ship Channel, as well as commercial ports in Houston and Galveston, according to Jeff Smith, deugro USA’s global head of supply chain logistics. “Adjacent to Port… Read More
U.S. Department of Transportation officials Nov. 3 announced a $52.6 million grant to modernize critical on-dock rail capabilities and improve several key roadways aimed at speeding the flow of cargo through the Port of Long Beach. As part of the agency’s Maritime Administration’s port infrastructure development program, the grant will fund the addition of a… Read More
New development will support increased activity and accommodate larger vessels McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has completed construction on Port Houston – Bayport Wharf 6. The new 1,000-foot-long wharf allows for the latest generation of container cranes to unload shipping containers from neo-Panamax vessels. Construction on Wharf 6 began in May 2021 and was completed in… Read More
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will hold its Budget Workshop on Monday, November 13, 2023, beginning at 9:15 a.m. A quorum of the Port Commission, along with executive leadership, will be present in the boardroom of the Port Houston Executive Office Building, located at 111 East Loop North, Houston, TX 77029. It will… Read More