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Port of Seattle Commissioners adopted the 2025 budget and 2025–2029 Capital Improvement Plan today. The budget, proposed plan of finance, and Port tax levy were presented to Commissioners in multiple Commission meetings this fall and through a public hearing at its November 12 meeting. With annual operating expenses of $678 million and a five-year capital plan… Read More
VANCOUVER – Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says an independent panel will review plans to build a major shipping-container terminal at a port south of Vancouver. Port Metro Vancouver wants to build a three-berth, marine-container facility that can handle an additional 2.4 million units every year at Roberts Bank in Delta, B.C. The port is… Read More
The Port of Seattle announced today that it has selected Neepaporn “A” Boungjaktha (NEE-PA-PAWN BOING-JUK-TAH) as the new managing director to lead its Economic Development Division. Boungjaktha will lead the division’s work expanding economic opportunity through economic development, real estate development, tourism, and local, regional, and international partnerships. “After a competitive national search, we are… Read More
Port of Houston plans to expand the port’s infrastructure with $1.7 billion in new projects over the next five years to prepare for the exponential population growth in the region. The investment would represent a 35 percent increase in infrastructure spending for the port, according to Commission Chairman Ric Campo, as first reported by the Houston Business… Read More
Container lines and operators of US East and Gulf Coast port terminals said they won’t continue bargaining with union dockworkers on a new six-year contract if it means giving up their right to invest in semi-automated cargo handling equipment. “Modernization and investment in new technology are core priorities required to successfully bargain a new master… Read More
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today provided an update on the $2 billion 11-project Restoring the George repair and rehabilitation program to renew the world’s busiest vehicular bridge. The agency announced that the project to replace every one of the George Washington Bridge’s original steel suspender ropes is more than 95… Read More
A temporary shipping channel has opened around the Port of Baltimore to keep maritime traffic coming into the city following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last Tuesday. Officials said the passage, located on the northeast side of the main channel close to the bridge, has been marked with government-lighted aids for navigation. It is 11 feet deep… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc., Houston, announced in November that its marine division has been awarded a contract to support a wharf expansion project at a container terminal in South Carolina’s Port of Charleston. The $88 million contract awarded by South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) will see Orion Marine construct 1,600 linear feet of concrete pile-supported wharf as… Read More
With President-elect Donald Trump vowing to start a new term with new or additional tariffs on foreign goods, port and shipping officials in Baltimore and elsewhere are bracing for upheaval in the industry. Trump proposes tariffs to stem illegal immigration, drug flow, but could pose problem for Baltimore’s port By Lorraine Mirabella UPDATED: December 4, 2024 at… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Ports in Savannah and surrounding areas to receive a $120 million grant to go towards improving operational sustainability. At the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) meeting on Monday morning, President and CEO Griff Lynch outlined plans to improve operational sustainability for neighboring communities in Savannah and Brunswick with the grant. “We are… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman, alongside Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon, Dwight Evans, and Brendan Boyle, have announced a substantial allocation of $217 million to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. This funding, derived from the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (MEGA) Program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aims to enhance the SouthPort terminal’s operational… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for months. President Joe Biden announced the federal funding during a visit to the city’s main… Read More
Growth in the historic period resulted from the expansion of seaborne trade, growth in manufacturing and heavy industries and expansion and modernization of existing ports. Factors that negatively affected growth in the historic period were political uncertainties and cheaper air cargo services. This report describes and explains the marine and ports construction market and covers… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a new cybersecurity directive targeting Chinese-manufactured ship-to-shore cranes, addressing mounting concerns over national security vulnerabilities in America’s maritime infrastructure. MARSEC Directive 105-5 establishes additional cyber risk management requirements for ship-to-shore cranes made by Chinese companies, building upon previous security measures implemented in February 2024. “The built-in vulnerabilities for remote access… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The EPA and Coast Guard are working together to establish and enforce the new standards that create best practices for large ships to prevent and limit harmful pollutants from entering U.S. waters. The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) was created in 2018 to connect the EPA, Coast Guard and state incidental discharge… Read More