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OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) – A $5 million federal grant will help the Port of Ogdensburg expand. Right now, the port can load and unload one ship at a time and it’s the only American port on the St. Lawrence River. With the help of federal money, the port will be able to double –… Read More
The Transportation Department on Friday awarded $653 million in grants to upgrade and improve 41 water-based ports across the United States, including the Port of Baltimore. The grants are part of the $1 trillion in infrastructure investments included in a bipartisan law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021. Biden administration officials said the projects… Read More
While continuing his responsibilities as the Head of the nation’s busiest port, Seroka will represent the North American region within the IAPH, a non-governmental organisation founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1955. The IAPH has evolved into a global alliance of ports over its six-decade history, now encompassing 177 ports and 147 port-related businesses across 84 countries. These… Read More
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced over $47 million to fund a port improvement project in Baltimore, Maryland under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda – a key pillar of Bidenomics – this funding will help grow capacity and increase efficiency at… Read More
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – Members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, attended the 2023 Brunswick State of the Port Luncheon held at the Jekyll Island Convention Center Oct. 30, 2023. The Brunswick event followed just two weeks after the 2023 Savannah State of the Port held Oct. 12, at the Savannah Convention Center…. Read More
When the South Carolina Ports Authority expansion project in Greer is finished, tens of thousands of containers will move through the port, adding more revenue and jobs to the Upstate. The facility, located near Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, moves cargo via rail to the ports in Charleston, where they are shipped out of state. “We can… Read More
Cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 22% year-over-year to 660,553 TEUs in September, as volumes normalize after record highs last year. “For the year so far, as well as for the month of September, the seaport was the nation’s third-busiest container port, which reflects a resetting of cargo volumes… Read More
The Port of Brunswick’s ascent as one of the United States’ leading hubs for automobile imports and exports over the last decade has threatened to outpace the facility’s capacity. Not anymore. During the annual Brunswick State of the Ports luncheon on Oct. 30, Georgia Ports Authority CEO Griff Lynch highlighted expansion projects that will allow Brunswick to surpass the… Read More
Ports America has announced Rob Kusicielas as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Kusicielas will be in charge of all commercial operations and strategy for the firm, including overseeing sales, marketing, and business development teams and exploring new market possibilities. Kusicielas joins Ports America from Cargomatic, where he spent over 20 years supervising the planning,… Read More
Georgia port officials say a labor dispute over who will operate cranes at the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston could cost their state hundreds of millions of dollars if a legal decision isn’t overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Georgia Ports Authority said in a filing that a July ruling by the 4th Circuit… Read More
In the perennial tug-of-war between West Coast and East Coast ports, the momentum has shifted yet again. Imports from Asia are starting to head back to America’s Pacific gateways. East and Gulf Coast ports increased their market share in the years prior to the pandemic as the expanded Panama Canal allowed more cost-effective shipping service… Read More
According to Sea-Intelligence, the earliest recovery to the supply/demand equilibrium will begin in 2028. The market is entering a downcycle, with large surplus capacity being supplied in 2023, and the same is likely to occur in 2024. In its 637 issue of the Sunday Spotlight, Sea-Intelligence described the most desirable scenario of the overcapacity market… Read More
The innovation hubs of the Port of Hamburg, the Port of Halifax and the Port of Valencia have announced that they are in talks about the creation of a global network of port innovation hubs. The announcement of this new initiative took place during the Port Entrepreneurship International Congress, organized by Opentop and held within… Read More
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will give a progress update on the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The meeting will include updates of the 2022 Emissions Inventories, Clean Truck Fund Rate implementation, zero-emission cargo handling equipment goals, and grant funding coordination… Read More
Cargo volumes at Port Houston fell 9% year-over-year to 325,588 TEUs in September, marking the second straight month of YoY volume declines. “After a record year in 2022, we were prepared to see a slight dip in import loads and export empty containers this year,” Executive Director Roger Guenther said in a statement last month. Despite… Read More