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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will hold its first Regular Commission Monthly Meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 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… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Board of Commissioners (The Board) has passed two resolutions to expedite the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor. According to Port NOLA, this is a route for St. Bernard Parish that will connect the new $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) to the interstate system, providing a road that St. Bernard Parish… Read More
Port of Corpus Christi customers set a new high mark in annual tonnage during 2023, moving more than 200 million tons of goods through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for the first time in its history. The 203 million tons moved in 2023 was an 8.1 percent increase from the prior year. The new high… Read More
In a bid to overcome financial obstacles, the Port of Portland, custodians of Oregon’s sole international container hub, Terminal 6 (T6), has sought state aid. Curtis Robinhold, the port’s Executive Director, has penned a letter soliciting a $10 million lifeline from Oregon’s state officials. The plea was directed to notable figures such as Oregon House… Read More
HOUSTON – Port Houston ended the year on a high note with container twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) up 11% for the month as compared to last December. In addition, December 2023 was the biggest December on record for loaded exports, which were also up 11%, totaling 119,970 TEUs. Loaded imports increased 11% for the month compared… Read More
Portland city officials have announced they have secured just over $25 million to fund the first part of a new dredging project for Portland Harbor, to make sure the harbor remains deep enough to accommodate commercial traffic, including cruise ships. “We’re delighted to learn that we’ve secured the final piece of funding and can now… Read More
“We came out of Covid stronger than we were going in,” said Chris Chase, marketing manager for the Port of Los Angeles. The port now has year-round business from Royal Caribbean, which was in the works pre-pandemic, but is now a reality, he said. “They were not in the Pacific market and we worked hard… Read More
U.S. importers are rediscovering the lure of Southern California ports. Trade is swinging back to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach after a period in which pandemic-driven shipping disruptions and broader shifts in manufacturing pushed supply chains more heavily toward Gulf Coast and East Coast ports. The Southern California ports in September, October and November recorded… Read More
Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld has announced Jonathan Daniels as the new executive director of the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration. Mr. Daniels is currently chief executive officer and director at Port Everglades in Broward County, Fla., and has more than 30 years of port and economic development experience. He will begin… Read More
APMT announced the execution of a letter of intent for the terminal with the Plaquemines Port Harbour and Terminal District (Plaquemines Port), which had selected AMPT to operate the planned deepwater terminal. Plaquemines Port will lease the land to APM Terminals under a 30-year agreement with extension options. APM Terminals estimates the initial investment in terminal… Read More
The ports of Southeast Texas are getting more money thanks to a grant from the State of Texas. The Texas Transportation Commission is giving a $240 million grant to ports across the state to improve safety and infrastructure. Four ports in Southeast Texas will split $66 million of that grant to fund six different projects. This is… Read More
South Carolina (SC) Ports has revealed an annual economic impact of $22.3 billion in the Midlands region each year by moving cargo for port-dependent businesses. This is a quarter of SC Ports’ $87 billion annual economic impact across the state, according to a recent study by research economist and University of South Carolina Professor, Joseph… Read More
Miami-Dade County’s PortMiami has been named “Best North American Homeport” by Cruise Critic. The seaport is receiving a 2023 Editors’ Picks Award for its commitment to excellence in servicing the global cruise industry and providing a world-class experience for passengers and cruise lines. “This award is a testament to PortMiami’s unwavering dedication to innovation and… Read More
Embarking on longer detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa have pushed ocean freight rates by up to $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships have diverted more than $200 billion of goods away from the Red Sea waterway to avoid strikes by Houthi militants. U.S.-owned commercial vessel, the Gibraltar Eagle, was… Read More
Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) proudly announces the execution of a letter of intent with APM Terminals to build a state-of-the-art container terminal on the West Bank of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. APM Teriminals is one of the largest terminal operators in the world and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, a global… Read More