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Port of Corpus Christi CEO Sean Strawbridge’s tendered his resignation on Tuesday. “We’ve been talking about this for some time. . . . that it might be the right time for me to step away,” Strawbridge said Tuesday evening. Port commissioner Diane Gonzalez tolds 3NEWS the port commission accepted his resignation during the commission’s regularly scheduled… Read More
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has announced a new record with the arrival of the ONE Stork, marking the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. The ship is operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) within THE Alliance network and has a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEUs. This marks a significant capacity increase from the previous record-setting… Read More
Congestion at the nation’s ports has largely disappeared as import levels have fallen amid economic uncertainty. That’s according to the Global Port Tracker report released Monday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. It found that while import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is climbing back from a nearly three-year low… Read More
Macquarie Asset Management is looking to sell North American operator Ceres Terminals, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Australian investor is winding down its Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III fund focused on big physical assets in the U.S. and Canada. Ceres operates both container terminals at secondary ports and box-handling business at gateways including Georgia’s Port of… Read More
Recent US legislation, notably the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2021), and the Inflation Reduction Act, (2022), has authorised large amounts of future spending on infrastructure that would support carbon reductions and future shifts to cleaner energy. A major beneficially has been the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose work includes a Clean Ports Program, which has committed… Read More
The Port of Vancouver USA premiered its annual Port Report this week, offering the community a comprehensive review of the port’s 2022 highlights and performance. The 12-minute Port Report video can now be viewed at portvanusa.com. “We love taking the community inside the Port of Vancouver with our Port Report video. It lets everyone see… Read More
The Illinois International Port District (IIPD) is seeking a combination of state and federal grants, as well as private funding, to rehabilitate its critical infrastructure and help maintain the global supply chain. IIPD recently applied for a $37 million grant from the Federal Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to rehabilitate the 113-year-old dock… Read More
South Carolina Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin received the Outstanding Women in Supply Chain Award from supply chain management students at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “In choosing a recipient, we seek a sensational female leader who not only is at the forefront of innovation in her industry but who also empowers and encourages… Read More
Texas cites volume gains as shippers make contingency plans during protracted dockworker contract negotiations As shippers continue to shift freight lanes away from West Coast ports, citing congested facilities and labor shortages, one beneficiary of the trend has been Port Houston, which has now risen from the seventh to the fifth rank among U.S. container… Read More
JAXPORT is inviting the public to celebrate the arrival of One Stork, the largest containership ever to call Jacksonville. The magenta-colored vessel is 364 meters (1194 feet) in length. That’s almost three and a half football fields! It can carry 14,000 containers. This is compared to other large ships to call JAXPORT which topped out at… Read More
May is shaping up to be an extremely busy month for the Port of New Orleans, and it’s not just because of the steady stream of shipments from all around the globe that make their way up the mouth of the Mississippi River daily. Port officials are celebrating the seventh annual Maritime Month during May, and… Read More
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan visited the Port of Savannah on Friday. They announced the development of programs that will invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act into port infrastructure. They said the investment will help grow our nation’s ports while also helping reduce noise and air pollution…. Read More
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday confirmed three new members to the city’s Board of Harbor Commission, a five-member oversight group for the Port of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass nominated former U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Michael Muñoz and Lee Williams. The new commissioners will participate in their first meeting on May 11,… Read More
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka today received the esteemed Stanley T. Olafson Award from the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, recognizing his work in the world trade industry and leadership of the nation’s busiest container port. Seroka accepted the award, one of the oldest and most prestigious chamber awards, at the… Read More
The five largest ports in California have teamed up to open data silos to enable better flow of data between industry stakeholders. With support from the state government, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and Port Hueneme have signed an MoU for a California Port Data Partnership to “facilitate the sharing of data for… Read More