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The Port of Virginia is planning to invest more than $18 million to expand capacity at the Virginia Inland Port (VIP) near Front Royal and the Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT). At VIP, the Port of Virginia has plans to expand and reconfigure the terminal’s rail operation and the container stack yard through building three new… Read More
Eight industry leaders have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study on the potential of green ammonia as a fuel for ships on the US East Coast. Partners include American Bureau of Shipping, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), Fleet Management Limited, Georgia Ports Authority, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping,… Read More
The Illinois International Port District (IIPD) has received $24.5 million in funding from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Cook County, the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to help rebuild and reestablish vital infrastructure, critical to the global economy. IDOT’s Competitive Freight Program Grant, worth more than $15… Read More
Normal operations resumed at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as dockworkers returned to container terminals for the Friday evening shift. “It’s a go,” said Alan McCorkle, chief executive officer of Yusen Terminals LLC at the Port of Los Angeles. “Labor is showing up.” Worker shortages shuttered container terminals on Thursday evening and Friday morning…. Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Monday, March 20. Chairman Ric Campo opened the meeting regarding the continued progress of the Houston Ship Channel expansion and deepening program, Project 11. The project is still on time and on budget. However, he acknowledged the anticipation of $180 million in government… Read More
Georgia Ports Authority has emerged as a major beneficiary of a widespread shift away from West Coast ports. And port officials are moving quickly to ensure that momentum doesn’t slow. The Port of Savannah handled record cargo volumes of 3.8 million TEUs for the fiscal year to date from July 2022 to Feb. 2023, with… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey regained the top spot as the busiest shipping port in the country, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Although U.S. port activity is typically quieter in February due to overseas production slowdowns and closures related to the Lunar New Year holiday, the Port Authority’s… Read More
The increasing promise of green ammonia in the maritime industries is rapidly being recognised. Now some major players in the maritime industry have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake a feasibility study of green ammonia to fuel ships operating on the east coast of the United States. Ammonia is a promising alternative marine… Read More
A container ship that made its way up the Columbia River Wednesday is the largest ever to dock at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, narrowly edging out another massive ship that set the previous record last year. The MSC Katie began heading upriver from Astoria Wednesday morning and had made it as far as Kalama… Read More
Soon, the soothing sounds of nature from Charleston’s downtown waterfront will be accessible to everyone with a newly designed Union Pier. “The redevelopment of Union Pier is designed with Charleston in mind,” President and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority Barbara Melvin said. The design brings the past to the future along Concord Street…. Read More
The labor contract for Canada’s West Coast ports expired on Friday, March 31 with the union already saying that they are at an impasse with their employers. The Canadian federal government is becoming involved, deferring the possibility of strikes till at least June in what is likely to be protracted negotiations. The last five-year contract… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey is once again claiming the title of the business container seaport in the United States surpassing the volumes of its traditionally busier West Coast rivals in Los Angeles and Long Beach both on the volume of imports and exports. While shipping volumes globally have slowed in the… Read More
With the first quarter of 2023 officially in the books, U.S. seaports want to know what the rest of the year holds as they prepare for what they hope will be a fall peak shipping season. A panel of port executives who gathered here this week for the American Association of Port Authorities’ annual legislative… Read More
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has appointed Jacksonville business and civic leader Soo Gilvarry to JAXPORT’s Board of Directors. The Jacksonville City Council unanimously approved Gilvarry’s appointment on March 28. Gilvarry is the CEO/Owner of Jacksonville-based Lotus Commercial USA LLC, which specializes in commercial real estate development, including the ongoing multi-million redevelopment of the historic former… Read More
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Monday, March 20, and got updates on progress with the Houston Ship Channel deepening project and on the impact of softening container imports. Chairman Ric Campo reported that the Houston Ship Channel expansion and deepening program, Project 11, is still on time and on budget. However,… Read More