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Developers and port officials in Dallas County, Texas, are talking with leaders building the new Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District/Louisiana Gateway Project to expand the reach of the budding Gulf of Mexico facility. Plaquemines Port Executive Director Sandy Sanders told Transport Topics he believes a direct rail line between the locations would benefit both… Read More
US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Daniel Maffei has visited the Port of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to address increasing congestion. The seaport has witnessed a cargo increase of nearly 12 per cent year-to-date compared to the same period last year and an astounding rise of 34 per cent in cargo volume compared to… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther provided a mid-year cargo report to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority during its regular monthly meeting on August 2. “We’re at the halfway point of 2022, and Port Houston business is strong across the board,” he said. “Total tonnage across all the public facilities… Read More
The Port of Savannah continues to see “unprecedented” cargo volumes as it continues to pick up diverted capacity from the U.S. West Coast. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced Monday that July’s cargo volumes came in at 530,800 TEU, for an increase of 18% compared to last year. The number sets a new all-time monthly… Read More
Yesterday, in response to growing concerns about congestion at the Port of New York and New Jersey, Chairman Maffei and Managing Director Lucille Marvin (also the current Acting Director of the Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance) visited Newark and met with representatives from the trucking community and marine terminal operators. Last week, both the… Read More
GREAT FALLS, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shaza Andersen, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trustar Bank in Great Falls, VA, has been appointed to the Board of Commissioners of the Virginia Port Authority by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. Ms. Andersen will serve a five-year term effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027. A favored and sought-after authority on leadership, banking,… Read More
As ports around the world are struggling to keep up with record volumes and manage the growing number of containers in their yards, the Port of New York and New Jersey has come up with a unique approach announcing plans to launch a quarterly “container imbalance fee” for ocean carriers. The port authority is urging… Read More
Travel south to where Louisiana’s land gives way to the sea, and then keep going. It might feel like you’re driving to the end of the world, traveling across a tall, winding bridge above broken marsh to reach the state’s southernmost port. Upon arrival, you’re first greeted by elevated fishing camps before passing a long… Read More
Singapore and Rotterdam have joined forces to develop the world’s longest green shipping corridor for low and zero carbon shipping. The Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam inked a memorandum of understanding to establish the green and digital corridor on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit in… Read More
Billions of dollars in federal grants aimed at reducing air pollution at seaports are included in the Democrats’ inflation bill with the caveat that the money cannot be used to automate container terminals. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, announced last week by Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is a pared… Read More
Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday a third-party logistics provider will create 75 new jobs in New Hanover County. Port City Logistics plans to construct a 150,000-square-foot “high velocity” transload facility with cross-dock doors located near the Port of Wilmington. This buildout will cost around $16 million and will introduce a warehouse storage space designed… Read More
Anew study from The Water Institute aims to help The Greater Lafourche Port Commission leadership find the best use of dredge material resulting from Port Fourchon dredging and expansion. Results will help improve the resilience of the port, serve long-term needs of local communities, and improve the ecosystem. The work was done using a “community-informed… Read More
Besides congestion, strikes at major ports in Europe, Asia and North America have become another addition to multiple challenges facing shippers. UK is the latest country teetering on the edge of a potential port strike. This could severely affect shipping at Felixstowe and Liverpool, two of UK’s major ports. Interestingly, the port strikes have spread… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 5.76 million twenty-foot equivalent container units during the last fiscal year, up 8% over fiscal 2021, the agency reported Tuesday, July 26. Several external developments are playing a role in the increased activity at the Port of Savannah, including labor-management disputes at West Coast ports and the diversion… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi achieved its best quarter and best first half in the Port’s 100-year history, this month. In Q2 2022, the Port moved a record 46.4 million tons, eclipsing the prior record quarter (Q4 2021) by 4.8 percent. The Port of Corpus Christi also closed out June by celebrating not only its… Read More