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Commission Adds $2M to Youth Career Launch Pilot Program

WA, United States

The Port of Seattle Commission approved another two million dollars in funding for its Youth Career Launch Pilot Program, nearly doubling its resources. This puts total funding for the program, an evolution of the Port’s Opportunity Youth Initiative, at $4.1 million for the next three years. The additional revenue comes directly from the faster-than-expected recovery… Read More

Maryland seeks solutions for ship stuck in Chesapeake Bay

MD, United States

ANNAPOLIS— The subject during the Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday was wetlands licenses, but Comptroller Peter Franchot brought up the thing that everyone was actually thinking about – the boat. Ever Forward, the enormous container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay that has been a nearly one-month headache for the U.S. Coast Guard, the… Read More

Virginia port gets final piece of federal funding for dredging project

VA, United States

The Port of Virginia yesterday announced that the U.S. government has approved the final piece of funding needed to begin work on the port’s dredging project, which will create the deepest and widest shipping channels on the East Coast by late 2024. The work plan, released last week by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers,… Read More

Coast Guard: Ever Forward’s containers to be removed before new effort to refloat stuck ship

MD, United States

GIBSON ISLAND, Md. — Crews will remove the shipping containers from the Ever Forward, a container ship that has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday. The Coast Guard said in a statement that salvage experts determined they can’t overcome the ground force of the Ever Forward in… Read More

PSA acquires 2nd Port of Halifax container terminal

Canada

With its acquisition of Ceres Halifax, PSA International will operate two container terminals in Nova Scotia, Canada. PSA announced late last week that it had acquired the Fairview Cove terminal at the Port of Halifax from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. It already owned the Atlantic Hub terminal, which it acquired in 2019, and will operate… Read More

Port of Los Angeles completes $65 million Everport Terminal Improvement Project

CA, United States

The Port of Los Angeles has completed the construction of its $65 million Everport Container Terminal Improvement Project.  The scheme looked to improve Everport’s container handling efficiency and capacity, while also allowing it to accommodate the projected fleet mix of larger vessels anticipated to call at the terminal over the next two decades. The deployment… Read More

JEA supports raising transmission lines across St. Johns River, just not paying for it

FL, United States

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A plan to raise high voltage transmission lines across the St. Johns River got the tacit support of JEA Board members, even as they declined to foot the bill. At its Tuesday meeting, the JEA Board responded to increasing pressure from JaxPort officials to get the project underway. In a letter first… Read More

Feds secure $84M+ for dredging project to benefit bay islands, Port of Baltimore

MD, United States

STEVENSVILLE, Md. — More than $84 million in federal funding will help restore islands in the Chesapeake Bay while helping the Port of Baltimore maintain competitiveness. As growth continues at the port, Maryland has taken major measures to ensure more, larger shipping traffic can get to it, which means a significant amount of dredging. Now,… Read More

NTSB: Tanker engine problem led to $7.55 million hit on loading dock

TX, United States

In another example of an engine problem resulting in a big bill, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on a March 15, 2021 incident in which the 115,406 dwt Maltese-flag oil tanker Riverside made contact with a loading dock in the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Though no injuries or pollution… Read More

First Attempt at Refloating Ever Forward Unsuccessful

MD, United States

Ever Forward remains stuck in Chesapeake Bay more than two weeks after its grounding. The initial effort to refloat the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland proved to be unsuccessul after tugs failed to dislodge the ship on Tuesday. Five tugs were used for the operation, which kicked off today at around noon. The configuration included two… Read More

Georgia Ports Authority expedites more than $500 million in capacity expansion projects

GA, United States

Following continued record growth, the Georgia Ports Authority is expediting more than $500 million in capacity expansion projects that were originally anticipated for the years to come. “This growth plan is part of an overall strategy to enhance operations, accommodate increased demand, and deliver the world-class service and reliability that have become synonymous with GPA,”… Read More

Tulsa Ports see growth and opportunity in 2022

OK, United States

Global supply chain delays, container ship traffic jams, and modern-day train robberies are just some of the stories making headlines in recent weeks. As a result, the Nation’s focus has been drawn to freight logistics and containerized shipping. Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., Chairman of the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority, says that attention is… Read More

Corps of Engineers proposes $157 million to finish port’s ship channel improvement project

TX, United States

The Corps’ budget, which includes funding to complete the ship channel project, was unveiled on Monday as part of the $5.8-trillion spending plan for FY2023 by the Biden Administration. Funding to complete the Port of Corpus Christi’s year-long ship channel improvement project could be coming. A 2023 fiscal year budget proposed by the Army Corps of… Read More

Dredging to free container ship grounded in US bay halted

MD, United States

Washington, Mar 27 (IANS): The dredging operation to free the container ship Ever Forward grounded in the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the US was suspended due to weather conditions. William Doyle, executive director of the Port of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, tweeted that the dredging operation is expected to resume… Read More

Dredging project to deepen Port of Florence, improve access

AL, United States

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A dredging project planned for later this year at the Port of Florence will remove tons of silt and allow for better access for barges when water gets low on the Tennessee River during the winter. The TimesDaily reported that the work, set to begin during the summer, is being funded… Read More

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