JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Starting in May, a Singapore-based shipping company will begin carrying cargo between north Florida and four Asian ports, officials said. The start of service at the Port of Jacksonville by Sea Lead Shipping Pte. Ltd. will likely create between 800 and 1,500 jobs, Jacksonville Port Authority CEO Eric Green said Friday… Read More
JAXPORT is making new connections in the Asia market, the latest being Singapore-based Sea Lead as part of the shipping line’s expansion into the U.S. East Coast market. The new four-ship rotation service will connect JAXPORT as the final stop of the East Coast line to one South Korean port and three Chinese ports. The… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles has announced the appointment of Dina Aryan-Zahlan as chief harbor engineer, lead of the port’s engineering division. She replaces David Walsh who retired in December 2021. Aryan-Zahlan has served as the port’s assistant chief harbor engineer since 2015, overseeing the planning, development and design of infrastructure and facilities that support… Read More
Port Houston maintained momentum during the first month of 2022 following its busiest year in history for containers. Records show container volume in January totaled 323,427 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) which is 27 percent more than the same month in 2021. This is the biggest January ever for Port Houston containers. “Following a busy holiday… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) today announced that the Company and Howard Energy Partners (“ HEP”) have entered into an option agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (the “Port”) to pursue commercial carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) opportunities on-site at the Port of Corpus Christi. The project will… Read More
McCarthy Building Companies has started work on Phase 2 of the Main Street Terminal 1 project at the Port of Beaumont in Texas. This follows approval by the port’s Board of Commissioners of McCarthy’s $57.3 million construction bid for the project, which is aimed at increasing the port’s general cargo handling capacity by more than… Read More
Yard, dock, river improvements support expanding trade At Savannah State of the Port on Feb 24, Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) executive director, unveiled plans to expand the port’s container capacity by 60 percent. The enhancements will bring the Port of Savannah’s annual capacity from 6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units to 9.5 million… Read More
Charleston queue hits 31 ships, 13 at Norfolk West Coast union talks loom amid tight port capacity Congestion at East Coast North America container ports worsened as more ships diverted to avoid West Coast gridlock, further delaying the flow of goods to consumers and driving up costs, sources said Feb. 22. There were 31 ships… Read More
Congestion at East Coast North America container ports worsened as more ships diverted to avoid West Coast gridlock, further delaying the flow of goods to consumers and driving up costs, sources said Feb. 22. There were 31 ships anchored off the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 22 while another 13 were waiting off the… Read More
It nearly doubles last year’s investment in PIDP for states and port authorities Aid is on the way to help the U.S. economy’s struggle with overwhelmed ports and supply chain issues. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has made $450 million available in grant funding for port-related projects through the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration’s Port… Read More
Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther has been named to the International Maritime Hall of Fame, as announced Monday by the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey (MAPONY/NJ). Guenther will be among six global shipping leaders who “all have shown unwavering leadership and dedication to advancing the industry through innovation,… Read More
The Port of Beaumont has started construction on Phase II of its Main Street Terminal 1 project. The Main Street Terminal 1 project is the largest of 20 in the Port’s 2022 Capital Improvement Plan. Phase II of the project includes demolition of a failed dock structure and construction of a new state-of-the-art general cargo… Read More
James Fawcett knows shipping. His decades-long career includes service in the U.S. Navy as a ship pilot and communications officer, plus a decade as a port manager and chief of planning for Los Angeles County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors. He has spent the last 25 years with USC Sea Grant, a part of the USC Wrigley… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has processed 865,595 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in January, a 3.6-percent increase compared to last year. It was the Port’s busiest January in its 115-year history. January’s record numbers followed a historic year in 2021, during which North America’s leading seaport by container volume and cargo value saw a… Read More
On February 8, the Port of San Diego Commissioners unanimously agreed to allow BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard to take advantage of $50 million worth of infrastructure improvements to begin later this year. According to David Thomas, vice president and general manager at BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc., the improvements will support the… Read More