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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
Port Houston reached a total of 313,452 TEU during February, reflecting a 15 per cent increase compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date volumes are up 6 per cent to 633,442 TEU. Though Port Houston experienced growth throughout the first two months of 2023, recently its terminals are beginning to see some softening in import demand consistent… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority has agreed to spend $170 million on 55 hybrid-engine rubber-tired gantry cranes to outfit the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal, as it is redeveloped into an all-container facility. “This significant investment in new equipment will help prepare the Port of Savannah to handle more ships and cargo while maintaining the world-class… Read More
The Georgetown County Council unanimously approved a resolution March 28 to acknowledge its approval of the impending transfer of the Port of Georgetown from the South Carolina State Ports Authority. A proviso approved in the state budget for fiscal 2022-23 requires County Council and the state ports authority board of directors to each approve the… Read More
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is adding its fifth container service at JaxPort, the Jacksonville Port Authority announced March 23. The Switzerland-based company will offer the direct, biweekly container service with seven Northern Europe destinations starting in late April at JaxPort, the port said in a news release. MSC Mediterranean’s ScanBaltic service to the U.S. focuses… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Greater Houston Port Bureau (“Port Bureau”) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Captain Eric Carrero as President. Captain Carrero has 26 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) and currently leads the Waterways Management Division for the USCG’s Eighth District, which encompasses 26 states and some of… Read More
Gulf Coast ports in Houston and New Orleans reported strong cargo volumes in February as plastics and resins helped drive exports of loaded containers. Port Houston sees import growth slowing but exports rising Port Houston container volume in February rose 15% compared to the same month last year to 313,452 twenty-foot equivalent units. “Our cargo activities… Read More
First, we didn’t have enough goods. Then, we had too many. Now, 43% less imports were processed at the Port of Los Angeles in February compared to the same time last year. The only other time imports at the port have been this low was March 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m very… Read More
FLORENCE — While many US ports struggled with supply chain problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Carolina ports — specifically the Port of Charleston — seized the opportunity to improve. The Port of Charleston jumped from the ninth to the eighth largest port in the country and knocked the Port of Oakland down one in doing… Read More