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Huge $53 Million Galveston Terminal Upgrade for New Carnival Cruise Ship

TX, United States

Galveston, Texas, is setting the stage for the arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest member of its fleet, the Carnival Jubilee. An impressive sum of $53 million is being poured into expanding and upgrading Cruise Terminal 25 at Galveston Wharves to prepare for the ship’s arrival in December 2023. Carnival Jubilee will be homeported at Galveston Wharves… Read More

State Legislature OKs $3.5M for Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 1 project

WA, United States

The Port of Vancouver’s Terminal 1 Public Market is one step closer to reality after the Washington Legislature allocated $3.5 million for the removal of the port’s century-old Terminal 1 dock. The Legislature’s final capital budget for 2023 included funding for the next phase of the port’s Terminal 1 redevelopment project. The budget was signed into law… Read More

Port Houston Volumes Buoyed by Strong Exports Amid Expected Slight Softening of Imports

TX, United States

Port Houston’s container exports continue to outpace historic 2022 volumes. Loaded exports specifically are up 17% year-to-date compared to last year, due in large part to the demand for resin exports. In total, 1,026,260 loaded TEUs were handled through April at Port Houston, surpassing the 1 million-mark earlier in the year than ever before. A slight softening… Read More

Georgia Ports Authority to build rail hub in Gainesville

GA, United States

Dive Brief: Georgia Ports Authority has received approval to expand capacity with an inland rail hub in Gainesville, Georgia, according to a press release. Once built, the Northeast Georgia Inland Port will be able to handle 60,000 containers per year and help alleviate a round-trip truck route of 602 miles on Georgia highways. Construction for the… Read More

Burns & McDonnell Awarded Design Contract by Port Muskogee

VA, United States

Port Muskogee has contracted engineering, construction and architecture firm Burns & McDonnell as design lead for the port’s waterfront and recovery resiliency project. This project will provide updated waterfront infrastructure, addressing damage previously sustained by the port during a 2019 flood. The work comes after Port Muskogee contracted with Burns & McDonnell in February 2021… Read More

Five Shipping and Intermodal Leaders Inducted Into 29th International Maritime Hall of Fame in NYC

NY, United States

Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ Sponsors Gala New York City – May 18, 2023–Five global shipping and intermodal leaders were inducted yesterday into the 29th International Maritime Hall of Fame sponsored by the Maritime Association of New York/ New Jersey. The recipients were recognized for their leadership and commitment to advancing the maritime… Read More

Seattle Maritime Works Campaign Kicks Off

WA, United States

The Port of Seattle has announced that local maritime organizations, including the port, have kicked off a local “Maritime Works” campaign drawing awareness to local opportunities for young adults looking for a high-wage career based in Puget Sound. For the first time, essential maritime career information is consolidated on one website where multiple career paths… Read More

JAXPORT partners support continued growth of LNG as a clean marine fuel

FL, United States

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) facilitated the move of dozens of specialty liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks through the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. Owned by LNG supplier Eagle LNG Partners LLC, half of the tanks will be used to temporarily increase storage at its Jacksonville LNG bunker facility near the Talleyrand Marine Terminal,… Read More

Port Houston Sees Surge in Container Exports

TX, United States

As U.S. imports continue to come in well below last year’s records, Port Houston has announced that its container exports are surpassing historic volumes seen in 2022, signaling strong growth in the region. Loaded exports, particularly driven by the demand for resin exports, have increased by an impressive 17% year-to-date compared to last year. The port has… Read More

Port of Brownsville among leading maritime ports for waterborne cargo

TX, United States

Consistently setting new records, the Port of Brownsville continues to gain national prominence among the leading maritime ports in the United States. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ most recent annual report ranking 150 maritime ports nationwide, the Port of Brownsville rose to 55th position in the country for the movement of waterborne… Read More

Port Houston Volumes Buoyed by Strong Exports

TX, United States

Amid expected slight softening of imports HOUSTON – Port Houston’s container exports continue to outpace historic 2022 volumes. Loaded exports specifically are up 17% year-to-date compared to last year, due in large part to the demand for resin exports. In total, 1,026,260 loaded TEUs were handled through April at Port Houston, surpassing the 1 million-mark… Read More

Sean Strawbridge resigns as Port of Corpus Christi CEO

TX, United States

Port of Corpus Christi CEO Sean Strawbridge’s tendered his resignation on Tuesday. “We’ve been talking about this for some time. . . . that it might be the right time for me to step away,” Strawbridge said Tuesday evening. Port commissioner Diane Gonzalez tolds 3NEWS the port commission accepted his resignation during the commission’s regularly scheduled… Read More

Deepened Jacksonville Port Sets New ‘Largest Ship’ Record

FL, United States

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has announced a new record with the arrival of the ONE Stork, marking the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. The ship is operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) within THE Alliance network and has a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEUs. This marks a significant capacity increase from the previous record-setting… Read More

Imports expected to remain below 2022 for most of this year

United States

Congestion at the nation’s ports has largely disappeared as import levels have fallen amid economic uncertainty. That’s according to the Global Port Tracker report released Monday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. It found that while import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is climbing back from a nearly three-year low… Read More

Macquarie Seeks Buyer for Ceres Terminals

United States

Macquarie Asset Management is looking to sell North American operator Ceres Terminals, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Australian investor is winding down its Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III fund focused on big physical assets in the U.S. and Canada. Ceres operates both container terminals at secondary ports and box-handling business at gateways including Georgia’s Port of… Read More

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