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Project Will Significantly Grow Business at the Port, Generate Nearly 14,000 Jobs, Improve East Coast Freight Rail Transportation ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today led public and private sector leaders in breaking ground on the $466 million Howard Street Tunnel expansion project, which will reconstruct the 126-year-old freight rail tunnel to accommodate double-stacked container trains to… Read More
Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), a subsidiary of Canada’s Fednav Limited, recently announced a new river terminal on at Port Itawamba in Fulton, Miss. The operating agreement was signed back in March. The port, located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River at Mile 390, has state-of-the-art facility, which include two 30-ton hooks, a barge slip for multiple barges,… Read More
POLA reported that it handled 902,644 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), an 8% decrease compared to October 2020, which represents the highest-volume October volume tally in POLA history. The Port of Long Beach reported that total October volume—at 789,716 TEU—were down 2.1% compared to October 2020, its strongest October tally on record, while posting its second-busiest… Read More
The Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County have entered into an agreement aimed at relieving congestion at Los Angeles County ports in time for holiday shopping. Under the joint-use agreement, the port has access to Wharf 3 within the naval base, along with two buildings and about 31 acres of land within and outside… Read More
Capital improvements, customer service, and sustainability to provide economic benefits — improving quality of life for the region The Port of Seattle Commission passed its 2022 Budget and 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Plan today, with an emphasis on delivering an equitable recovery by safely operating our airport and maritime gateways, advancing capital improvement projects, and continuing… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation(NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced today the signing of a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar… Read More
A graceful wind turbine spins above the Port of Milwaukee, as ships glide in and out carrying grain, cement and other commodities from around the Great Lakes region and halfway across the world. It is the only wind turbine powering a port in the U.S., and a symbol of the way ports are aiming to… Read More
The agreement is the outcome of a six-month terminal review process between both parties and sets stage for new deepwater port and supply chain network. Charlotte, North Carolina USA and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana USA – Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District (PPHTD) and APM Terminals have announced a Letter of Intent whereby APM Terminals will… Read More
Kristen Fidler and Kristen Keene of the Maryland Port Administration gave this presentation at the inaugural BlueTechMaryland conference held in Baltimore. BlueTechMaryland is a partnership with a goal to make Maryland one of the top three BlueTech innovation clusters in the world. BlueTechMaryland is a partnership with a goal to make Maryland one of the… Read More
Bill Doyle, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, talks about President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
Follows years of advocacy and the passage of historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that will deliver at least $8.5 billion to Washington State WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) announced today that she has helped to successfully secure $20 million in federal funding for the East Marginal Way Corridor Improvement project. The United States… Read More
The $1.1 billion Houston Ship Channel expansion dubbed “Project 11” began in the first half of 2021 in an effort to speed up a deepening and widening project to accommodate bigger ships, Roger Guenther, executive director of Port Houston, said. Guenther told a monthly gathering of the Port Houston Bureau, a trade group representing operators… Read More
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced a record October for containers handled at the Port of Charleston, demonstrating eight consecutive months of record volumes at the port. The group moved 234,923 TEU at its Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal, and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in October 2021, a year-on-year increase of 9%. For… Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden announced a deal last month to establish around-the-clock operations at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest, to break an unprecedented container ship traffic jam blamed for driving up consumer prices. But that hasn’t happened yet. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said in an… Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott, who never misses an opportunity to take a swipe at California, is trying to get ships stuck off the coast of Los Angeles to come to Texas. “Texas ports are open & ready to help fix America’s supply chain backlog,” tweeted Abbott. “We can get goods out faster & at a lower… Read More