New RTGs docked at Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal Port Houston surpassed 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 1,087,870 TEUs, up 2% over 2025’s record-breaking year. Total tonnage across Port Houston’s public facilities was up 5% in the first quarter, totaling 13,897,479 short tons. Port Houston handled 391,037… Read More
WASHINGTON — America wants to make its maritime sector globally competitive again. But significant obstacles stand in the way of development and expansion, says the chief U.S. ocean shipping regulator. “The message that I try to reinforce is that [shipping revitalization is] going to last many administrations past this one,’ Federal Maritime Commission Chair Laura… Read More
Seven Alaska Projects Selected from Competitive Federal Port Infrastructure Development Program Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced that Alaska has secured more than $115.4 million in federal grants through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Program. Seven Alaska projects were selected out of 37 awarded nationally, spanning coastal communities from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to… Read More
Mariners are advised that dredging operations will commence at the Port of Cape Preston West for the dredging of the transhipment channel to the BCI Minerals Mardie Salt and Potash jetty. The dredged materials will be dumped at the offshore disposal location DMPA4, located 15nm North of the Mardie jetty. The following equipment will be… Read More
By George Lauriat The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) posted a throughput of 8,897,531 TEUs — a very good year by most measures, and an exceptional year considering the geo-political and economic headwinds. On a deeper dive into the numbers, PANYNJ’s loaded TEUs were up nearly 3% over 2024 at 5,995,798… Read More
