U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Maritime Administrator Adm. Ann Philips and a host of other leaders and stakeholders gathered at Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal August 4 to celebrate the… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Perry Nicosia, the district attorney for St. Bernard Parish, the community immediately downriver from New Orleans, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the parish government that challenges the jurisdictional… Read More
Port Houston handled 315,983 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in June 2023, making the total for the year thus far more than 1.8 million TEUs, a decrease of just 2 percent… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi’s customers moved nearly 50 million tons of goods through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the second quarter of this year, setting a record for… Read More
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill June 30 that, among other things, included $37 million toward the improvement and growth of two Missouri River ports in Kansas City. The… Read More
As expected, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act on June 30, along with more than 150 other bills. Robert Sinkler, water resources infrastructure director of… Read More
Port Houston, the nation’s fifth largest container port by TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), extended its reach well inland in June with the addition of intermodal container service by both Union… Read More
The Ports of Indiana Commission welcomed two new port directors and received an update on its business and plans for the future at its meeting June 15 in Mount Vernon,… Read More
In a surprise move, the Louisiana legislature struck $130 million in long-term funding from the state’s capital outlay bill June 8 that would have supported construction of the Louisiana International… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District, in coordination with the non-federal sponsor, Kaskaskia Regional Port District, is hosting an in-person public meeting June 22 to discuss a navigation study for Kaskaskia… Read More
