The Port of Pittsburgh, spanning 12 counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, encompasses nearly 200 miles of commercially navigable waterways—including three major rivers. The Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers are made navigable… Read More
Ports & Terminals
After waiting 28 years for Congress to come up with funding for its 1990 authorization of dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to 54 feet, the Port of Corpus… Read More
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed March 27 between four ports in St. Louis, Mo., and the Port of Plaquemines, La., is laying the groundwork for a collaboration focused on… Read More
Tanners Creek Development LLC is asking the Louisville Engineer District to allow the temporary mooring of a deck barge and clamshell loader in connection with ongoing demolition work at the… Read More
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomed Big Hope 1, the “pink barge” owned by Ceres Barge Line, for the first time February 19. The barge’s cargo—a large coker… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Port Houston’s port authority as one of the winners of its 2018 Rear Adm. Richard E. Bennis Award for Excellence in Maritime Security on… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi (Texas), the fourth largest port in the U.S. in total tonnage, has earned the 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award (TEEA) in Pollution Prevention, presented… Read More
Clayton Harris III, executive director of the Illinois International Port District, pictured here with graduates of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s RENEW program, said the Port of Chicago’s newly… Read More
New Neo-Panamax crane unloads a 13,300-TEU vessel at Savannah. (Photo courtesy of Georgia Ports Authority) The first of Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) four new Neo-Panamax cranes came online… Read More
Sennebogen 870 R-HD can reach down 50 feet to unload barges in low water. (photo courtesy of Sennebogen) Located at the confluence of the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland rivers, and just… Read More
