Port Houston reported June 21 that it handled 364,866 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in May, marking an increase of 21 percent—or more than 64,000 TEUs—compared to the same month last… Read More
Bayport Container Terminal
October was the biggest month ever for loaded exports at Port Houston, up 6 percent compared to October 2022, the port announced November 16. Port Houston’s loaded exports are up… Read More
Port Commission Chairman Ric Campo announced during the October 24 meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority that Port Houston had received nearly $36 million from… Read More
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
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
Port Houston hit an all-time record for monthly container volumes in May, handling 335,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, a 16 percent increase over the same month last year. Roger Guenther, Port… Read More
A trio of new neo-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes arrived at the Port of Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal last month. Standing 158 feet and with an outreach width of 22 containers,… Read More
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the award of more than $241 million from the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) Port Infrastructure Development Program grants December 23. (See Washington Waves for… Read More
The Houston office of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Companies has announced it has been awarded three port construction projects at sites on the Houston Ship Channel. Two of the three… Read More
Port Houston is a sprawling port complex located on the strategic Houston Ship Channel, a waterway dating to 1914 that connects the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the… Read More
