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Port Freeport, Texas, Welcomes New Gantry Cranes

Dredging & Marine Construction

Port Freeport, Texas, Welcomes New Gantry Cranes

October 31, 2025

Port Freeport in Texas received two Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes recently, coinciding with the port’s 100th anniversary. The cranes arrived September 22, transported fully erected aboard a heavy-lift vessel. Read More

Cooper Consolidated, E-Crane Host Christening For Creole King Lance Rase, senior vice president for the terminal, marine and transportation divisions of CGB Enterprises, christens the crane barge Creole King in New Iberia, La., July 11. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Lance Rase, senior vice president for the terminal, marine and transportation divisions of CGB Enterprises, christens the crane barge Creole King in New Iberia, La., July 11. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Cooper Consolidated, E-Crane Host Christening For Creole King

July 18, 2025

E-Crane hosted a christening ceremony July 11 with Lower Mississippi River-based stevedore Cooper Consolidated at the Port of Iberia for the Creole King, a barge-mounted stevedoring crane. E-Crane is a… Read More

Port Houston INFRA Grant For Barbours Cut Totals Nearly $80 Million

July 22, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) an Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant totaling more than $79.4 million. According to… Read More