When Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast near Matagorda, 100 miles southwest of Houston, as a Category 1 storm at 4 a.m. local time July 8, it brought power outages,… Read More
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) unveiled the newest member of its Galveston-to-Port Bolivar ferry fleet on March 8, a hybrid-powered vehicle and passenger ferry designed by Houston-based The Shearer… Read More
Port Houston Commission Chairman Ric Campo took to the stage September 6 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston to deliver the annual State of the Port address. Speaking to… Read More
Houston, Pa.-based Campbell Transportation Company (CTC) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new southern base of operations at Four Oaks Place in the Uptown area of Houston, Texas. The… Read More
With new company Eckstein Fleeting Services, Kasey Eckstein is taking over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in the greater Corpus Christi area. Located at Mile 535.5 on… Read More
Last year’s tonnage growth at the Port of Corpus Christi has continued into this year, with the port logging record tonnage in the first quarter of 2023. In January, February… Read More
For Corpus Christi, Texas, the recently passed $1.7 trillion consolidated appropriations bill contained a crucial section that set aside $157.3 million to close out the final phase of the Corpus… Read More
November 3 marked the return of an in-person ERL Inc. open house event, previously canceled due to COVID restrictions in 2020 and 2021. The annual event—held at shop headquarters in… Read More
Orion Marine Group, a segment of Houston-based Orion Group Holdings Inc., held a christening ceremony in Port Lavaca, Texas, November 10 for its newly rebuilt cutterhead dredge, Lavaca. The Lavaca,… Read More
Back in 2009, Verret Shipyard built a 55- by 20-foot, 1,000 hp. towboat with a spider deck called the mv. Donnie, named after Verret Shipyard President Ted Verret’s late brother. Read More
