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Port Of Houston Container Volume On Record Pace Through First Nine Months Of Year

November 23, 2018

Container volume at Port Houston (Texas) container terminals remains vigorous as cargo movement continues to lead last year’s pace showing a 10 percent growth through the third quarter. In 2015,… Read More

New FML Subsidiary Opens Warehouse At Houston Port Caption for photo: New facility features 140,000 square feet of warehouse and 10 acres of open laydown area. (Photo courtesy of FML)

Caption for photo: New facility features 140,000 square feet of warehouse and 10 acres of open laydown area. (Photo courtesy of FML)

New FML Subsidiary Opens Warehouse At Houston Port

November 21, 2018

Freight Management Logistics LLC (FML) recently launched a subsidiary company, FML Warehousing & Logistics Services LLC (FML Warehousing & Logistics), and commenced the operation of a new warehouse facility. The… Read More

Thrustmaster Gets Majority Stake In Blue Thruster

November 19, 2018

Thrustmaster Holdings B.V., affiliated with U.S.-based Thrustmaster of Texas Inc., has acquired a 58.5 percent stake in Blue Thruster, a Dutch-based maritime innovations company. With the transaction, Thrustmaster, a global… Read More

Jupiter Announces Pipeline Funding

November 19, 2018

Jupiter MLP LLC, a privately held midstream company that provides crude oil producers and gas plants with logistics and offtake solutions, announced October 17 that it has secured a funding… Read More

A Year After Harvey, AWO Touts Industry Resiliency

November 9, 2018

During its recent 2018 Fall Convention in Houston, Texas, the members of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) heard from AWO Chairman Tom Marian, general counsel at Buffalo Marine Service Inc.,… Read More

Corpus Christi Port Sets Tonnage Record

October 22, 2018

In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi (Texas) reached a new milestone—setting a new tonnage record of 79.3 million tons. This surpasses the previous record… Read More

Port Freeport Receives 29th GFOA Award Port Freeport GFOA Award

Port Freeport Receives 29th GFOA Award

October 22, 2018

For the 29th consecutive year, Port Freeport received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for… Read More

Vessel Repair Delivers Mv. Brady Dawson To Kirby The Brady Dawson, right, is the first of four boats Vessel Repair is building for Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Brady Dawson, right, is the first of four boats Vessel Repair is building for Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Vessel Repair Delivers Mv. Brady Dawson To Kirby

October 12, 2018

Mariners on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of Houston last week might have caught a glimpse of a towboat that’s not only new to the waterway but also marks a… Read More

Inland Marine Service Celebrating 30th Anniversary The first boat that IMS operated was the mv. Queen City, which IMS began operating on the Upper Mississippi River on May 31, 1988.

The first boat that IMS operated was the mv. Queen City, which IMS began operating on the Upper Mississippi River on May 31, 1988.

Inland Marine Service Celebrating 30th Anniversary

September 25, 2018

Inland Marine Service (IMS), the largest inland marine vessel management company in the United States, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018 as a third-generation, family-owned and -operated business with… Read More

Open Houses Set For Corpus Christi Channel Plan

September 17, 2018

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority has announced it will host two open houses this month focused on the port’s efforts to study the feasibility of deepening the Corpus Christi… Read More