The dredge Jonathon King Boyd was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening, April 17 when it dropped a spud onto a gas pipeline. All 10 crew members were rescued by… Read More
Texas
The strangulation of the American shipping is being systematically accomplished by literally regulating American ships out of the greatest combination of sea ports! That is a crazy statement but very… Read More
The amount of cargo handled at Port Houston was up 7 percent through the first two months of 2018, signaling another strong year, Executive Director Roger Guenther announced March 27. Read More
Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), the oldest and largest tankerman service in the country, is in the midst of celebrating two company milestones—having no recordable spills or injuries within its tankerman… Read More
Watco Companies LLC, based in Pittsburg, Kan., announced that it has recently acquired the assets of Industrial Terminals L.P. and entered into a long-term lease for the use and operation… Read More
More than 100 years ago, there was a waterways transportation company that brought innovations in freight- and material-handling, expediting and dispatching to the ports of New Orleans, Galveston, Houston and… Read More
ExxonMobil Corporation has asked the Galveston Engineer District for permits to dredge a coker drum unloading site and a to build a coke/distillate dock at a site on the Neches… Read More
A call for abstracts has been issued for the 2018 National Coastal Conference hosted by the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and the Coastal Zone Foundation. The event… Read More
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
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 by… Read More
