The Port of Brownsville said March 11 that a company called America First Refining plans to build what officials describe as the first new oil refinery on the U.S. Gulf Coast in nearly 50 years, a project expected to process domestic shale crude and create hundreds of jobs in South Texas.
Port officials announced the proposed facility during a press conference at the port’s administrative offices. According to port officials, the ...
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Redwood Logistics has acquired EELCO, a Laredo, Texas-based customs brokerage and warehousing provider, expanding its cross-border capabilities along the U.S.-Mexico trade corridor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Redwood Logistics said the acquisition adds licensed customs brokerage services, Foreign-Trade Zone warehousing and additional border operations expertise to its Redwood Mexico ...
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The Port of South Louisiana on Feb. 25 marked the ribbon cutting of the Globalplex Dock Access Bridge, a publicly funded infrastructure project designed to improve cargo reliability, efficiency and heavy-load capacity at its Globalplex facility.
The bridge was financed through the Federal Maritime Administration and Louisiana’s Capital Outlay program. Port ...
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The Port of Long Beach began 2026 as the nation’s busiest seaport, recording its second-busiest January on record amid ongoing trade and tariff uncertainty, port officials said Wednesday.
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 847,765 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in January, down 11 percent from January 2025, which remains the port’s strongest ...
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Hapag-Lloyd AG said its supervisory board has elected Karl Gernandt as chairman with immediate effect, replacing Michael Behrendt, who is unable to perform his duties due to health reasons.
Behrendt will remain an ordinary member of the supervisory board, the company said. The board emphasized that the leadership change does not ...
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The American Chemistry Council and American Waterways Operators have renewed a memorandum of agreement aimed at aligning safety and audit standards across the chemical and marine transportation sectors.
The agreement reaffirms cooperation between the chemical industry’s Responsible Care program and AWO’s Responsible Carrier Program, creating a streamlined compliance pathway for marine ...
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Awery Aviation Software, or Awery, been appointed software provider for general sales and service agent (GSSA) Group Concorde, supporting its operations with a total cargo management solution.
Under the agreement, Awery’s fully integrated enterprise resource planning system will provide a single digital platform to centralize Group Concorde’s data, improving visibility and ...
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Aerios has launched a new Commercial Pricing Insights module that integrates live aggregated rate and capacity data from CargoAi, giving air cargo charter carriers real-time market visibility during the quotation process.
The London-based software developer said the module embeds CargoAi’s commercial market data directly into its Carrier App quote builder, allowing ...
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Otis Cliatt II, president of Pacific Harbor Line, was awarded a Black History Month Trailblazer of the Century Award, by U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragán for his leadership in advancing lower-emission rail operations in the San Pedro Bay port complex.
Cliatt received the award at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library during Barragán’s ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and DSV have signed a two-year agreement covering 18,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, or CO2e, emission reductions as the companies expand their decarbonization partnership in ocean freight.
The companies said the framework agreement, to begin in 2026, covers the purchase of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emission reductions generated through ...
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