Galveston Wharves staff and construction contractors have provided updates on five projects totaling US$77.5 million to expand and improve our West Port Cargo Complex.
Funding for the projects comes from a US$36 million state grant and port cash reserves, largely generated from our growing cruise business.
Here’s a summary of each project and its progress:
Pier 41 Pavement Replacement Project – Replacing about six acres of paving to improve cargo movements. The US$5.5 ...
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MSC Verona, an LNG-powered 16,000 twenty-foot equivalent-unit, or TEU, container ship, on March 24 became the largest cargo ship to ever visit the Port of Boston’s Conely Container Terminal.
MSC Verona is 1,200 feet long – the length of four football fields – and 167 feet wide. Massport said the vessel’s ...
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The World Trade Center New Orleans, or WTCNO hopes to utilize comprehensive analysis to optimize global commodity flows and maximize the economic benefits of the Lower Mississippi River region.
The Lower Mississippi River Commodity Analysis represents a collaborative effort between Louisiana’s five-deep draft ports along the Lower Mississippi River – the ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or PANYNJ, on March 27 approved a lease extension for A.P. Moller – Maersk’s APM Terminals Elizabeth lease through December 2062, Maersk reported.
Originally set to expire in 2029, the 33-year lease extension marks a significant milestone in the company’s relationship with ...
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APM Terminals has acquired the Panama Canal Railway Co., or PCRC, from Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd and the Lanco Group/Mi‑Jack.
PCRC operates a 47-mile, single-line railway adjacent to the Panama Canal that mainly facilitates cargo movement between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In 2024, the PCRC generated US$77 million of ...
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Fast-moving changes in supply chains across the world are more complex and unexpected than ever says international freight and cargo handling insurer.
A recent bulletin from TT Club, mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry, focuses on drug smuggling and cargo theft in the ...
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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. said March 28 that it has purchased three 8,000 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit methanol dual-fuel-ready containerships from Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
The vessels are being built by Imabari Shipbuilding and are scheduled for delivery between 2028 and 2029. Yang Ming said the acquisition will strengthen its global service network ...
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Global platform Trade Tech Inc. said it is streamlining its Customs regulatory processes to support freight forwarders and logistics providers with more efficient digital solutions.
As part of this effort, U.S. Customs veteran Mike Cooney has joined the Seattle-based company as senior systems analyst – Customs entry, to guide TradeTech’s bringing ...
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International freight forwarder and logistics service provider Skypace has adopted Descartes Systems Group’s Global Price Management, or GPM, solution to populate its self-service quote-to-book platform with accurate shipping rates and provide a digital-first experience for its growing customer base.
“As the momentum for digitization accelerates, customer demand for on-demand rating and ...
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Descartes Systems Group, the global provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions, said it has acquired 3GTMS, or 3G, a provider of transportation management solutions, for about US$115 million cash.
3G, based in Columbus, Ohio, combines modern cloud architecture, an expansive carrier network, and planning-driven automation to help customers improve costs, customer satisfaction, ...
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