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Hurricane Dorian Relief Loaded at Port of Baltimore

Relief supplies for Bahamian victims of Hurricane Dorian were loaded at the Port of Baltimore onto the Carnival Pride on September 8. The supplies will be delivered in Freeport to assist Bahamian residents in the aftermath of the storm. Supplies include water, which is the most critical need, along with generators, chain saws, prepared meals and medical supplies.  The supplies will be delivered to Freeport by the Carnival Pride Sept. 13 The ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi Achieves ISO 14001 Certification for 12th Consecutive Year

The Port of Corpus Christi will receive ISO 14001 recertification, following an exemplary external audit of environmental performance. The third-party auditor identified zero non-conformances and lauded the Port of Corpus Christi as a model of across-the-board employee engagement with environmental management. From committing to collectively minimize ... [+]

PORT OF BALTIMORE SETS NEW RECORD FOR CARGO

Benchmarks Achieved for Fiscal Year and Quarterly Tonnage More than 11 million tons of cargo passed through the state-owned public marine terminals of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore in the past fiscal year, setting a new record as the Port expands its regional economic ... [+]

CN and COSCO Shipping Lines Extend Intermodal Partnership

CN is pleased to announce that COSCO Shipping has chosen CN to be the exclusive rail provider for COSCO Shipping’s discharge at the Ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montreal, and Halifax to all currently served CN destinations. “We are proud that CN’s excellence in supply chain logistics and focus on ... [+]

Port Everglades waives tariff charges for relief supplies

Broward County’s Port Everglades is waiving its tariff charges for ocean shipping lines transporting humanitarian relief supplies to the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. “We received requests from several ship operators to begin transporting goods to the Bahamas before Hurricane Dorian had even passed ... [+]

Study Shows Positive Economic Impact for Port of Brownsville

In Texas where a trade-friendly economy is growing, the Port of Brownsville supports a total of $3 billion in total economic activity for the state and is responsible for more than 51,000 jobs within the borders. Such findings are based on an independent analysis conducted by Martin ... [+]

JAXPORT voted No. 1 in the nation for service excellence

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) has been voted the top port in the nation for customer satisfaction and performance excellence by readers of Logistics Management magazine. Subscribers to the magazine represent some of the top shippers in the transportation and distribution industry. The port earned the highest ... [+]

Intermodal cargo up 10.5 percent in Savannah

Intermodal cargo continues its powerful rise at the Georgia Ports Authority, achieving 10.5 percent growth in July. Over the past three years, the Port of Savannah has grown its rail volume by 35.4 percent, completing more than 507,000 intermodal lifts in the fiscal year that ... [+]

Chesapeake Bay Island to be Restored with Sediment from Port Shipping Channels

Two islands in the Chesapeake Bay that have long suffered erosion, James and Barren islands off the coast of Dorchester County, will be restored with clean sediment through a joint effort between the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and the U.S. ... [+]

Gov. Edwards Appoints Joseph Toomy to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards reappointed Joseph F. Toomy to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Toomy was recently sworn in during the August board meeting and will serve a five-year term succeeding Laney J. Chouest as one of two Jefferson ... [+]

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