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New Marine Terminal for Port of Corpus Christi

Port of Corpus Christi Approves Lease Agreement with Castleton Commodities International for a New Marine Terminal Port Corpus Christi commissioners have approved a lease agreement with CCI Corpus Christi Infrastructure LLC (CCI) for approximately 55 acres of land on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the Inner Harbor. From there CCI will construct and operate a marine terminal facility for export of US crude oil, condensate and ... [+]

NOAA StormReady Hero

NOAA presented the StormReady Community Hero Award to Danielle Hale, Port of Corpus Christi Emergency Manager, on Thursday April 5, 2018.  The award was be presented by Louis W. Uccellini, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Weather Service. The StormReady Community Hero award formally recognizes people ... [+]

Port of Rotterdam Authority starts construction of Container Exchange Route

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started constructing the infrastructure for the Container Exchange Route (CER). The CER will link the deep sea container terminals, empty depots, rail terminals and distribution companies at Maasvlakte. The goal of this project is to reduce exchange costs between ... [+]

State-of-the-art helicopters worth $12 million move through JAXPORT

Highly trained master riggers moved two specially upgraded AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters through JAXPORT's heavy lift and specialty cargo berth at Blount Island Marine Terminal, one of the nation’s highest capacity weight-bearing docks. The aircraft are part of a group of helicopters that first moved through ... [+]

City of North Port, Port Manatee trade hub host Chilean official to boost commercial ties

The City of North Port and the International Trade Hub at Port Manatee are teaming with Chile’s trade commissioner in efforts to expand commercial links. “We look forward to realizing vast untapped potential for enhanced ties with both North Port and Port Manatee,” Sacha Garafulic, Chile’s ... [+]

JAXPORT’s February container volumes up 25%

JAXPORT’s container volumes grew 25% during the month of February, compared to the same period last year. More than 100,346 twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs, the industry standard for measuring containers) moved through JAXPORT in February 2018 compared to 80,412 moved in February 2017. The port’s ... [+]

NOAA joins with PortMiami to let larger cargo ships safely enter seaport

Through the use of NOAA’s Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®), super-sized ships coming through the recently expanded Panama Canal can now more safely and efficiently enter the Miami seaport. In addition to the improved vessel safety, past NOAA studies have shown that a PORTS system, ... [+]

ONE announces senior executives in worldwide regions

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., or ONE, has announced five senior executives who are responsible for regions, including East Asia, South Asia, Europe and Africa, North America and Latin America, meeting customers’ needs and strengthening the ONE brand in regional markets. Nobuo Ishida is serving as ... [+]

Port of Oakland forecasts steady growth as partners invest

Containerized cargo volume moving through this city is expected to increase 2% annually for the next five years. The catalyst for growth: a nearly $700 million injection of capital from outside investors. That’s the message Port of Oakland officials delivered to trade and transportation leaders ... [+]

Port of Oakland doing more work at night than ever before

More truckers now visit the Port of Oakland at night than at any time in its 91-year history. Oakland’s largest marine terminal said that it’s conducting between 1,500 and 2,000 daily truck transactions after sundown. That’s up from 800 a year ago. Port officials said that ... [+]

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