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JAXPORT Raises the Roof… and Other Building Parts, Too!

Highly trained master riggers recently moved 42 large steel pieces that will ultimately form a Northeast Florida manufacturing facility. The cargo moved through the heavy lift and specialty cargo berth at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, home of one of the nation’s highest weight-bearing capacity docks. Workers employed by stevedoring company Portus lifted the pieces one at a time from the Thorco Shipping general cargo vessel Genius Star XI before placing ... [+]

Long Beach Cargo Volumes up 6% in 1st Q

Cargo shipments at the Port of Long Beach were up 6.1% for the first three months of 2016 compared to the same period last year, starting the year off strongly. Lifted by big gains in January and February, the quarter was the Port’s best since ... [+]

Port of Pascagoula’s McAndrews Elected as AAPA 2016-17 Board Chairman

At its 2016 Spring Conference on April 6, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) elected Port of Pascagoula Director Mark McAndrews to serve as the association’s chairman of the board for the 2016-17 activity year that begins in late October. McAndrews is slated to be ... [+]

Ports America Gets Husky with its West Coast Investment Strategy

Ports America is continuing its business growth strategy to increase its West Coast presence through additional investments, services and expansion of its terminal capacity. The latest transaction includes a significant expansion and 20-year lease extension of the Husky Terminal in Tacoma, WA. International Transportation Service, Inc. ... [+]

PRPA Hosts First Governor’s Philly Port Advisory Committee Meeting

The inaugural meeting of the Port of Philadelphia Advisory Committee was held at the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority’s (PRPA) headquarters on April 12. The Committee, established by PA Governor Tom Wolf in December 2015, will regularly advise the PRPA Board and staff on relevant ... [+]

Florida Governor Scott Signs Into Law Increase in Minimum Port Funding

The Florida Ports Council applauds Florida Governor Rick Scott for signing the priority FDOT Transportation Package (HB 7027), which included an increase in the minimum statutory amount for seaport funding from $15 million to $25 million for the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development ... [+]

Port Manatee Reports Dynamic Growth

Florida’s Gulf seaport of Port Manatee reports a 36% year-over-year increase in containerized cargo handled in the first half of its fiscal year. During the six-month period from Oct. 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016, Port Manatee docks saw moves of 12,653 TEUS, up from 9,321 ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Prepares for Earth Day

With Earth Day approaching on April 22, the Port of Long Beach is launching a new program offering its tenants rebates to encourage them to replace outdated, polluting and inefficient electrical equipment with energy-efficient technology. Earlier this month, the Board of Harbor Commissioners approved the Energy ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Board Dedicates $25M Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans joined a host of elected officials and industry partners on April 12 to dedicate the Port’s new $25 million Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal. The terminal, made possible by a $16.7 million federal transportation TIGER grant, ... [+]

First Trains Arrive JAXPORT’s New $30m Rail Terminal

JAXPORT's newly completed Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at Dames Point is being used in support of a high-level military training exercise this month in advance of its official opening to commercial container movements later this year. Prior to the start of the ICTF’s ... [+]

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