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Port Houston Orders Hybrid Konecranes RTGs

Oct 06, 2022

Port Houston has ordered 14 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal and 12 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Bayport Container Terminal. The order supports the port’s expansion as it gets ready to receive larger container ships and higher volumes of container traffic…

Port Houston Working with Shell on Sustainability Plan

Sep 15, 2022

One of the United States' largest seaports announced it is teaming up with energy major Shell to work toward its goals in the areas of sustainability, resilience and carbon reduction.Port Houston and Shell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines a shared intention to explore energy…

McCarthy Completes Barbours Cut Terminal Container Yard 3N

Jun 27, 2022

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has completed construction on the Barbours Cut Terminal Container Yard 3N for the Port Houston Authority (PHA). The project is part of a modernization program to increase cargo handling efficiency. The Barbours…

Port Houston Awards $450 Million in Contracts for Channel Expansion

Jun 22, 2022

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in a special session and awarded two of the largest contracts in the organization’s history. The Commission approved the staff’s recommendation to award Weeks Marine and Curtin Maritime…

Port Houston Begins $1 Billion Ship Channel Expansion Project

Jun 06, 2022

A $1 billion project to expand the Houston Ship Channel kicked off with an official ceremony last week, leading the way for greater safely, efficiency and economic growth in one of America’s busiest waterways.Known locally as Project 11 because…

Port Houston Reports 20% Cargo Increase

Apr 19, 2022

Container volume at Port Houston in March totaled 308,557 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs). That brings the total for just the first three months of 2022 to 903,383 TEUs, an increase of 20% year-to-date over last year’s record year.“Port…

Port Houston Adds Three Neo-Panamax STS Cranes

Feb 10, 2022

Three new neo-Panamax STS cranes arrived at Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The ZPMC cranes were manufactured in Shanghai before traveling 15,904 nautical miles onboard the Zhen Hua 25, a large specialized heavy load carrier vessel…

New Marine Terminal Commissioned in Houston

Dec 20, 2021

Vopak Moda Houston, LLC announced that its marine terminal in the Port of Houston is fully operational. Formed in 2016, Vopak Moda Houston is a joint venture between Royal Vopak and Moda Midstream. Located in Houston’s refining and petrochemical corridor and in close proximity to multiple ammonia…

Port Houston Hires Buckles as Chief Business Equity Officer

Nov 23, 2021

Maxine Buckles has been named Port Houston’s first-ever Chief Business Equity Officer reporting directly to Executive Director Roger Guenther. Buckles is responsible for implementing and administering diversity, equity, and training programs…

GLDD Wins Contract for Houston Ship Channel Widening

Nov 22, 2021

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced it has signed a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program…

Port Houston's Container Surge Continues

Oct 20, 2021

Port Houston recorded its seventh consecutive month of double-digit container volume growth as increased consumer spending continues in the U.S.Container activity for September 2021 was 281,500 TEUs, up 11% compared to the same month last year…

Great Lakes Wins $95 Million Contract for Port of Houston Dredging

Oct 13, 2021

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met Tuesday in a special meeting to consider the first dredge contract for Project 11, the Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program.Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company…

Power Outages Hit Texas Ports Following Hurricane Nicholas

Sep 14, 2021

The Port of Houston on Tuesday said all terminals would remain closed due to the effects of Hurricane Nicholas and widespread power outages, and the Freeport Harbor Channel in Texas also suspended vessel movements due to unsafe conditions and power outages…

Port Houston Moving Ahead on Billion Dollar Dredging Project

Aug 20, 2021

A Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) was formally presented for the Houston Ship Channel's billion-dollar widening and deepening program, Project 11…

Port Houston TEUs jump 25% in April

May 14, 2021

Port Houston said activity across its docks jumped again in April, showing robust growth in both containers and steel due to high regional demand.Container activity at the Gulf of Mexico's largest container port increased 25% for the month of April…

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