America’s Central Port is finishing out its 60th anniversary year by continuing its steady strategy of growth, transformation and diversification. Centrally located with access to four U.S. interstates, six Class-I… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Widening and deepening the Houston Ship Channel is the Port of Houston’s “moon shot.” That was the message from Port Houston Commission Chairman Ric Campo as he delivered the 2019… Read More
The Little Rock Port Authority (LRPA) reported that it saw slower activity across the docks in October “as expected,” with 22 barges worked during the month. Despite slower barge traffic,… Read More
The Port of St. Joseph, Mo., celebrated a milestone when it shipped its first bargeload of grain this year on November 18. The Missouri River port was established in 2005,… Read More
Geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District began collecting soil samples from the bottom of the Savannah River, as part of a disposition study to determine the… Read More
In September, Col. Daniel Hibner, commander of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced that deepening had begun for the inner portion of the Savannah Harbor. This initiates… Read More
In September, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) awarded JAXPORT an additional $35.3 million in funding for the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening project. The funding will be used toward exercising the… Read More
In August, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District awarded the third dredging construction contract for the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project. The approximately $124 million contract was… Read More
In July, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded Ryba Marine Construction Company a $2.029 million contract to perform dredging in Buffalo Harbor. The Corps said the contractor expects… Read More
In August, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District published a public notice for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s proposed channel deepening project, for which an Environmental… Read More
