Before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the cruise industry around the world to a complete halt, cruise business in the Port of New Orleans was booming. In early 2020, larger ships… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Ports of Indiana announced February 26 that its three state-owned ports shipped 12.6 million tons of cargo in 2023, the second-highest tonnage in the organization’s 63-year history. The total was… Read More
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Port Authority hosted an event February 1 highlighting the impact of the state’s deepwater port, the Port of Mobile, on the state’s economy. Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, set a new record for tonnage in 2023, moving more than 200 million tons of cargo through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for the… Read More
The Corn Belt Ports opened a third regional office January 18 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the campus of Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., on the Mississippi River. The Canton… Read More
With the start of 2024, Vincent DiCosimo, vice president of government affairs at Targa Resources, succeeded Bernt Netland as chairman of the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s board of commissioners. Previously,… Read More
Officials of Putnam County, Fla., located south of Jacksonville, learned recently that they had received a Port Infrastructure Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $353,500 to develop… Read More
The Port of New Orleans took a big step toward full funding for its planned container terminal in Violet, La., January 22 with the announcement of a $226.2 million grant… Read More
Forbes Magazine closed out 2023 by releasing its top 10 list of fastest-growing major U.S. ports over the last decade, based on percentage growth of cargo value. Atop the list… Read More
Marty Shell, president of Five Rivers Distribution, recalled the day he got a phone call from Arkansas Sen. John Boozman congratulating him on the receipt of a major grant. “I… Read More
