The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2019 with record cargo tonnages for December of 13.8 million tons and 122.2 million tons for the entire year—a 16 million-ton improvement over 2018… Read More
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The Port of Corpus Christi recently set three new tonnage records, including the highest volume in a single month. September tonnage was 12.2 million tons, a 27 percent gain over… Read More
On March 28, the Port of Corpus Christi Commission approved a 50-year lease agreement with Lone Star Ports LLC, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and the Berry Group. Read More
Every year at this time, The Waterways Journal asks leading experts and players in the barge industry and among its major customers to speak about the opportunities and challenges of… Read More
On January 7, the Galveston Engineer District awarded a $92 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to deepen and widen a 7.6-mile reach of the Corpus Christi… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Work Plan includes an additional $59 million in funding for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). This funding brings the… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority announced October 29 that it has entered into an agreement with private equity firm The Carlyle Group to develop a major crude oil export… Read More
In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi (Texas) reached a new milestone—setting a new tonnage record of 79.3 million tons. This surpasses the previous record… Read More
After waiting 28 years for Congress to come up with funding for its 1990 authorization of dredging of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to 54 feet, the Port of Corpus… Read More
Although most of the waterways-related items in President Trump’s proposed budget dismayed the towing industry and its allies and are unlikely to survive in Congress, the budget did give one… Read More
