The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 206.5 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in 2024, a new high mark driven by increases in crude oil… Read More
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A new economic study released by the Texas Ports Association shows $713.9 billion in economic activity is generated annually by 23 Texas ports, making up 28 percent of the state’s… Read More
Chad McBride, a fifth-generation mariner with 30 years of experience at his family’s towboat company, graduated this spring from Texas A&M University’s virtual maritime program in Galveston, Texas, with his… Read More
When Hurricane Beryl hit the Texas coast near Matagorda, 100 miles southwest of Houston, as a Category 1 storm at 4 a.m. local time July 8, it brought power outages,… Read More
Kirby Corporation held a christening ceremony June 25 at the company’s Old River Dock in Channelview, Texas, for the mv. Bob Livingston, an Entech-designed towboat from Harvey, La.-based Eymard Marine… Read More
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) unveiled the newest member of its Galveston-to-Port Bolivar ferry fleet on March 8, a hybrid-powered vehicle and passenger ferry designed by Houston-based The Shearer… Read More
Port Houston Commission Chairman Ric Campo took to the stage September 6 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston to deliver the annual State of the Port address. Speaking to… Read More
Houston, Pa.-based Campbell Transportation Company (CTC) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new southern base of operations at Four Oaks Place in the Uptown area of Houston, Texas. The… Read More
With new company Eckstein Fleeting Services, Kasey Eckstein is taking over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in the greater Corpus Christi area. Located at Mile 535.5 on… Read More
Last year’s tonnage growth at the Port of Corpus Christi has continued into this year, with the port logging record tonnage in the first quarter of 2023. In January, February… Read More
