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History Is Made as Project 11 Begins Construction
May 10, 2021 GMT
HOUSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) May 10, 2021
Port Houston marks National Infrastructure Week by highlighting the groundbreaking for the start of construction work to support widening and deepening the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. Known as Project 11, the project’s far-reaching benefits impact the United States and the entire Gulf region, and have generated bipartisan praise from officials across the state and nation.
A groundbreaking ceremony held on May 3 marks the start of the Houston Ship Channel Project 11 expansion and widening construction program, a nearly billion-dollar infrastructure project. (Photo: Business Wire)
Among Piers: Container record, terminal opening and COVID-19 vaccines
Container moves at Port Houston in March climbed 20% year-over-year and set a monthly record.
Port Houston handled 297,397 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in March compared to 248,840 TEUs in the same month last year. The March figure is the highest monthly total ever, surpassing the record set in October by 1,187 TEUs.
“We are seeing significant increases in cargo,” Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther said in a statement this week. “As container demand surges across our docks, our terminals remain efficient and free of congestion to provide the best service levels to our customers.”
Among Piers: Container record, terminal opening and COVID-19 vaccines
Berth announcement and more good news from Texas, South Carolina and Florida ports
0 31 3 minutes read The Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal has opened at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. (Photo: English Purcell/SCPA)
Port Houston
Container moves at Port Houston in March climbed 20% year-over-year and set a monthly record.
Port Houston handled 297,397 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in March compared to 248,840 TEUs in the same month last year. The March figure is the highest monthly total ever, surpassing the record set in October by 1,187 TEUs.
“We are seeing significant increases in cargo,” Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther said in a statement this week. “As container demand surges across our docks, our terminals remain efficient and free of congestion to provide the best service levels to our customers.”
April 20, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Port Houston and Portwall Partners have signed a 50-year lease agreement, which will further position the port as the leading gateway for the export of plastic resins in the United States.
According to Port Houston, 59 percent of all resin exports in the United States already pass through Houston. The port also handles two-thirds of containers that pass through terminals along the Gulf Coast.
Under the lease agreement, Portwall Partners will build an 800,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art resin packaging facility within a 56-acre plot at Port Houston’s Bayport Industrial Complex. The rail-served facility will feature three high-speed packaging lines, room for 350 trucks and capacity for 500 rail cars. The Bayport Industrial Park Phase 1, where the packaging facility will be located, is adjacent to the port’s Bayport Container Terminal complex.