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Customers moved 48.9 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the first quarter of 2024, a 1 percent decrease from the year-earlier quarter.A slight increase in crude oil shipments to 30.2 million tons, and a significant increase in agricultural shipments, were unable to fully offset decreases in refined products and liquefied natural gas shipments for the third-largest U.S. port in waterborne tonnage.“With a number of infrastructure improvements either ...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined leaders from the Rio Grande Valley and the Texas A&M University System at a groundbreaking ceremony April 2, for a new 30,000-square-foot South Texas Workforce Development Project advanced manufacturing training facility at the Port of Brownsville.The center will offer programs ...
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is seeking further information on its proposed Maritime Transportation Data Initiative, or MTDI, a transparent information sharing process designed improve the reliability and predictability of containers moving through marine terminals.FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel, who is shepherding MTDI, on April 16 ...
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The Port of Baton Rouge said it is witnessing the synergies of advanced cooperation among Louisiana’s ports, as the advantages of strategic alliances drive economic growth, efficiencies and competitiveness.Baton Rouge’s container-on-barge service, which it initiated in 2016, and a partnership with the Port of New ...
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The Port of Baltimore said it has established the Fort Carroll Temporary Alternate Channel, located on the northeast side of the main channel in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, to provide limited access for commercially essential vessels.The 47-year-old, four-lane steel bridge collapsed ...
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The National Retail Federation has promoted David French from senior vice president to executive vice president of government relations, and moved Adam Lukoskie from executive director of the NRF Foundation to serve as senior vice president.French, who will also become executive director of the National ...
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The Port of New Orleans said it has reached a new 10-year lease arrangement with The Kearney Companies Inc., marking a milestone in the longstanding relationship between port, The Kearney Companies, and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad.The new consolidated lease agreement extends The Kearney ...
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Rising consumer confidence lifted trade moving through the Port of Long Beach in March, marking the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year cargo growth.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 654,082 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, last month, an 8.3 percent increase from March 2023, for figures released ...
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Eureka Shipping, a Montreal-based cement carrier services provider, said it is building an advanced mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation in the Great Lakes.The 12,500-deadweight-tonne vessel is designed to replace two older vessels, while maintaining the same cargo capacity."Building a ship aligned with eco-friendly principles ...
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CSX has unveiled its first hydrogen-powered locomotive, the result of a successful partnership between CSX and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, or CPKC, and demonstrates the company's commitment to innovation and environmental stewardship.The hydrogen locomotive was converted from an existing diesel locomotive using a hydrogen conversion ...
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