Breakbulk cargo

Texas, Louisiana ports’ January cargo volumes a mixed bag

Cargo flow was up at ports in Houston and New Orleans, but freight movements slowed slightly in Corpus Christi, Texas, due to lower exports of oil and petroleum in January. 

Port Houston container shipments up 4% in January

Container movements started off the year on high note at Port Houston, with the port handling 332,961 twenty-foot equivalent units in January, a 4% year-over-year (y/y) increase compared to 2023.

Officials said total container imports exceeded any January on record at the...

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Gulf Coast ports record varied results in November volumes 

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Ports in both New Orleans and Corpus Christi, Texas, saw freight flow increases in November as...

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October cargo volumes decline at Texas ports, rise in New Orleans

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Container freight flows and crude oil shipments declined slightly in Houston and Corpus Christi,...

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Cargo volumes a mixed bag for Gulf Coast ports in September

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Container flow in September sagged in Houston, while the global demand for crude oil continued to...

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Cargo volumes a mixed bag for Gulf Coast ports in June

Container flow in June slipped in Houston, while the global demand for crude oil continued to fuel the flow through Corpus Christi. The Port of New Orleans reported plastic resins, chemicals and coffee as their top containerized cargo during the month.

Steel cargo continues to boost Port Houston volumes

Port Houston handled 315,983 twenty-foot equivalent units in June, a year-over-year (y/y) decrease of 2% compared to last year’s record-breaking monthly total of 323,823 TEUs. 

Roger Guenther,...

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Gulf Coast ports post mixed cargo results in May

Container flow in May decreased at Port Houston, while New Orleans got a boost from plastic resins and Corpus Christi, Texas, saw increases in crude oil and petroleum exports.

Port Houston posts mixed results for May

Container volumes at Port Houston softened for the third consecutive month.

In May, the port handled 300,482 twenty-foot equivalent units, a 10% year-over-year (y/y) decrease compared to 2022.

Total import tonnage was 2.6 million tons in May, a 6% y/y decrease. Total export tonnage was...

Georgia Ports Authority to shift breakbulk operations to Brunswick

The Georgia Ports Authority is planning to shift breakbulk cargo from the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal to the Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick as part of a broader effort to expand container operations at the Port of Savannah.

GPA intends to shift the breakbulk cargo carried by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean to Brunswick, as well as realign the docks at Savannah via a two-phrase project.

Breakbulk cargo pertains to individual pieces of cargo that do not fit into a container and...

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Gulf Coast ports continued to see rising volumes in October

Gulf Coast ports got a boost in October from imports of steel, plywood and bagged goods, as well as exports of petroleum and crude oil.

Port Houston sees strong gains in imports

Port Houston saw a 13% increase in container volume during October, led by increased demand for bagged goods, plywood and auto imports, officials said.

Port Chairman Ric Campo said 2022 hasn’t shown any signs of “softening” demand at the port.

“Our volumes continue to be strong — we continue to hear about volume across the...

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Port of New Orleans sees mixed results for August cargo volume

Vessel omissions and a shortage of shipping containers resulted in a mixed bag of throughput results at the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) in August.

Fourteen vessel omissions at the port in August represented a 30% increase in omissions compared to the same month last year.

“A lot of [the omissions are] attributed to how the carriers are dealing with their schedule recovery on the basis of what’s happening in the global supply chain,” Todd Rives, Port NOLA’s vice president and chief commercial...

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Port of New Orleans reopens following closure from Hurricane Ida

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reopened late Wednesday following a three-day closure from Hurricane Ida, which hammered the area with heavy rain and wind gusts of 172 mph.

Breakbulk operations resumed Thursday, Jessica Ragusa, Port NOLA spokeswoman, told FreightWaves.

“We are resuming limited breakbulk operations, working our first breakbulk vessel moving steel at our tenant, Coastal Cargo,” Ragusa said.

Ragusa said the port anticipates further resuming breakbulk operations by Friday, with...

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