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Gulf Coast ports see mixed year-over-year results in freight volumes

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Port Houston sees container shipments slip in 2023

During 2023, cargo volumes moving through Port...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gulf-coast-ports-see-mixed-year-over-year-results-in-freight-volumes

Port Houston sees falling container traffic in August

Container flow in August slumped in Houston, while global demand for crude oil continued to fuel exports through Corpus Christi, Texas. The Port of New Orleans reported steel and rubber as its top breakbulk commodities during August.

Port Houston sees declines in container volumes, steel shipments, general imports

Port Houston handled 307,624 twenty-foot equivalent units in August, a year-over-year (y/y) decrease of 20%.

Overall container volumes and freight flows at Port Houston declined in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-houston-sees-falling-container-traffic-in-august

Houston, New Orleans ports see container volumes rise

Gulf Coast ports in Houston and New Orleans reported strong cargo volumes in February as plastics and resins helped drive exports of loaded containers.

Port Houston sees import growth slowing but exports rising

Port Houston container volume in February rose 15% compared to the same month last year to 313,452 twenty-foot equivalent units.

“Our cargo activities continue to remain solid for the first two months of the year versus 2022,” Roger Guenther, Port Houston’s executive director, said during...

206 Anna Wu, Project Logistics Specialist, China

The maritime industry from the view of a young Chinese woman

I received an email from a loyal listener in Shanghai who is entering her career in the maritime industry and wanted to tell me how much the Shipping Podcast has meant to her.

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Gulf Coast ports see record container volumes in 2022

Ports in both Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, along with the Port of New Orleans and the Port of Mobile, Alabama, saw increased volumes in 2022 as imports of steel, automotive parts, and lumber and plywood continued to flood into the country and demand for exports of U.S. petroleum and crude oil remained strong.

Port Houston sets annual record with 3.97 million TEUs 

Port Houston set a container volume record in 2022 by moving 3.97 million twenty-foot equivalent units, its highest total ever...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gulf-coast-ports-see-record-container-volume-in-2022

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...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/georgia-ports-authority-to-shift-breakbulk-operations-to-brunswick

Supply chain radar: Behind Coca-Cola’s breakbulk blueprint – ‘taste the feeling’

Yesterday came the news that UK supermarket Asda has become the latest shipper to charter its own vessel to overcome the supply chain chaos – a ship carrying 350 boxes is now en route to the UK.
These stories are becoming increasingly common, but the stand-out star remains remains the world’s favourite soft drink… remember the Coca-Cola post on social media that went viral for choosing breakbulk over containers?
Quick recap 
“When you can’t …

The post Supply chain radar: Behind Coca-Cola’s...

https://theloadstar.com/supply-chain-radar-behind-coca-colas-breakbulk-blueprint-taste-the-feeling/

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