Brownsville

Seatrium AmFELS launches first U.S.-built WTIV

Virginia power utility Dominion Energy reports that its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has marked two milestones. In the first of these, its Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Charybdis is now in the water at the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard, in Brownsville, Texas. In the second, CVOW has received a final construction air permit from the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the 11th and final federal permit required to begin offshore construction and...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/seatrium-amfels-launches-first-u-s-built-wtiv/

Gulf LNG Tugs to provide tugs for Texas LNG in Brownsville

Glenfarne Energy Transition subsidiary Texas LNG has selected Gulf LNG Tugs of Texas to build, deliver and operate tugboats at the four million tonnes per annum LNG export terminal it is to construct in the Port of Brownsville,Texas.

Gulf LNG Tugs of Texas is a joint venture of Suderman & Young Towing Company, Bay-Houston Towing, and Moran Towing Corporation.

It is the fourth JV formed by the ownership team to provide tug services to a Gulf Coast LNG project. As we reported previously, the team’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/gulf-lng-tugs-to-provide-tugs-for-texas-lng-in-brownsville/

Migrant influx slows Texas border port commercial operations

Commercial operations at a gateway at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas were temporarily disrupted Tuesday as border agents were shifted to immigration duties.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection transferred some personnel to handle an influx of migrants arriving in the area, according to Armando Taboada, assistant director of field operations at the Laredo Field Office.

Taboada sent an email to the trade community around 7 a.m. Tuesday stating there “currently is a migrant situation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/migrant-influx-slows-texas-border-port-commercial-operations

Mexican government urges Texas to halt truck inspections at border

The Mexican government has called on Texas to stop even the recently scaled-back state-run cargo truck inspections at the border, which it said have caused long delays and millions of dollars in lost trade.

The inspections overseen by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began May 2 at Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville and Free Trade International Bridge in the town of Los Indios.

“These inspections are causing delays of between 8 and 27 hours for the entry of international...

Texas scales back border truck inspections amid backlog

After causing long wait times for thousands of trucks, Texas officials have reduced the number of inspections for tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s increased inspections of trucks, which began last Tuesday, created wait times of up to 26 hours for commercial traffic at Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville and the Free Trade International Bridge in the town of Los Indios.

The...

Truck inspections causing long wait times at Texas border bridges

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Wait times of up to eight hours are being caused by enhanced inspections of commercial trucks...

Former Carrier Kitty Hawk Arrives in Brownsville for Scrapping

Screenshot of YouTube video from May 31, 2022 of the hull of Kitty Hawk arriving in the Port of Brownsville, Texas.

The Navy’s last conventional super carriers arrived in Brownsville, Texas this week after taking one last towed sail before getting scrapped.

The former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) reached South Padre Island, near the Texas-Mexico border, on Tuesday as veterans of one of the Navy’s last conventional carriers looked on, according to a report in The Brownsville Herald.

The ship is now at...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/01/former-carrier-kitty-hawk-arrives-in-brownsville-for-scrapping

Brownsville yard recycles first EU-flag ship

After being accepted for processing in January this year, a 158 meter chemical tanker, the MT Wolverine has become the first EU-flagged ship to be recycled in the U.S. in accordance with the EU Ship Recycling Regulation.

The project follows a $30 million investment in new equipment and processes at the Brownsville, Texas, yard of International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL), part of international recycling specialist EMR Group. The investment enabled the yard to meet the rigorous requirements of the EU...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/brownsville-yard-recycles-first-eu-flag-ship/

Hurricane Hanna takes aim at south Texas border

Hurricane Hanna

The south Texas border and northeast Mexico are preparing for a night of heavy wind and rains as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall.

The weather system, which was still classified as a tropical storm Saturday morning, gathered strength to become a Category 1 hurricane by the afternoon with sustained winds of 90 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The National Hurricane Center said Hanna, the first of the 2020 hurricane season, will cross the south Texas border overnight and...

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