Houston Ship Channel

Great Lakes Dredge CEO: “We’re 100% vaxxed”

“I’m very proud of meeting our target of 100% vaccination of all team members in the third quarter last year,” Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), told financial analysts in a call in this week, adding that “due to our vaccination efforts we have experienced less severe impacts from the virus infections. Throughout [2021] we avoided team members being hospitalized and no team member tested positive for COVID-19 from September through early December.”

The...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/great-lakes-dredge-ceo-were-100-vaxxed/

Port Houston’s trade jumps 51% to nearly $17B

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port Houston’s trade in October jumps 51% to nearly $17 billion; automotive production in Mexico drops 20% in November; Mexico OKs another state to export avocados to the U.S.; and Constellation Brands will build an export brewery in Mexico.

Port Houston’s total trade up 51% to $17B in October

Port Houston’s trade totaled $16.9 billion during October, an increase of 51%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-houstons-trade-jumps-51-to-nearly-17b

Kirby agrees to pay $15.3 million damages in oil spill case

In a case relating to a 2014 incident, Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Doing so resolves federal and state claims for injuries to natural resources resulting from an oil spill from a Kirby barge after a collision Kirby caused, says the U.S. Department of Justice.

The United States and Texas concurrently filed a civil complaint along with a proposed consent decree. The complaint seeks money damages...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/kirby-agrees-to-pay-15-3-million-damages-in-oil-spill-case/

Border: New customs requirements for Mexico shipments begin Wednesday

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: New customs requirements for Mexico shipments begin Wednesday; Samsung announces $17B semiconductor plant in Texas; Great Lakes Dredge & Dock secures $92M contract for Houston Ship Channel; and Truck driver charged in record-breaking border drug seizure.

New customs requirements for Mexico shipments begin Wednesday

Hoping to quell a rising tide of smuggled goods and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-customs-requirements-for-mexico-shipments-begin-wednesday

Cyberattack thwarted at Port Houston

Port Houston was the target of suspected “nation-state” hackers in August, according to officials.

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told a Senate committee on Thursday that hackers had targeted the Texas port.

“We worked with the U.S. Coast Guard on a vulnerability at the Port of Houston and found out about this hack [involving a password-management program],” Easterly said during the “National Cybersecurity Strategy: Protection of Federal and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cyberattack-thwarted-at-port-houston

+ More
Join Our Newsletter
Enter your email to receive a weekly round-up of shipping news.
icon
By subscribing, you agree with our privacy policy and our terms of service.