Cargo imports and exports hit an all-time high at the Port of Hueneme for FY2018 with 1.6 million tons of cargo moving through the Port. This represents an 8.1% increase over last year’s performance of 1.48 million cargo tons. The previous cargo record was set in FY2015 with 1.56 million cargo tons.
Oxnard Harbor District President, Mary Anne Rooney announced the record year at the Board of Commissioners public meeting on Monday evening stating, “This has been a tremendous year for our Port...
JAXPORT’s public seaport terminals achieved record growth in container volumes, recording double-digit growth during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018.
JAXPORT moved nearly 1.3 million containers, a 23 percent increase over 2017. JAXPORT has set container volume records the past three years.
When combined with the containers handled through private terminals, the Port of Jacksonville is Florida’s largest container port complex.
The Asian container trade continues to show significant growth,...
PALMETTO, Fla. – Port Manatee continues to break cargo records, including handling an all-time-high of more than 9.3 million tons in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, up 19.1 percent from the immediately preceding 12-month period. That comes on the heels of a 13.4 percent tonnage rise in fiscal 2017 from fiscal 2016.
Across-the-board increases were enjoyed by the diverse Southwest Florida port in the just-ended fiscal year, besting numerous prior records, according to figures reported on Tuesday,...
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The Port said it has handled the equivalent of 168,289 20-foot loaded import containers in the past two months. That breaks the previous August-September record of 158,320 20-foot loaded import containers set back in 2006. One more month of import growth could give Oakland its busiest peak season in Port history.
“We’re encouraged by this outcome and guardedly optimistic that the trend will continue throughout peak season,” said Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll. “Economic...
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Port Houston Continues to Shatter Records and Investments to its Bayport Channel Continue to Yield Results
The investments being made to Port Houston’s channel continue to pay off. As a result of the completion of the widening and deepening of its Bayport Channel and work on what’s known as the Bayport flare, Port Houston is seeing rapid growth in the size of ships calling its container facilities.
Later this week, Port Houston is expected to receive its largest container ship to date, a 9,500...