Whether preparing sandwiches, cutting up fruit or loading milk containers into coolers, each of Port Houston’s volunteer activities at the Houston Food Bank helped provide more than 11,000 fresh meals to local children through the Keegan Kitchen Program. […]
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Record Gate Moves at Port Houston Container Terminals
Port Houston’s Bayport and Barbours Cut container terminals combined handled more than 11,000 gate moves in one day for the first time ever recently Aug. 28. Service levels included sub-60-minute dual transaction turn times. […]
Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project Discussions Continue Forward
Port Houston executives and industry partners have met with public officials and their staff on the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project recently. […]
Summer Interns Transform Community Gardens at Mission Milby Community Center
12 weeks, 15 interns and more than 30,000 pounds of soil, mulch and sand. This year’s summer intern project was a true test of team work, as Port Houston interns successfully completed a total transformation of the community gardens at Mission Milby Community Center. […]
Port Houston Receives GIS Special Achievement Award
Port Houston’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data Model Project and its Enterprise GIS deployment were recently nominated for a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. […]
Port Secures New CMA CGM/Marfret MedCaribe Service
Port Houston received the maiden voyage and is the only U.S. port of call for a new direct service that global ocean carrier CMA CGM launched in July with Marfret. […]
Oyster Reef Restoration Helps Improve Health of Galveston Bay
Port Houston is committed to investing in initiatives that advance environmental stewardship efforts in our region. […]
Universal Africa Lines to Call Port Houston
Universal Africa Lines (UAL), a conventional ocean transportation carrier that specializes in handling project cargo, breakbulk and containers, has announced that it will now call Port Houston’s City Docks as part of its U.S. Gulf/Mexico to West Africa liner service. […]
Port Houston Sets Records on Container and Steel Volumes; Moves Forward on Expansions
The planned expansion of the truck gate at Port Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal is set
to begin after approval of a contract for the work by the Port Commission. […]
Port Houston Successfully Completes NAVIS N4 Upgrade
Port Houston recently executed a successful technology upgrade to NAVIS N4, a terminal operating system that optimizes planning and management of container and equipment moves at the port’s container terminals. […]