Did You Know? A twenty-foot equivalent unit, or TEU, is the most efficient way to move cargo overseas. In Houston, you may see them around the city, integrated in the design of businesses. […]
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Bayport Infrastructure Improvements: Large Growth on our Minds
July was a busy month for Port Houston infrastructure improvements. With these projects, Port Houston can continue meeting consumer and supply chain needs. […]
Keeping the Cranes Running: Port Houston Maintenance Veteran and Essential Worker Recognized for 45 Years of Service
It takes a lot of hands to move cargo across Port Houston’s docks, including the maintenance staff, who support Port Houston’s equipment and assets. One of the essential Port employees working on the front lines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is Quintin Reynolds, a maintenance foreman at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal, who recently received recognition for 45 years of service at Port Houston. […]
Port Houston Container Volumes Slowing, But Remain Steady
Container activity at Port Houston, the largest container port on the United States Gulf Coast, began slowing in late March as expected due to the coronavirus outbreak. Port Houston handled a total of 248,280 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in March. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Contract Awarded for Nine New Yard Cranes at Bayport
The Port Commission in June awarded a contract for nine new diesel electric container yard cranes for Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal. […]
Port Hosts JOC Gulf Shipping Conference
Hundreds of maritime professionals attended the fourth annual JOC Gulf Shipping Conference held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel downtown May 20-22. […]