SAVANNAH, Ga. –– The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reports that dredging is underway at the Port of Brunswick’s inner and outer harbor, with the plan to return the channel to it’s authorized depth.
MOBILE, Ala. –– The Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals Mobile this week announced an agreement to proceed with construction of a new, 1,300-foot container berth at the Port of Mobile.
LOS ANGELES – The Port of Los Angeles is seeking proposals for the pre-development of Pier 500.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking applicants for its Minnesota Highway Freight Program funding.
OTTAWA –– RT&S reported within the last two weeks that striking workers at the Port of Montreal and the lockout of port workers in British Columbia was underway and impact of the work stoppages were beginning to stir up some economic headwinds.
MOBILE, Ala. – [Last Week] the Alabama Port Authority announced the commencement of the fourth phase of its container terminal expansion, which will double the capacity of the container terminal from half a million to over one million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year.
WASHINGTON –– The Washington Post reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun a criminal probe into the Francis Scott Key Bridge strike by a container ship.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — With support from the state and unanimous approval from the SC Ports Board of Directors, SC Ports plans to purchase the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston to further expand port capacity at the Port of Charleston.
PHOENIX, Ariz. Union Pacfic has opened a new intermodal terminal in Phoenix which will connect the Southwest with international ports in Southern California. The terminal opened on Feb. 1.
CICERO, Ill. – At its Cicero facility, BNSF expanded track 803 to include an additional 4,200 feet a month ahead of schedule.
Kansas City Southern will soon begin a construction project that will double the amount of freight trains moving in and out of Mexico.
The Port of Little Rock continues to add intermodal opportunities with barge-to-rail and barge-to-truck capabilities.
The Georgia Ports Authority moved an all-time high 519,390 twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, breaking the previous record of 504,350 TEUs set in October 2021.
R.J. Corman Railroad Co. was awarded a Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant by the U.S. DOT that will benefit the company’s Central Kentucky Lines.
It will not help the current global crisis, but it will make it more resilient for the next one.
[This week,] federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
Union Pacific was hauling away a local landmark late last week in Liberty, Texas.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s crackdown on border crossing inspections has Mexico drawing a line in the sand. Make that a line in New Mexico.
Rail lines and water lines are both important in Bellingham, Wash.
There is plenty of rail maintenance and construction activity going on at the International Port of Coos Bay in Oregon, and an important phase was recently completed.
