Ports

AASHTO Journal - Wed February 28, 2024

Minnesota Department of Transportation Issues $18.1M in Port Project Grants

The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently issued $18.1 million in grants to support seven port development projects aimed at bolstering the efficient and reliable movement of freight on state waterways....

NC Ports & Charlotte Observer - Thu November 16, 2023

Busy N.C. Port's North Gate Funded for Move; NCDOT to Fix Choked I-85/I-485 Interchange

The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports) is set to receive a nearly $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to assist in paying for the relocation and optimization of the Port of Wilmington's North Gate....

TxDOT - Tue October 31, 2023

Texas Transportation Commission Approves Seaport Funding

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved historic funding for Texas ports that will help increase trade, improve safety and provide a more robust supply chain. The funding comes from a bill passed in this year's 88th Legislative Session, signed by Gov....

Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu June 15, 2023

William J. Keller & Sons Preps Land for 'Once-in-a-Generation' Project in N.Y.

The Port of Albany, located in upstate New York, is an important transportation center 160 mi. west of Boston and 124 nautical mi. from New York City. Sitting astride the Hudson River, the port has 5,400 ft....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 11, 2023

Crews Reconstruct Berth at Port of Savannah

As part of its ongoing expansion of the Port of Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) began renovations of Berth 1 at the Garden City Terminal (GCT) in April 2021, a project that will be completed this July by The Industrial Company (TIC)....

Office of Gov. Dan McKee - Wed April 12, 2023

Rhode Island Governor Tours Infrastructure Upgrades at Port of Davisville's Pier 1

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee took a tour April 6 of ongoing construction work to upgrade the infrastructure at the Port of Davisville's Pier 1, located on the west side of Narragansett Bay near its mouth....

Louisiana Economic Development - Wed December 14, 2022

Global Partnership Behind New $1.8B Louisiana Port Terminal On Lower Mississippi

Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled an historic public-private partnership between the state, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion container facility on the Lower Mississippi River according to Louisiana Economic Development, or LED....

U.S. Dept. of Adminstration - Tue November 29, 2022

Three State Ports Will Receive Million-Dollar Upgrades

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced more than $39 million to fund three projects in Texas to improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program....

gov.ca.gov - Tue November 15, 2022

California Invests $1.2B for Freight Corridors, Port Upgrades

Less than a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order targeted at relieving supply chain congestion, the pandemic-induced backlog of cargo ships at the state's ports is rapidly fading....

Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed November 02, 2022

Sully-Miller Battles Tides to Build Promenade

If Los Angeles were a person, the Port of Los Angeles would be the biceps. Or maybe the quads. The Port does a lot of heavy lifting with huge cranes constantly in motion loading and unloading container ships....