When a small camera-equipped drone fell out of the sky trailing smoke over Port Houston’s Turning Basin Terminal recently, it raised some serious security concerns.
Caption: Port Chairman Janiece Longoria presiding over her last Port Commission meeting in January.
Year-end results for 2018 show that Port Houston’s business continues to be solid, with records set in some areas.
Topics: maritime, ports, Houston, shipping, cargo, operations
Caption: The Port Commission at the port's September public meeting.
The investments being made at Port Houston 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 larger and larger vessels calling its container facilities.
Topics: maritime, ports, trade, containers, operations
Port Houston moved 1.3 million container TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) through the first six months of 2018, a six percent increase from 2017, Executive Director Roger Guenther announced in his report to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority in its regular monthly meeting in July.
Topics: ports, Houston, Port Commission, containers, growth, operations
The West Gulf Maritime Association and Port Houston held an unveiling ceremony for two new crane simulators July 26.
Topics: maritime, cranes, ports, Houston, operations
Caption: Port Commissioners at the June 26 meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority.
Topics: ports, Houston, shipping, containers, operations
