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Port Houston Proves Reliable as a Gateway for Asian Imports to Texas

Posted by Port Houston on July 25, 2018 at 9:00 AM

Beginning in 2016, Steve Silver Co. started shifting most of its Asian imports from U.S. West Coast ports to instead go across the docks at Port Houston. The move has provided extra reliability for the Texas-based company.

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Topics: Houston, shipping, cargo, Texas, Gulf Coast

Chinese Grain Importers Visit Port Houston

Posted by Port Houston on July 24, 2018 at 3:25 PM

Port Houston welcomed a group of sorghum buyers from China at the Bayport Container Terminal for a tour in conjunction with the Sorghum Checkoff and the U.S. Grains Council July 19.

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Topics: Houston, trade, imports, Texas, grain

City of Houston Chief Resiliency Officer Visits Port Houston

Posted by Port Houston on July 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM

Port Houston hosted a briefing for the City of Houston's Chief Resiliency Officer Stephen Costello June 29.  Port staff highlighted the impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston Ship Channel and discussed the need for strategies to minimize the effects of future flood and rain events on the waterway.

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Topics: ports, Houston, channel, government relations, waterway

Uncharted Waters: The Houston Ship Channel's Beginning

Posted by Port Houston on July 11, 2018 at 5:04 PM
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Topics: maritime, ports, Houston, channel, history

Port Hosts NOAA Planet Stewards Workshop

Posted by Port Houston on July 9, 2018 at 10:44 AM

Port Houston welcomed more than 50 high school teachers from across the United States June 28 during the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Planet Stewards workshop in Houston and Galveston.

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Topics: ports, Houston, community, stewardship, environment

Congressman Brian Babin Tours Port

Posted by Port Houston on July 6, 2018 at 8:36 AM

U.S. Rep. Brian Babin and his staff took a waterside tour of the Port of Houston May 31, with Port Houston staffers providing a briefing for the Congressman along the way.

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Topics: maritime, ports, Houston, legislature, government relations, policy

Seamax Greenwich Calls at Port Houston

Posted by Port Houston on July 5, 2018 at 8:15 AM

Port Houston was recently added as a port of call for MSC’s existing Indus Service that serves the U.S., India and the Middle East via the Suez Canal.

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Topics: maritime, Houston, imports, shipping, cargo, containers

Record Month at Port Houston

Posted by Port Houston on June 27, 2018 at 4:38 PM

Caption: Port Commissioners at the June 26 meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority.

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Topics: ports, Houston, shipping, containers, operations

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