The Greater Houston Port Bureau named Shell as its 2018 honoree during the organization’s annual maritime dinner Aug. 18.
Shell Receives 2018 Maritime Company of the Year Award
Topics: maritime, ports, Houston, community, shipping, Texas
Port Houston's three new Neopanamax cranes completed their nearly 90-day journey from Shanghai, China arriving to Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal August 7. The cranes highlight about $100 million in investments.
Topics: maritime, cranes, ports, Houston, shipping, containers
Port Houston Proves Reliable as a Gateway for Asian Imports to Texas
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.
Topics: Houston, shipping, cargo, Texas, Gulf Coast
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.
Topics: maritime, Houston, imports, shipping, cargo, containers
Caption: Port Commissioners at the June 26 meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority.
Topics: ports, Houston, shipping, containers, operations
Asia Cargo News named Port Houston the Best Seaport in North America, after tallying results from thousands of shippers and industry experts around the globe, Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther told the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority during its May meeting.
Port Houston is the first U.S. port of call in a new service between the United States and Latin America called the Gulf Ocean Express, which is operated by SeaLand, the Intra-Americas ocean carrier of the Maersk Group.
Topics: Houston, shipping, cargo, Gulf Coast, all water
Port Hosts Successful Third Annual JOC Gulf Shipping Conference
More than 400 people attended the third annual JOC Gulf Shipping Conference hosted by Port Houston and organized by The Journal of Commerce and parent company IHS Markit, April 16-18.
Topics: container, ports, trade, shipping, Gulf Coast