Built in the 1940’s to service U.S. Navy vessels, the dock was formerly known as the USS Los Alamos, and was renamed for Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz. The dry dock accommodated drilling rigs and various maritime vessels throughout its tenure at the Port of Brownsville.

Seatrium AmFELS retires dry dock after 28 years of service at Port of Brownsville

After nearly 30 years of service at Seatrium AmFEL’s shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the Solomon P. Ortiz floating dry dock was retired in May and the contract for its dismantling and recycling

Ed McNamara CEO of global port insurer Armada Risk Partners

Op-Ed: Port operators are fighting a new tidal wave of crime

Ports must counter soaring levels of cargo theft with more robust insurance and security measures, warns Ed McNamara CEO of global port insurer Armada Risk Partners. In the U.S. cargo thefts are

pier renovations

NOAA breaks ground on research ship pier renovations

NOAA officials and regional partners have broken ground on renovations to its North Charleston, S.C., pier. The pier renovations will include demolishing and building a new pier that includes shoreside power for

Port San Luis Harbor Board

California’s Port San Luis eyes its offshore wind options

The Port San Luis Harbor District has entering into a project evaluation agreement with offshore wind port developer Clean Energy Terminals (CET) to explore the feasibility of an offshore wind operations and

MSC Michigan VII

Bridge strike scare box ship MSC Michigan VII free to leave Charleston

The U.S. Coast Guard has lifted the detention order imposed on the containership MSC Michigan VII following the June 6 incident in which a power surge caused it to surge forwards as

Sparrows Point Container Terminal

Sparrows Point Container Terminal aims to be third largest on U.S. East Coast

Maryland’s Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point, Md., was much in the news lately as the only the only portion of the Port of Baltimore that remained accessible and operational following the collapse

Jody Peacock (left), CEO of Ports of Indiana, and Wim Dillen, International Development Manager for Port of Antwerp-Bruges, shake hands on July 17.

Ports of Indiana, Port of Antwerp-Bruges partner to pursue container trade and more

Representatives from Ports of Indiana and Port of Antwerp-Bruges met in Antwerp July 17 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance key economic and environmental port initiatives. The landmark agreement

Boats for Port Namibe prject

Damen to deliver four vessels for Angola’s Port Namibe project

Japanese trading house Toyota Tusho has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract to build four vessels that will be delivered the Ministry of Transport of Angola as part of a Japanese Government

Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants

Ports get $48.4 million piece of $1.8 billion RAISE grants pie

Port projects are to receive $48.4 million of $1.8 billion of grants awarded June 28 under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. As in

Port plans sea cargo terminal

Lake Michigan sea cargo terminal plan wins a key CBP approval

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has approved a proposal from Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor to establish the first international sea cargo container terminal on Lake Michigan. This would create the only

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