Port Houston informed that both terminals had reopened with extended gate hours, after a major failure of the storage devices.
Port Houston had experienced a major failure of the storage devices that support all of the applications used to operate both Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals.
The terminals were unable to process transactions, meaning that ships not already in progress could not be started and truck gates were closed.
The failure prevented the terminals from processing transactions, with the port’s executive director emphasizing that “this is not a cyber-attack on the Port Houston operating system.”
However, in an update the port informed that both terminals had reopened with extended gate hours.
