Tag: port of Houston

Houston restricts navigation to daylight hours for widebody container vessels without an all-round rudder angle indicator.

According to Port of Houston, two crew members have lost their lives, and another has sustained injuries following a fire incident on a vessel at the Port , Texas, on 8th January 2024.

The Center for Houston's Future, Waterstofnet, Port Houston, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Exmar, and the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition have agreed on an import-export coalition for renewable and low-carbon molecules, a green shipping corridor and the exchange of best practices, knowledge and research.

October was the biggest month ever for loaded exports at Port Houston, up 6% compared to last October. Port Houston’s loaded exports are up 10% year-to-date, reaching 1,151,638 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) through October 2023.

Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, has today announced the successful completion of the first ever barge-to-ship methanol bunkering on the US Gulf Coast.

Energy firm Mabanaft and Hapag-Lloyd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to evaluate options for the supply of ammonia as bunker fuel at the Port of Hamburg in Germany and also to the Port of Houston in the US state of Texas.

Port Houston recorded its best year yet in 2022, as its container annual volume was up 14%, reaching just shy of 4 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), at 3,974,901 TEUs.

Researchers from Oxford University published a study on the risk to global port infrastructure due to extreme weather, finding that Port of Houston faces the greatest danger.

A Sustained Import Dwell Fee will go into effect at Port Houston on February 1, 2023, to help maintain fluidity at the Bayport and Barbours Cut Container Terminals and address long-term dwell.

The Port of Houston has yet to experience any softening in import loads. For this reason, Executive Director Roger Guenther emphasized it was in the best interests and for the benefit of all supply chain stakeholders to minimize container dwell time at Port Houston terminals, to maintain efficient operations.