Infrastructure

The port handled a record 2.4 million TEUs of containerized cargo in the 12 months ending June 30, an 8.8% increase over the prior fiscal year.

The Waterways Council wants lawmakers to legislate a cost-share split for inland waterways infrastructure projects that’s 25% nonfederal funds and 75% federal monies.

Conversion to hybrid yard cranes will result in a 96% drop in emissions.

GAO says a study of freight trains as long as three miles should include a strategy for both the FRA and railroads to ease impacts of delays at crossings.

The current port director will be offered a five-contract to serve as chief executive officer and executive director.

The seizure came one day after nearly 20 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1.3 billion were seized at the Port of Philadelphia.

A letter sent Wednesday to congressional leaders states the plan “must provide full use” of the Harbor Maintenance Tax revenues and “address tax fairness.”

Meanwhile, a state legislator wants the California Lands Commission to review port automation projects.

The T-HUD appropriations was part of a five-bill package that passed Tuesday by a 227-to-194 vote.

A Senate subcommittee is told technology should be incorporated into surface transportation reauthorization.

The ship-to-shore cranes had been removed from List 3 of Section 301 tariffs on China but were later added to proposed List 4.

Employers met Tuesday and voted to accept the new pact negotiated with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada.

Chris Connor will succeed Kurt Nagle, the American Association of Port Authorities’ president and CEO since 1995.

The Harbor Maintenance Tax is a disincentive for short sea shipping because it is imposed at both the port of entry and secondary port, a House subcommittee was told.

One lease extends the auto processor’s current lease at Blount Island Terminal, while the other provides 22.4 new acres of property at the Dames Point Marine Terminal.

Bonnie Reemsnyder and David Kooris are elected and Christopher Favreau and Kevin Boyer are hired.

The Senate Commerce Committee pressed witnesses on a variety of issues Wednesday during a hearing about surface transportation reauthorization.

President Trump wants the federal government to weed out hundreds of no longer needed or inactive advisory committees from its roster.

The industry is at “a new crossroads,” according to the co-author of a state of logistics report titled “Cresting the Hill.”