Packwell has broken ground on a new 725,000 square-foot resin packaging facility at Port Houston’s Bayport Industrial Complex in Texas, which is expected to anchor 20,000 export containers annually when it begins operations in early 2024.
While Port Houston in Texas posted record volume in 2022, December volume declined. Also, the Port of Oakland in California experienced full-year 2022 and December 2022 container volume falloffs.
Port Houston in Texas reports that a sustained import dwell fee will be implemented and an optional excessive import dwell fee has been authorized in response to growing container cargo volumes. Also, International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) sells two Savannah, Ga., terminals to Colonial Group, Inc.
Year-to-date, Port Houston in Texas has recorded 2,225,500 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), a 16% boost over 2020. In addition, Delaware’s Port of Wilmington has completed the first phase of an electrification project.