Port Houston has achieved its busiest January on record, as it proceeded 323,427 TEU and marked a growth of 27% over the same month of the previous year.
“Following a busy holiday season, Port Houston expected large numbers of containers to continue into 2022 as importers pushed orders at origin prior to the Lunar New Year when factories in Asia traditionally close down for the holiday period,” said Port Houston executive director, Roger Guenther.
He also noted that the underway projects are adding yard space in the port’s container terminals, opening additional gates, widening road access to the port’s facilities, while the workforce pipeline is also being developed to handle the business.
“This preparedness from our team, coupled with the arrival of three new neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes at our Bayport Terminal in February put us into position to meet future demand and continue being a leader in the industry,” he continued.
The Houston Ship Channel Expansion, also known as Project 11, is also underway. The US Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded Port Houston more than US$142.5 million as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to complete the expansion into energy terminals, and to extend the two container terminals in order to accommodate 15,000 TEU class, neo-Panamax vessels.
