Sunday, June 29, 2025
Home Port News Port Houston confirms deal to upgrade ship channel

Port Houston confirms deal to upgrade ship channel

The Port of Houston has announced a widening and deepening program for the Houston Ship Channel, recognised with a formal presentation of the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) between the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston).

The PPA is the official document committing Port Houston to the responsibilities of the so-called Project 11 as the local non-federal sponsor, which details the terms of the channel infrastructure expansion and permits the start of dredging the federal waterway.

“It is a critical step to provide a wider, deeper channel that maintains two-way vessel traffic to more safely and efficiently deliver everyday goods and petrochemical products to and from the region,” said Port Houston Executive Director, Roger Guenther.

Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther addresses attendees at the formal presentation of the Project Partnership Agreement between the Port of Houston Authority and the US Army Corps of Engineers to widen and deepen the Houston Ship Channel.

The 83-meters-long Houston Ship Channel constitutes a significant economic engine for the Houston region, the state of Texas and the US, and once widened and deepened, it is estimated that will benefit more than 200 private and public facilities alongside it.

Project 11 is the 11th major improvement of the channel in its more than 100-year history and its first dredge contract is expected to be awarded by October.





Latest Posts

UWL announces vessel partnership with Emirates Shipping Line

UWL, a leading American-owned NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier) and global logistics provider, welcomes Emirates Shipping Line as the new vessel partner for its...

Sea-Intelligence: Port Power Rankings

 Sea-Intelligence analyses port performance in terms of schedule reliability, across the 202 deep-sea ports with the largest number of container vessel calls, by creating...

Suez slowdown reshapes Red Sea’s port map

The macro picture of the Red Sea is worsen as canal transits are at half-mast, and the region has relinquished its role as the...

We asked AI: When containers become pools

We asked AI what a container might look like if it was trasformed into a pool. The result? Long steel containers, many of them stacked,...

Transpacific crash may normalise charter market

Containership charter rates, which have defied the freight slump for some time, could be peaking, as some small ships chartered by opportunistic operators for...
error: Content is protected !!