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50 feet (15 m) 228 feet (69 m) Port of Boston. 47 feet (14 m) Unlimited. Port of Portland (Maine) 32 feet (9.8 m) [2] Dredging of east coast ports are under way [3] because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships. The Jasper Ocean Terminal is a planned container terminal to be built on the Savannah River ...
Other ports on the Corp of Engineers list is the Port of Houston at the number one spot. South Louisiana is second, then Corpus Christi, New York/New Jersey, Long Beach, California, New Orleans, Beaumont and Baton Rouge. As of May 2024 the Port of Lake Charles surged to the number 10 on the list below. [2]
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. [4] The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft), 224,000-ton, 20,000 TEU vessel was buffeted by strong winds on the morning of 23 March, and ended up wedged across the waterway with its bow and stern stuck on opposite canal banks, blocking all traffic until it could be freed. [5]
Even a short strike at East and Gulf Coast ports could disrupt U.S. supply chains until 2025, according to one expert. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ... we have been ...
Imports of U.S. container cargo in August jumped 12.9% from a year ago as a summer volume surge delayed cargo at major ports and anxiety builds over a threatened longshore worker strike on the ...
In just one year, China's trade surplus with the US alone rose to $335.5 billion in 2021, up from $308.1 billion in 2020. [12] [13] The supply chain crisis is a major contributing factor in the 2022 United States infant formula shortage, [14] the tampon shortage [15] and various drugs shortages. [16] [17]
A preclearance booth at Shannon Airport in 2008.. United States border preclearance is the United States Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) practice of operating prescreening border control facilities at airports and other ports of departure located outside of the United States pursuant to agreements between the United States and host countries.
The total traffic volume on the Northern Sea Route in 2022 was 34.034 million tonnes, slightly less than in 2021. Total number of voyages in 2022 was 2994, made by 314 vessels. In the months from January to July, the number of voyages was higher than in 2021. 280 voyages was made with LNG from the Sabetta port.