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General cargo tonnage at Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals set a first quarter record this year of 2.6 million short tons, mainly due to growth in the container and auto trades. Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reports last month was a record April for cargo tonnage and second to April 2015 for container traffic.

Nucor, a major steel producer, has selected the Port of Caddo-Bossier as a transfer site for products such as steel coils shipped between the company’s facilities in Arkansas and Texas. The Port of New Orleans has received approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for inclusion in the Southeast U.S. In-Transit Cold Treatment Pilot Program, allowing the import of various fresh fruits from Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay.

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners last week approved a $437.5 million expansion project that will add new berths for larger cargo ships and install crane rail infrastructure for new super post-Panamax cranes at Port Everglades.

The Port of South Louisiana celebrated the completion of major warehouse expansion at Globalplex Intermodal Terminal with a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 21. It will be used to store and process bulk commodities such as industrial garnet.

The Port of Hueneme has received its seventh consecutive Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).

The Port of Philadelphia has a new brand identity and will now be known as PhilaPort.

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The largest tanker ever to dock at a U.S. Gulf of Mexico port the VLCC M/V Maria arrived last week at the Oxy Ingleside Energy Center export terminal in the Port of Corpus Christi.