Port of Houston Sets New Annual Tonnage Record in 2017
http://gcaptain.com/port-of-houston-sets-new-annual-tonnage-record-in-2017/February 1, 2018
...Port Houston facilities reached the highest total tonnage in Port history of 38.3m tons, surpassing the previous record of 37.8m tons set in 2014.
It was also a record-setting year for container business. Port Houston handled 2.46 Million TEU for 2017; the previous record was set in 2016 with a volume of 2.18m TEUs, nearly a 13% increase year over year.
“We are again on our way to another tremendous year of opportunity and growth at Port Houston,†said Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria.
Additional achievements in 2017 included a 99 percent uptime in reliability for 22 ship-to-shore cranes and extending gate hours for truckers, as well as success for its Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #84 program....
