Recent News Category: News

Category: News
Texan port confident of weathering Trump’s tariff storm
At Brownsville, a gateway for steel into Mexico, bilateral trade shows no signs of cooling   BY JUDE WEBBER / Financial Times Article published Tuesday, July 24, 2018 A huge crane unloads giant steel
Category: News
Home Sweet Home: Newly Renovated Administration Complex Opens in August
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — There is no place like home. After 18 months, the Brownsville Navigation District and Port of Brownsville staff returns to their home in the completely repurposed and enlarged
Category: News
USS Tripoli comes to Brownsville for scrapping
BY STEVE CLARK/The Brownsville Herald Article published Thursday, July 19, 2018 Fifty-three years after it was launched from the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss., the 598-foot amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH 10) is now in
Category: News
Hopes High for a Bountiful Shrimping Season
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – With the 2018 Gulf shrimp season under way, local shrimpers are hopeful they will not come back with their nets empty despite a continued shortage of workers that
Category: News
Duro Bag: A Story of Success
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The secret is out of the bag for Duro. The company, a tenant of the Port of Brownsville since 1967, is a premier leader in the paper bag
Category: News
New Captain of the Port for USCG Regional Sector
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi held a change-of-command ceremony May 5, where Capt. Edward Gaynor relieved Capt. Tony Hahn as commander of the sector. Capt. Gaynor will now
Category: News
TransMontaigne to Invest $60M in Expansion Projects
TransMontaigne Partners L.P. is investing approximately $60 million in terminaling and pipeline expansion projects at its Port of Brownsville facilities, the company announced May 9. The investment was made possible after
Category: News, Press Releases
Port of Brownsville Strikes Gold in AVA Digital Awards
BROWNSVILLE -- The Port of Brownsville was recognized with two prestigious 2018 AVA Digital Awards for design and content of its website and electronic newsletter. The AVA Digital Awards is an
Category: News
Texas LNG Receives Letter of Support from USCG for proposed project
BROWNSVILLE -- The United States Coast Guard found the Brownsville Ship Channel to be suitable for marine traffic resulting from Texas LNG’s planned liquefaction terminal at the Port of Brownsville. In
Category: News
Impulsa México a Puerto de Brownsville
By SILVIA OLVERA/El Norte (Mexico) Article published February 13, 2018 MONTERREY, México - Impulsados por México, especialmente por el sector acerero, el Puerto de Brownsville logró mover 10.3 millones de toneladas de
Category: News
NextDecade Completes Rio Grande LNG FEED Update
BROWNSVILLE - NextDecade Corporation announced Feb. 1 the completion of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) update package with CB&I for the proposed Rio Grande LNG project at the Port
Category: News, Press Releases
Nordic Pollux is Largest Cargo Ship at the Port of Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – The Port of Brownsville set a record Jan. 31 when it received the M/V Nordic Pollux, the largest cargo vessel to ever call on the port to date. The
Category: News, Press Releases
Port of Brownsville Earns Prestigious MarCom Award for 2017 Port Directory
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Port of Brownsville directory was recognized with a 2017 Platinum MarCom Award for its inaugural port directory in the government publications category. MarCom Awards, an international creative
Category: News
Officials plan to break ground on East Loop project
BY NADIA TAMEZ-ROBLEDO/ The Brownsville Herald Article published January 14, 2018 After more than three decades of incremental progress, Cameron County and Brownsville officials anticipate the first phase of a road construction
Category: News, Press Releases
Port of Brownsville Inaugural Chairman’s Award Presented to International Shipbreaking Ltd.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas—The Port of Brownsville today presented International Shipbreaking Ltd. (ISL) with its inaugural Chairman’s Award in recognition of the company’s outstanding commitment to community, economic development, and representation of
Top