Tag: Port of Brownsville
Port of Brownsville ranked third in nation with $7B in exports
The Port of Brownsville’s Foreign Trade Zone ranked third among the nation’s FTZs in terms of exports in 2023, according to the FTZ Board’s 85th annual report to Congress, published Aug. 28.
Rio Grande LNG drops carbon capture from Port of Brownsville project
On Aug. 20, attorneys for Rio Grande LNG sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission withdrawing the company’s application for authorization to include a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project as part of Rio Grande LNG, a liquefied natural gas terminal under construction at the Port of Brownsville.
Contract for second phase of dredging at Port of Brownsville awarded
A contract has been awarded for the second phase of a project to deepen the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville) Ship Channel, which will allow the Port of Brownsville to accommodate today’s larger cargo ships.
LNG construction to continue at Port of Brownsville pending mandate
A decision by the D.C. Circuit Court vacating Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of liquefied natural gas export terminal and related pipeline projects at the Port of Brownsville does not put a stop to LNG construction already underway at the port.
Port of Brownsville names new director
William Dietrich has been named the new port director and CEO of the Port of Brownsville by the Brownsville Navigation District Board of commissioners.
DC court vacates LNG approval at Port of Brownsville
The D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday ruled against approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and related pipeline projects at the Port of Brownsville, effectively canceling prior approval of three such projects by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Man accused in Port of Brownsville job scam sought by police
The Brownsville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man who is accused of scamming 33 people out of $6,600.
Groups sends letters to financial institutions opposing Valley LNG projects
With site preparation of one LNG terminal already underway at the Port of Brownsville, dozens of environmental groups, social justice organizations and private individuals from the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere along the coast sent a letter to dozens of financial firms around the world urging them not to support liquefied natural gas terminal projects in the Rio Grande Valley.
Historic dry dock at Port of Brownsville retired
A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and relocated to the Port of Brownsville in the 1990s has been retired.
Brownsville shrimping industry struggles against farm-raised imports
PORT OF BROWNSVILLE — Tooling past one boat after another in the shrimp basin at the Port of Brownsville, Monsignor Heriberto Diaz — arrayed in his vestments aboard the trawler Capt. Sam — sprinkled holy water toward each one, continuing an ancient ritual, albeit this time accompanied by diesel exhaust fumes from the vessel’s stack plus occasional ear-piercing blasts from the air horn.