Port Everglades will receive more than $2.25 million in U.S. port security grants to advance firefighting capabilities and enhance the seaport’s security infrastructure. Port Manatee has been awarded a $326,456 federal security grant, enabling the Central Florida Gulf Coast port to enhance its access control system. The Virgin Islands Port Authority completed construction of a temporary US Customs and Border Protection checkpoint at the Urman Fredericks Marine Terminal in Red Hook.

The Port of Long Beach is continuing to outperform 2023 clean air goals for diesel particles and sulfur oxides, even while cargo volumes have jumped to record levels, according to a comprehensive study of port-related air pollution emissions. The Port of Los Angeles’s 2017 Inventory of Air Emissions shows the port set new record lows for emissions reductions while its container volume reached an all-time high of 9.34 million TEUs. Port of Oakland diesel particulate emissions from maritime operations are down 81 percent since 2005. As a result, the port expressed confidence in reaching a self-imposed target: 85 percent emissions reduction by 2020.

Atlantic RoRo Carriers Inc. (ARRC) had its first vessel call at the Port of Philadelphia’s Tioga Marine Terminal. The Port of San Diego and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority have reached a settlement regarding the rental car fee currently being collected that will fund the construction of a parking garage on the Chula Vista Bayfront.

The Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the terms of a long-term agreement with Carnival Cruise Line, paving the way for Carnival to homeport its newest and largest ship at Port Canaveral. The Port of Vancouver and City of Vancouver have been recognized by cruisers as one of the top-rated cruise destinations in the US and Canada in the 2018 Cruise Critic’s Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards.

The Georgia Ports Authority moved 378,767 TEUS in July, an increase of 12.7 percent, or 42,668 TEUs, compared to the same month last year. It was the second busiest month on record for the Port of Savannah. JAXPORT has recorded its best ever July container volumes, with total container movements increasing 17 percent over the same period last year. Nearly 97,250 TEUs moved through JAXPORT in July 2018.