Ongoing investment in operating capacity and software and hardware advances has supported the continued growth in demand for Port Authority container services, including when slowdowns at U.S. West Coast ports in 2015 prompted beneficial cargo owners to divert container ships to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The Port Authority already handles about two-thirds of the containers that move through the U.S. Gulf Coast and it continues to prepare for the future. Ongoing rehabilitation and construction projects at both the Bayport and Barbours Cut container terminals will continue through 2017 as a part of the Port Authority’s 10-year growth plan.
At final build-out, the Port Authority’s total yearly capacity will rise to 5.5 million TEU.