Port Houston gets $48M grant for Bayport Terminal expansion

These projects, part of Port Houston’s Strategic Terminal Operations & Resilience Measures (STORM) application, are designed to accommodate forecasted growth in goods movement demand while maximizing operational efficiency, facility resiliency, and safety for employees and terminal users. The grant was one of 37 recently awarded through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program, (you can see the full list of projects awarded grants HERE)  Port Houston will receive $48 million in PIDP funding and will contribute approximately $56 million in matching funds to advance these critical improvements.   “Port Houston is grateful for the continued support from our local and federal officials who advocate on our behalf to steer federal investments to the Port and the Houston Ship Channel,” said Port Commission Chairman Ric Campo.    The Port Houston STORM application outlined the following goals: Expand capacity: Increase Bayport’s cargo handling capacity by 440,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).; Improve trucking efficiency: Construct a new East Exit Gate to ease truck flow, cut congestion, and reduce truck turn times, saving more than 11 million truck hours over the life of the project.; Strengthen resiliency: Develop modern utility and drainage infrastructure to safeguard operations against natural and human-made hazards and enhance safety and technology: Expand electrical and communications infrastructure to support modern equipment and bolster terminal security.

Port Houston says that federal support through the PIDP will further enhance its multimodal connectivity, reduce land-side congestion, and improve overall terminal efficiency and resilience at the Bayport Container Terminal.