Port of Houston Deepening Project Hits Legal Snag
The Port of Houston Authority Commissioners voted recently to appeal the U.S. District Court's January 25 ruling that the Port should pay for the removal and relocation of pipelines to accommodate the widening and deepening of the Houston Ship Channel. "We believe Congress clearly specified in 1996 that pipeline owners, not the taxpayers of Harris County, should pay for the removal and relocation of pipelines needed to widen and deepen the Ship Channel," said Port Chairman James T. Edmonds. "The companies operating terminals along the Ship Channel are the primary beneficiaries of these Ship Channel improvements, and we believe -- with Congress and the U.S.
MARAD Releases Reports on Exports and Imports
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released the latest in a series of reports on U.S exports and imports transshipped via Canada and Mexico. The current report covers Calendar Year 2000 traffic. U.S. imports and exports transshipped via Canada and Mexico continued to increase in 2000 in both tons and value. In terms of value, this traffic was equivalent to 6.5 percent of U.S. liner trade. In 2000, U.S. exports and imports moving through Canada increased by 2.3 percent to an estimated 7 million metric tons valued at $28.3 billion. U.S. imports and exports via Mexico, included in this report only since 1998, grew by 5 percent in 2000 to 275,000 metric tons valued at $3.3 billion.
