News / Port of Houston could lose box traffic unless its ship channel is widened

Forwarders, shippers and the management at Houston are hoping for a speedy decision on dredging to improve access to the port.

Container growth is hamstrung after the governor of Texas signed legislation that limits operations of large container vessels in the Houston Ship Channel, a 52-mile federal waterway that provides access to the port’s terminals.

The bill that Greg Abbott signed last month seeks to minimise potential disruption in the ship channel by limiting the length of containerships using it to 335 ...