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The Kota Pekarang sets a new record for the largest container ship to visit Jacksonville.

The largest container ship to visit Jacksonville arrived at JaxPort on Thursday, the Jacksonville Port Authority announced. The ZIM vessel Kota Pekarang stopped at JaxPort Blount Island Marine Terminal after passing through the Panama Canal on its journey from Northeast Asia. At 11,923-TEU, the Kota Pekarang broke the port record held for a little more than a month by 11,000-TEU ZIM vessel Cape Sounio, which docked at Blount Island on March 18. A TEU is a 20-foot container.

Trump Considering Waiving Jones Act for LNG Shipments to Puerto Rico, Northeast

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Jenny Leonard and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump is seriously considering waiving the requirement that only U.S. flagged vessels can move goods from American ports to Puerto Rico or energy-starved areas of the Northeast, according to people familiar with the deliberations. The issue was debated during an Oval Office meeting on Monday, following requests from Puerto Rico and pressure from oil industry leaders to ease the nearly 100-

NextDecade Inks Brownsville Deepening Deal

NextDecade, a Houston based liquefied natural gas (LNG) company, has entered into an agreement with the Port of Brownsville to deepen nearly half of Brownsville Ship Channel, the Texas Secretary of State’s office said in its latest announcement. During their April 24th meeting, NextDecade CEO, Matt Schatzman, signed the deal to privately fund the deepening of the South Texas waterway from its entrance at the Gulf of Mexico to company’s proposed export terminal. Costs for the

Free Trips on I-45 HOV Lane This Summer

METRO is offering a summer program to make weekend commuting a little easier. Beginning May 4 through July 28, METRO will open the I-45 North / North Freeway High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane to inbound traffic only, on weekends. Use of the lane will be free during specified hours (see chart below) and no minimum number of occupants is required. Towed trailers and trucks over one-ton are prohibited from accessing the lane. If you’ve always wanted to travel in the HOV lane, bu

Next Decade pledges improvements to ship channel

NextDecade Corporation, which plans to build the Rio Grande LNG liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, and the associated Rio Bravo Pipeline from the Permian Basin to the port, announced today that it will pay 100 percent of the cost of deepening the Brownsville Ship Channel from the Gulf of Mexico to the Rio Grande project site. NextDecade said it would also pay for widening the bend near the entrance to the channel to improve navigational safety.

Drone-Captured Educational Vide

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is using an informational video, captured in part by unmanned aerial systems, to educate the public and gain buy-in on its plan to use roundabout intersection designs. “Watching a short video is easier than reading through a plan or report,” said Jamille Robbins, NCDOT’s public involvement and community studies group leader. “The greater utility of these types of videos is that they can be available 24 hours a day, seven

America Is One Big Pothole, Former Transportation Secretary Says

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discusses infrastructure with Bloomberg's David Westin on 'Balance of Power.' (Source: Bloomberg)

METRO Bus Operators Rescue Driver After Rollover Crash

METRO's leadership thanked 16 bus operators today for their heroism after a routine trip became a day they likely will never forget. As they were traveling on I-45 North last month, a car cut in front of the bus, slammed into a wall and caught fire. Robert Bartlett, the operator who was driving, made a split second decision to stop and help. "It's just what you do. The vehicle was on fire. At any time it could have blown up," said Bartlett. The operators quickly jumped into a

Congestion Pricing: Is There a Perfect Technology Solution?

The technology supporting traffic reduction efforts like congestion pricing largely mirrors toll road technologies, and is poised to venture further into video and GPS-based systems in the future. Conversations around congestion pricing have picked up as more cities — largely internationally — have adopted the measure as a means to reduce car-related congestion in dense urban areas. New York City is set to adopt a congestion pricing plan in parts of Manhattan in 2021, where i

Utah Embarks on a Mission to Familiarize Residents with AVs

Small self-driving shuttles will begin traveling through Utah as the state launches a pilot to introduce the technology to residents. The Utah Transit Authority, in partnership with Utah Department of Transportation, will launch the Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Project. The shuttle will first be deployed at Station Park, a retail complex in Farmington. A shuttle provided by the company EasyMile, will tour various communities across the state for the next year, said Lisa Miller, o

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