Barbours Cut Terminal

Two crew members died and another was injured after an early morning fire aboard a container ship at Port Houston.

Union Pacific is seeking to beef up its intermodal offerings via a terminal in Phoenix and the addition of destinations for its on-dock rail service at Port Houston.

Container terminals will cease ingate operations and remain closed through Tuesday morning.

The port’s Bayport and Barbours Cut container terminals have been closed as the result of the hardware failure that began at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

The port told customers the hardware failure wasn’t related to a cyberattack.

McCarthy Construction Cos. has been awarded three projects to help handle growing cargo volumes on the Texas Gulf Coast.

“The demand is still here, the demand is growing, ships are getting bigger,” says Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther.

The rail-related projects awarded federal grants seek to expand infrastructure capacity in the Midwest, Tampa and Houston.

Blanked sailings blamed for two terminals scheduling one- and two-day suspensions of operations.

Port Houston announced it was closing two terminals after an employee who worked at both sites tested positive for the coronavirus.